⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their twelve- Made four threes to their fourteen
- Went cold from three, four of twenty
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
- Steal
Dennis Schroder stole it from Will Barton
Q4 1:23 · ATL 96-101 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marco Belinelli bad pass
Q4 3:37 · ATL 87-93 DEN
- Turnover
Taurean Prince lost ball turnover
Q4 0:49 · ATL 98-103 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- Steal
Will Barton stole it from Taurean Prince
Q4 0:49 · ATL 98-103 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Will Barton lost ball turnover
Q4 1:23 · ATL 96-101 DEN
- Turnover
Will Barton out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:46 · ATL 98-103 DEN
- Missed FT
Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · ATL 98-103 DEN
📊The numbers
| ATL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 21 | Blocks | 12 |
