⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 12
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malik Monk misses technical free throw
Q1 0:00 · CHA 29-28 LAL
- Technical
Kemba Walker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:38 · CHA 38-38 LAL
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:03 · CHA 69-69 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:54 · CHA 29-30 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 5:19 · CHA 90-104 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 21 | Blocks | 21 |
