⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 22- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 39
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 29-13 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 8:53 · ATL 17-7 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 10:28 · ATL 92-83 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q4 4:09 · ATL 106-91 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 6:15 · ATL 72-71 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
