⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 33
- A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 30-22 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 8:47 · CHA 46-28 PHI
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30
Q2 3:38 · CHA 67-37 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 37-point lead to 49
Q3 5:35 · CHA 104-55 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 47-point deficit to 39
Q4 9:02 · CHA 116-77 PHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Quentin Grimes flagrant foul type 1
Q2 8:16 · CHA 38-28 PHI
- Technical
Nick Nurse technical foul
Q2 1:46 · CHA 63-37 PHI
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
