⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:34 · ATL 10-5 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:37 · ATL 59-61 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 1:19 · ATL 48-59 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
David Harrison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:37 · ATL 50-61 IND
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 7:20 · ATL 56-61 IND
📊The numbers
| ATL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
