⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 36 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 34
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q3 10:13 · ATL 57-71 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q4 2:58 · ATL 104-120 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 3:14 · ATL 22-31 LAL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 25
Q2 1:54 · ATL 46-71 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q4 7:58 · ATL 88-113 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 3 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Steals | 23 |
| 17 | Blocks | 23 |
