⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of sixteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 10:40 · NY 62-58 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:18 · NY 64-68 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:54 · NY 87-102 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 73 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
