⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26 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.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q1 2:17 · SA 22-38 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q2 5:53 · SA 36-59 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 26
Q3 4:18 · SA 75-101 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 10 |
