⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 2:45 · CHA 68-60 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 1:46 · CHA 102-85 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Josh Green and Jalen Green
Q2 8:34 · CHA 39-46 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 16 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
