⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 4:18 · ATL 25-23 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:49 · ATL 23-23 LAC
- Turnover
Sam Cassell Offensive Foul. Salim Stoudamire gains possession.
Q4 0:18 · ATL 95-102 LAC
- Turnover
Sam Cassell Turnover
Q4 0:18 · ATL 95-102 LAC
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 1 | Threes made | 3 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
