⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 19-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 22 in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 7:50 · DEN 39-52 ATL
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 22
Q2 2:58 · DEN 53-75 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 7:05 · DEN 91-111 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
