⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nineteen
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q3 5:31 · DEN 70-69 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:37 · DEN 2-13 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 4:54 · DEN 80-98 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
