⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-12 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 2:19 · ATL 69-79 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 8:17 · ATL 76-95 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
