⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, twelve of sixteen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zaza Pachulia double technical foul
Q3 3:14 · ATL 91-70 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q2 0:54 · ATL 71-62 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
