⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 14 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
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 36
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:57 · ATL 15-6 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:34 · ATL 54-43 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:43 · ATL 77-60 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 35 | Assists | 28 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 31 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
