⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 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 fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 17-9 off them
- A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 5:00 · ATL 37-33 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 2:02 · ATL 45-35 BOS
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 26
Q3 5:39 · ATL 84-58 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Schroder technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:34 · ATL 91-62 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses technical free throw
Q4 11:34 · ATL 91-62 BOS
📊The numbers
| ATL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
