⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their nineteen
A 15-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 17 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:44 · BKN 13-4 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 4:14 · BKN 27-9 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q3 10:06 · BKN 80-50 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 17
Q3 0:44 · BKN 92-75 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 34 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
