⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers 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.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 9:29 · DEN 48-53 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:22 · DEN 72-79 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dion Glover missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:05 · DEN 14-15 ATL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
