⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 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, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 24-10 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 3:33 · ATL 29-19 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 1:54 · ATL 97-103 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyronn Lue Flagrant Foul Type 1. Smush Parker gains possession.
Q4 4:07 · ATL 83-96 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:10 · ATL 29-28 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 1:44 · ATL 51-53 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:54 · ATL 78-94 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 11 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 15 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
