⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 4:58 · ATL 15-13 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shareef Abdur-Rahim missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · ATL 94-89 BKN
- Missed FT
Shareef Abdur-Rahim missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · ATL 94-89 BKN
- Missed FT
Dion Glover missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:09 · ATL 97-91 BKN

Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 7:15 · ATL 6-13 BKN
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q4 10:27 · ATL 79-74 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 3:27 · ATL 70-54 BKN
- Missed FT
Dikembe Mutombo missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:36 · ATL 91-87 BKN
📊The numbers
| ATL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |










