⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 31 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:24 · ATL 47-48 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 4:23 · ATL 57-52 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 10:48 · ATL 69-64 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 20 | Threes made | 12 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
