⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 40 from three- A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 9:49 · ATL 16-6 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 17
Q2 9:44 · ATL 43-26 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cam Reddish offensive foul
Q4 1:52 · ATL 106-98 CHA
- Turnover
Cam Reddish turnover
Q4 1:52 · ATL 106-98 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 2:14 · ATL 106-102 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Miles Bridges misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:58 · ATL 109-103 CHA
📊The numbers
| ATL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
