⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 22-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- Steal
Tyreke Evans stole it from Joe Johnson
Q4 0:56 · SAC 91-98 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 4:24 · SAC 38-52 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 9:25 · SAC 66-88 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson lost ball
Q4 0:56 · SAC 91-98 ATL
📊The numbers
| SAC | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
