⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 30-17 off them- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 cut a 30-point deficit to 20
Q3 5:46 · ATL 75-95 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 9:07 · ATL 57-87 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q3 0:53 · ATL 84-112 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q4 4:07 · ATL 107-136 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 26 | Assists | 43 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 76 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
