⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
-3Q132-31
-3Q229-29
+12Q332-17
-1Q432-29
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-12 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the third quarter
Key battles
12Points off turnovers25
10Turnovers20
38%Three-point accuracy30%
70Points in the paint58
🏀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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:25 · ATL 16-13 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 9:54 · ATL 75-64 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
