⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 24-12 off them- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 10:57 · WSH 29-36 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 10:00 · WSH 5-19 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Jackson Bad Pass. Stolen by Larry Hughes.
Q4 2:46 · WSH 70-77 ATL
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 0 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 14 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
