⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 27-15 off them
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 7:01 · WSH 46-50 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 8:22 · WSH 6-17 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 10:27 · WSH 36-46 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 0:31 · WSH 58-72 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 33 | Assists | 29 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
