⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 8:00 · LAL 36-32 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 9:12 · LAL 62-51 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
