⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 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
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-9 off them- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 25
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 0:07 · ATL 62-42 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 8:11 · ATL 71-43 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q4 9:11 · ATL 84-62 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
