⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Nance Jr. technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 1:51 · LAL 16-24 ATL

Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 3:11 · LAL 16-23 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 3:50 · LAL 71-100 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dennis Schroder misses technical free throw
Q1 1:51 · LAL 16-24 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 19 | Assists | 31 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |






