⏱️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 second 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 13 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 ten threes to their three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 30-8 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30 in the third quarter
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 4:30 · ATL 84-65 NY
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 30
Q3 1:27 · ATL 99-69 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
