⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their three- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 42
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 8:00 · CHA 42-33 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 1:43 · CHA 92-70 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 5:40 · CHA 110-87 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Miles Bridges technical foul
Q2 9:15 · CHA 31-27 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:16 · CHA 31-30 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 0:56 · CHA 57-52 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 20 | Threes made | 3 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
