⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 8
- A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, ten offensive rebounds to their three
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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 21
Q1 10:25 · ATL 24-3 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q2 8:21 · ATL 36-26 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Terry Rozier technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:56 · ATL 26-9 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 15 | Blocks | 10 |
