⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA 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 Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nick Smith Jr. misses technical free throw
Q4 4:49 · CHA 91-123 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 8:51 · CHA 7-20 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 11:18 · CHA 59-79 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 35
Q3 6:17 · CHA 65-100 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Trae Young technical foul
Q3 0:01 · CHA 79-106 ATL
- Technical
Georges Niang technical foul
Q4 4:49 · CHA 91-123 ATL
📊The numbers
| CHA | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 22 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
