⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 13 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 28-13 off them- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 9:07 · LAL 18-6 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 9:24 · LAL 53-34 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 10:51 · LAL 73-61 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:46 · LAL 56-48 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:45 · LAL 64-61 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 10:00 · LAL 73-69 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Onyeka Okongwu flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:12 · LAL 83-76 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 37 | Assists | 29 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
