⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 26
- Made twelve threes to their nineteen
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 2:26 · CHA 30-12 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 7:34 · CHA 44-27 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mark Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:31 · CHA 96-95 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q2 3:47 · CHA 48-42 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 7:11 · CHA 90-92 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:51 · CHA 59-52 DAL
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 19 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
