⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
+3Q127-24
-3Q215-17
+5Q317-10
-1Q427-27
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 27 from three- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
4Steals12
47%Three-point accuracy26%
4Free throws made9
7Fast break points14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 7:43 · LAL 56-49 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 5:52 · LAL 38-41 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 8 |
