⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 33 from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 40-point deficit to 32
Q4 2:20 · PHX 96-128 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22
Q2 9:30 · PHX 26-48 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q3 3:41 · PHX 61-98 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 43
Q4 8:32 · PHX 77-120 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Kaminsky technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:22 · PHX 93-128 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 19 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 32 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
