⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 37- Ran them off the floor, 42 fast break points to 15
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 0:25 · LAL 37-27 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 9:16 · LAL 50-30 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:11 · LAL 21-20 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:42 · LAL 8-13 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 6 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 42 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Steals | 15 |
| 25 | Blocks | 16 |
