⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 31 from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 4:21 · CHA 23-12 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 10:58 · CHA 35-23 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 25
Q2 2:42 · CHA 62-37 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 5 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 13 |
| 16 | Blocks | 23 |
