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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hawks | 32 | 37 | 26 | 31 | 126 |
 Hornets | 37 | 43 | 27 | 26 | 133 |
ATLTeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 48-9252.2% | 11-3729.7% | 19-2286.4% | 35 | 31 | 15 |
| CHA | 49-9153.8% | 24-4949.0% | 11-1764.7% | 37 | 39 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Charlotte Hornets133| 35 | 26 | 9-15 | 4-7 | 4-5 | +10 | +11.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 28 | 10-17 | 6-12 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +8.3 | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +13 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 29 | 28 | 10-16 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +11.1 | |||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | −2 | −1.2 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.0 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.8 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.7 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.9 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +0.5 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | ||
| Team | 133 | 49-9153.8% | 24-4949.0% | 37 | 39 | 14 | 21 | 11-1764.7% | 7 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 27 points on 11 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Grant Williams (injury/illness).
Atlanta Hawks126| 39 | 43, Career high (his best before, 41) | 16-27 | 4-9, Ties his career high | 7-7 | −2 | +14.6 | ||||||||
| 36 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | −4 | −1.2 | ||||||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0 | −13 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.0 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 28 | 11-18 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +23 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.9 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.4 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −1.0 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.4 | ||
| Team | 126 | 48-9252.2% | 11-3729.7% | 35 | 31 | 15 | 20 | 19-2286.4% | 9 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 44 points on 16 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Keaton Wallace (coach’s decision); Kristaps Porziņģis (not with team).
Hornets133Hawks126ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Brandon Miller scored 26 points, and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 133-126.
The Hornets never trailed and led by as many as 24.
The Hawks got within 122-121 on Jalen Johnson’s step-back 3-pointer with 2:39 to play, but LaMelo Ball answered with a driving layup, and the Hawks got no closer.
Ball’s 31-foot step-back 3-pointer with 28.3 seconds left made it 129-123 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Hawks 11-7. Ball scored 7 of the Hornets’ 11 on 3 for 4 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Miller had 2 of his 3 steals.
Ball had 28 points and 13 assists, and Kon Knueppel added 28 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), 7 assists and 3 steals. The Hornets had 3 20-point scorers. Ball assisted on 6 of Knueppel’s 10 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Hawks, Johnson had a career-high 43 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 28 points (13 in the second quarter) and 8 rebounds off the bench.
The Hornets shot 53.8% from the field and 49.0% from 3 to the Hawks’ 52.2% and 29.7%. The Hornets made 24 3-pointers, 8 of them by Ball and 6 by Knueppel. The Hawks’ starters were outscored 38-20 in 10 minutes together.
Charlotte HornetsAtlanta HawksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance.
122 points from the field on 90 shots: 23.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-22 | 86.4% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-17 | 35.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 0-3 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-8 | 62.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 19-41 | 46.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 18 | 5 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Zaccharie Risacher | 13 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Onyeka Okongwu | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Luke Kennard | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 15 | 5-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 11 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Trae Young | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Zaccharie Risacher | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Dyson Daniels | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 19 | 7-9 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Daniels | 28 | 5 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 17 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Trae Young | 8 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Vít Krejčí | 7 | 4 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = CHA leads, negative = ATL leads
CHA Largest Lead
24
Q2 6:21
ATL Largest Lead
0
Q1 12:00
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CHA 8-0 run
Q1 11:26 – Q1 10:09
0 → +8
ATL 8-0 run
Q1 6:28 – Q1 5:22
+15 → +7
CHA 11-0 run
Q2 10:27 – Q2 9:24
+6 → +17
ATL 9-0 run
Q2 1:05 – Q2 0:21
+19 → +10
