⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first 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 Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of eleven 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 5:58 · ATL 85-73 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:35 · ATL 87-79 ORL
📊The numbers
| ATL | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 16 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
