⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 22- Made four threes to their twelve
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 10:26 · ATL 35-25 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Shareef Abdur-Rahim Technical Foul
Q3 12:00 · ATL 51-53 NY
- Turnover
Theo Ratliff 3 second
Q4 2:15 · ATL 98-97 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 7:31 · ATL 88-91 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:53 · ATL 98-97 NY
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:53 · ATL 98-97 NY
- Missed FT
Latrell Sprewell missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:01 · ATL 107-102 NY
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
