⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 32
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 0:28 · ATL 63-51 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
John Collins flagrant foul type 1
Q1 5:11 · ATL 16-13 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeAndre' Bembry and Devin Booker
Q3 0:06 · ATL 82-83 PHX
- Missed FT
Trae Young misses technical free throw
Q4 1:35 · ATL 117-108 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q3 7:21 · ATL 75-72 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelly Oubre Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:50 · ATL 106-98 PHX
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:35 · ATL 117-108 PHX
📊The numbers
| ATL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
