⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devonte' Graham offensive foul
Q4 4:59 · CHA 103-100 MIN
- Turnover
Devonte' Graham turnover
Q4 4:59 · CHA 103-100 MIN
- Turnover
Gordon Hayward bad pass
Q4 0:05 · CHA 118-112 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 2:23 · CHA 23-27 MIN
- Steal
Malik Beasley stole it from Gordon Hayward
Q4 0:05 · CHA 118-112 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
