⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their twelve
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 6
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 took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 5:48 · ATL 45-36 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 8:37 · ATL 6-18 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Paul bad pass
Q4 4:58 · ATL 76-71 NO
📊The numbers
| ATL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
