⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 3
- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 3:07 · SAC 48-66 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 7:38 · SAC 97-122 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 2 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Steals | 3 |
| 19 | Blocks | 14 |
