⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 14
A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18 in the third quarter
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 3:15 · CHA 76-79 MIL
- Steal
Nicolas Batum stole it from Khris Middleton
Q4 1:08 · CHA 105-101 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dwight Howard offensive foul
Q4 4:14 · CHA 97-97 MIL
- Turnover
Dwight Howard turnover
Q4 4:14 · CHA 97-97 MIL
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:21 · CHA 105-103 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 10:41 · CHA 26-32 MIL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 18
Q3 11:42 · CHA 55-73 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Khris Middleton bad pass
Q4 1:08 · CHA 105-101 MIL
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 7 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 16 | Steals | 9 |
| 20 | Blocks | 32 |
