⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 32 from three- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 25
- Made five threes to their eleven
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 9:18 · LAL 20-8 ATL
- Steal
Smush Parker stole it from Joe Johnson
Q4 2:18 · LAL 101-105 ATL
- Steal
Kobe Bryant stole it from Royal Ivey
Q4 0:53 · LAL 107-109 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:41 · LAL 100-105 ATL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:27 · LAL 105-108 ATL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant lost ball
Q4 0:45 · LAL 107-109 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:19 · LAL 36-35 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 9:51 · LAL 59-65 ATL
- Steal
Josh Childress stole it from Kobe Bryant
Q4 0:45 · LAL 107-109 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson lost ball
Q4 2:18 · LAL 101-105 ATL
- Missed FT
Josh Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:16 · LAL 105-108 ATL
- Turnover
Royal Ivey bad pass
Q4 0:53 · LAL 107-109 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
