⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second 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 Wizards did not.
From the game
They went cold, ten of 40 from three- Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen
- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 25-16 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q2 7:07 · ATL 46-44 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 10:18 · ATL 73-56 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 0:05 · ATL 105-82 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:15 · ATL 59-50 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 1:14 · ATL 25-32 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 0:58 · ATL 97-82 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 32 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
