⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 3:11 · CHA 83-92 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:38 · CHA 28-26 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:50 · CHA 54-54 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 6:16 · CHA 63-72 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
