⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q3 10:03 · LAL 40-53 ATL
- Technical
Derek Fisher Technical Foul
Q3 3:15 · LAL 59-72 ATL
- Missed FT
Robert Horry missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 3:25 · LAL 80-86 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 3:27 · LAL 34-41 ATL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 0:01 · LAL 40-57 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Terry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 3:15 · LAL 59-72 ATL
- Flagrant
Darvin Ham Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 8:37 · LAL 67-75 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
