Both teams went on a huge shooting drought, the Cs broke out of it and the Hornets didn't. 

We kept our cool. Every time the hornets made runs we found ways to get a few buckets at key times to stop the momentum. We also played better down the stretch. They had a lot of energy when they were down 9 or 6, but we kept our cool. with a few minutes left and a small lead going into Sully, getting 2 and using the whole clock is a pretty vet team thing to do.

I watched he game with the Hornets commentators and they were asking how they keep losing to Boston after the game, "is it just a bad match up?" Like they can't see that we are just a better team at this point. For everyone who wanted us to miss the playoffs last year, it is those experiences that make us tough enough to put teams like the Hornets away even when we are not playing great.