⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 42
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 cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q4 2:00 · CHA 100-128 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:36 · CHA 16-27 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 10:06 · CHA 54-69 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 36
Q4 4:49 · CHA 92-128 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lance Stephenson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:18 · CHA 60-92 LAL
📊The numbers
| CHA | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 34 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
