⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 30- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 3
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 11
Q4 10:53 · ATL 78-89 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 0:15 · ATL 44-61 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 2:47 · ATL 65-88 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 5:33 · ATL 82-101 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
