⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:30 · NO 41-43 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 6:07 · NO 71-79 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trae Young misses technical free throw
Q1 10:57 · NO 3-2 ATL
📊The numbers
| NO | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
