⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 23 rebounds to 13
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 10:30 · ATL 10-2 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 3:56 · ATL 22-6 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 8:57 · ATL 52-33 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q2 10:22 · ATL 26-20 MEM
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:18 · ATL 78-68 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
