⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
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 4-point lead to 14
Q1 0:26 · CHA 37-23 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 5:08 · CHA 58-33 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 6 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Steals | 17 |
| 16 | Blocks | 16 |
