⏱️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
+3Q125-20
0Q221-19
+1Q322-19
-4Q422-27
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 13
Key battles
27Fast break points13
8Blocks3
6Threes made2
24%Three-point accuracy14%
🏀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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:47 · ATL 8-0 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson bad pass
Q4 3:36 · ATL 80-74 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · ATL 80-76 CHA
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
