⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 41- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 23-7 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 18 in the fourth 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q1 4:54 · ATL 30-13 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q3 9:17 · ATL 77-49 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 18
Q4 5:01 · ATL 115-97 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamir Watkins flopping technical foul
Q2 1:38 · ATL 57-41 WSH
- Technical
Sharife Cooper technical foul
Q4 1:47 · ATL 115-97 WSH
📊The numbers
| ATL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
