⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 23- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 28-20 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 5:07 · BKN 23-25 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 0:37 · BKN 97-116 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Randy Foye flagrant foul type 1 (Dwight Howard draws the foul)
Q2 1:55 · BKN 41-57 ATL
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · BKN 66-82 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 6:16 · BKN 15-25 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 5:56 · BKN 83-104 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malcolm Delaney misses technical free throw
Q3 1:23 · BKN 66-80 ATL
📊The numbers
| BKN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 12 |
