⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 20-12 off them
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 stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 1:43 · ATL 93-73 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:51 · ATL 68-53 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 0:05 · ATL 93-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
