⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 26 from three
- A 16-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 28
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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 10:50 · ATL 31-25 UTAH
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 23
Q3 1:08 · ATL 86-63 UTAH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:55 · ATL 95-74 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 17 | Steals | 16 |
| 24 | Blocks | 15 |
