⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 12 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 18-5 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 30
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, four free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 1:18 · DEN 75-71 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 0:00 · DEN 75-81 ATL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q4 10:30 · DEN 78-94 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q4 4:37 · DEN 84-110 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Mouhamed Gueye and Aaron Gordon
Q3 4:03 · DEN 61-69 ATL
- Technical
Keaton Wallace technical foul
Q3 4:03 · DEN 62-69 ATL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 16 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 2 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
