⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 14-6 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 7:54 · ATL 43-31 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q3 10:42 · ATL 59-48 NO
- Winner
Dion Glover made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Wilks.
Q4 0:41 · ATL 83-80 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ira Newble Bad Pass. Stolen by David Wesley.
Q4 3:26 · ATL 80-73 NO
- Turnover
Jason Terry Discontinue Dribble
Q4 2:28 · ATL 80-75 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 6:05 · ATL 80-80 NO
- Ties it
Robert Traylor made Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:50 · ATL 80-80 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
