⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to eleven- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 9:03 · BKN 47-36 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reece Beekman out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:32 · BKN 97-89 CHA
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:01 · BKN 97-89 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:55 · BKN 9-15 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 8
Q4 5:34 · BKN 97-89 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
