⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 34 from three
- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen
- A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six
A 13-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 17 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 5 down to 8 up
Q1 3:34 · LAL 32-24 ATL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 19
Q2 7:58 · LAL 63-44 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 8:46 · LAL 116-97 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luka Doncic technical foul
Q3 4:08 · LAL 99-74 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 17
Q3 5:16 · LAL 99-82 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
CJ McCollum misses technical free throw
Q3 4:08 · LAL 99-74 ATL
📊The numbers
| LAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 36 | Assists | 30 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
