Charlotte Hornets Defeat Atlanta Hawks 122-118
Summary
The Atlanta Hawks entered Saturday night time’s matchup towards the Charlotte Hornets as heavy favorites. However, the second night time of a back-to-back may be difficult. Plus, the final dwelling sport earlier than a highway journey is usually a lure sport. Unfortunately, that doesn’t excuse what occurred.
Charlotte snapped Atlanta’s successful streak with a 122-118 upset victory in State Farm Arena. Atlanta picked up the place they left off final night time, racing out to a 65-49 halftime lead.
Following the break, Charlotte performed with a brand new degree of depth. They steadily lower into Atlanta’s lead earlier than tying the sport midway by means of the fourth quarter. Atlanta’s cakewalk become a dogfight.
A putback by Clint Capela gave Atlanta a one-point lead with 5 seconds left in regulation. However, a questionable taking pictures foul on Jalen Johnson despatched Terry Rozier to the road with one second left, the place he hit all three free throws to ice the sport.
Tonight’s loss was the second time {that a} short-handed Charlotte beat Atlanta on the highway this season. Losing to Charlotte, the third-worst workforce within the NBA, with out LaMelo Ball and Kelly Oubre Jr., is an embarrassing loss for any workforce that considers itself a contender.
Minus turning the ball over 16 occasions, Atlanta performed effectively on offense. Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, and De’Andre Hunter scored 25+ factors, and the workforce shot 54.2% from the sphere and 44% from deep. But they can not give up 73 factors within the second half and anticipate to win.
Atlanta falls to 24-23, and Charlotte improves to 13-34 on the season. Tomorrow Atlanta heads to Chicago, the place they may play the Bulls on Monday night time. Stay locked into AllHawks.com for information, highlights, and evaluation.
Stats
Hawks Leaders
Dejounte Murray – 26 PTS, 3 REB
Trae Young – 25 PTS, 12 REB
De’Andre Hunter – 25 PTS, 4 REB
Hornets Leaders
Terry Rozier – 34 PTS, 5 REB
Mason Plumlee – 25 PTS, 11 REB
PJ Washington – 23 PTS, 6 REB
