⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 38
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 16-5 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:31 · ATL 14-9 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 5:05 · ATL 82-68 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dennis Schroder misses technical free throw
Q4 11:48 · ATL 86-73 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:25 · ATL 47-42 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
