⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of eighteen from three- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 25
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q2 5:24 · ATL 44-47 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:41 · ATL 63-63 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:38 · ATL 102-112 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson misses technical free throw
Q2 6:41 · ATL 30-45 BKN
- Technical
Joe Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:22 · ATL 79-96 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q2 10:11 · ATL 30-45 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 3:56 · ATL 67-79 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
