⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:30 · ATL 9-2 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 2:58 · ATL 78-83 NY
- Steal
Jeff Teague stole it from Langston Galloway
Q4 0:24 · ATL 106-109 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMarre Carroll misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:57 · ATL 98-102 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 2:51 · ATL 44-61 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 9:27 · ATL 87-96 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shane Larkin bad pass
Q4 3:57 · ATL 98-102 NY
- Turnover
Langston Galloway lost ball turnover
Q4 0:24 · ATL 106-109 NY
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · ATL 108-110 NY
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 33 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
