⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Went cold from three, nine of 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Taj Gibson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 3:24 · NY 37-40 ATL
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 12:00 · NY 47-52 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 10:27 · NY 50-62 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
De'Andre Hunter misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 3:24 · NY 37-41 ATL
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
