⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 34
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the first quarter
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 10 down to 2 up
Q1 7:30 · ATL 19-17 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 9:52 · ATL 3-15 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 8:24 · ATL 38-48 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 5:00 · ATL 44-60 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 7 | Threes made | 17 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 35 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
