⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their six- Made five threes to their eleven
- Went cold from three, five of 26
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 9:14 · ATL 48-36 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:01 · ATL 88-79 NY
- Turnover
Joe Johnson bad pass
Q4 4:22 · ATL 91-84 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 1:39 · ATL 31-34 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 4:43 · ATL 91-90 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
