⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 14-5 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 24
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses technical free throw
Q3 5:21 · LAL 57-64 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:48 · LAL 10-16 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 11:39 · LAL 53-64 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rajon Rondo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:21 · LAL 57-64 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
