⏱️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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fifteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 1:18 · CHA 67-55 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 5:31 · CHA 82-68 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 1:31 · CHA 92-73 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:45 · CHA 76-67 SAC
- Turnover
Kemba Walker out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:33 · CHA 105-99 SAC
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · CHA 111-104 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:19 · CHA 105-102 SAC
Bad plays
- Goaltend
Willie Cauley-Stein defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:40 · CHA 109-102 SAC
📊The numbers
| CHA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 10 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 14 | Blocks | 22 |
