⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 60
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Andre Hunter steps out of bounds turnover
Q4 1:02 · ATL 119-111 PHX
- Turnover
Danilo Gallinari bad pass
Q4 0:54 · ATL 119-113 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- Steal
Cameron Johnson stole it from Danilo Gallinari
Q4 0:54 · ATL 119-113 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jae Crowder out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:51 · ATL 119-113 PHX
📊The numbers
| ATL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
