⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third 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, 14 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 nine- They went cold, nine of 36 from three
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 28-14 off them
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 53
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the fourth quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:15 · WSH 104-112 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 1:57 · WSH 24-26 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:04 · WSH 64-80 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 36 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
