⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:36 · LAL 11-5 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 9:28 · LAL 19-7 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q3 10:25 · LAL 60-73 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 8:43 · LAL 103-118 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 2:01 · LAL 117-135 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Ryan Kalkbrenner and Jarred Vanderbilt
Q1 2:07 · LAL 36-23 CHA
📊The numbers
| LAL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 20 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 18 | Assists | 34 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
