⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 24
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 3:28 · CHA 58-49 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 0:57 · CHA 68-55 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:57 · CHA 26-25 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:48 · CHA 108-98 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 24 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
