⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 31 from three
- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their sixteen
- A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up in the third quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the second quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 4:39 · ATL 23-16 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 11:42 · ATL 33-23 NY
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 11 down to 4 up
Q3 1:04 · ATL 77-73 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeMarre Carroll and Carmelo Anthony
Q3 5:47 · ATL 48-63 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:52 · ATL 33-32 NY
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 6:03 · ATL 36-48 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 1:36 · ATL 39-56 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Woodson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:47 · ATL 48-63 NY
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 10 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
