⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:09 · SAC 69-76 ATL
- Technical
Aaron Brooks technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:07 · SAC 70-85 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 5:24 · SAC 17-27 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 4:33 · SAC 70-88 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
