⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 0:48 · ATL 76-61 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Glenn Robinson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:07 · ATL 46-41 NO
- Technical
Ira Newble Technical Foul
Q3 7:18 · ATL 53-47 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 6:45 · ATL 12-20 NO
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Mashburn missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:18 · ATL 53-47 NO
📊The numbers
| ATL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
