⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 43 from three
- A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up
Q3 2:00 · ATL 102-92 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 5:44 · ATL 49-60 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 9:41 · ATL 68-81 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 35 | Assists | 31 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
