⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, 26 of 46 from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 12 fast break points to 27
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 23
Q3 8:13 · SA 74-97 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 14
Q4 5:10 · SA 127-141 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:01 · SA 10-17 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 21 | Threes made | 26 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 42 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
