⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their fourteen- Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 34
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 39-12 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27 in the second 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 7:58 · ATL 18-8 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 11:31 · ATL 42-22 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q2 2:44 · ATL 71-44 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 25 | Threes made | 14 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 37 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 39 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
