⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 9 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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 29
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 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.

Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:43 · ATL 45-58 CHA
- Technical
Kent Bazemore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:43 · ATL 45-59 CHA

Hornets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q3 2:30 · ATL 86-101 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:01 · ATL 94-110 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 4 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 16 | Blocks | 21 |







