⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 27
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 17-4 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:28 · ATL 30-24 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marvin Williams misses technical free throw
Q4 2:32 · ATL 106-88 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:49 · ATL 101-86 DEN
- Technical
Chauncey Billups technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:32 · ATL 106-88 DEN
📊The numbers
| ATL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
