⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 34
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 10:18 · ATL 13-2 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 6:54 · ATL 81-60 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dennis Schroder and John Wall
Q3 9:17 · ATL 69-50 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12
Q4 11:22 · ATL 93-81 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
John Wall misses technical free throw
Q1 4:37 · ATL 23-8 WSH
- Flagrant
Jason Smith flagrant foul type 1 (Paul Millsap draws the foul)
Q3 1:12 · ATL 87-66 WSH
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
