⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 31 from three- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 24-16 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 5:08 · CHA 48-42 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 2:09 · CHA 58-44 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Vasilije Micic lost ball turnover
Q4 4:50 · CHA 98-90 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 16 | Threes made | 16 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 33 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
