⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 35 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 50
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 20-11 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 9:47 · LAL 51-30 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nate McMillan technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:10 · LAL 117-104 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 33 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
