⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first 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
- Missed FT
Damion Lee misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 0:47 · ATL 115-129 CHA

Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 4:20 · ATL 19-33 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 0:01 · ATL 56-72 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:40 · ATL 55-70 CHA
- Flagrant
Willy Hernangomez flagrant foul type 1
Q4 0:47 · ATL 114-129 CHA
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 17 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 2 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 27 | Blocks | 21 |







