⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 37 from three
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 33
- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 29-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 9:54 · OKC 7-17 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q2 5:51 · OKC 40-56 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q3 1:52 · OKC 71-101 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
