⏱️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
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 28
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:15 · ATL 22-19 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 5:58 · ATL 64-61 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q3 1:47 · ATL 79-65 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 7:52 · ATL 85-82 LAC
- Go-ahead
Blake Griffin hit a 3-foot two point shot, Baron Davis with the assist
Q4 0:37 · ATL 97-98 LAC
- Lead
Eric Bledsoe hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · ATL 99-100 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · ATL 92-95 LAC
- Flagrant
Blake Griffin flagrant foul type 1 (Al Horford draws the foul)
Q4 0:00 · ATL 99-100 LAC
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
