⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:22 · BKN 69-73 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:45 · BKN 112-104 ATL
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 1:32 · BKN 119-111 ATL
- Turnover
Richard Jefferson bad pass
Q4 1:16 · BKN 119-111 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 5:16 · BKN 51-60 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
