⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 32 from three- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 10
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q1 3:08 · ATL 29-38 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q3 4:03 · ATL 85-97 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:02 · ATL 96-116 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:48 · ATL 43-57 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 0:00 · ATL 56-78 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 14 | Threes made | 18 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 28 | Assists | 37 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
