⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 8 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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 29 from three
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 took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 10:44 · CHA 10-4 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:32 · CHA 61-52 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
