⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 15 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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 24-7 off them- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:12 · CHA 2-11 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 2:55 · CHA 60-84 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
