⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 35 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19
Q3 7:18 · CHA 68-87 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMelo Ball misses technical free throw
Q3 4:39 · CHA 68-87 BKN
- Technical
Montrezl Harrell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:26 · CHA 81-98 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:39 · CHA 68-87 BKN
- Technical
Seth Curry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:01 · CHA 101-118 BKN
📊The numbers
| CHA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
