⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 16-6 off them
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 7-point lead to 18
Q2 1:58 · ATL 57-39 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson lost ball
Q4 2:14 · ATL 99-91 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 5:16 · ATL 74-56 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 0:05 · ATL 83-76 MEM
- Steal
Rudy Gay stole it from Joe Johnson
Q4 2:14 · ATL 99-91 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
