⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX 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 Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 26- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 21-9 off them
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 7:57 · CHA 29-11 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 7:32 · CHA 89-71 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 2:34 · CHA 133-108 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malik Monk misses technical free throw
Q1 0:26 · CHA 39-24 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q1 2:38 · CHA 33-22 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:35 · CHA 109-95 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Richaun Holmes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:26 · CHA 39-24 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
