⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:52 · ATL 24-27 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 10:42 · ATL 2-9 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:05 · ATL 33-40 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q2 2:12 · ATL 41-60 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
