⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 5:48 · CHA 15-14 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:16 · CHA 38-40 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 8:15 · CHA 29-40 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
