⏱️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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:31 · CHA 10-17 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 10:17 · CHA 50-63 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
