⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12 in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 10:20 · LAL 17-2 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 5:34 · LAL 59-34 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 2:16 · LAL 96-76 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 12
Q1 2:54 · LAL 34-22 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 7:07 · LAL 80-64 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:42 · LAL 65-41 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 14 | Blocks | 2 |
