⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of 32 from three- A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 56
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 3:26 · POR 18-28 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 8:55 · POR 24-40 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 21
Q4 8:18 · POR 68-89 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 9% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 14 | Assists | 24 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
