⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, four turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 13-4 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 34
- Made nine threes to their eighteen
- They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 39 from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Lloyd Pierce technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:31 · ATL 84-90 DEN
- Missed FT
Alex Len misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:47 · ATL 102-108 DEN
- Turnover
Trae Young bad pass
Q4 3:52 · ATL 106-110 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:01 · ATL 8-11 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 9:37 · ATL 34-43 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
