The Atlanta Hawks were back from the All-Star break, and they had a matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers. So far this season, the Hawks have had the 76ers’ number, and they were looking to add on that success in this matchup. The Hawks were healthy coming into the game, except for Jonathan Kuminga, who will be re-evaluated in a week.
As for the 76ers, they were without Joel Embiid.
Onyeka Okongwu used his vision early to find Jalen Johnson on the other end of the floor.
Dyson Daniels was in attack mode early in the quarter, and found some ways to get some easy points in the paint.
Both teams traded buckets throughout the entire quarter, and the Hawks led 28-26 going into the second.
The Hawks kept the ball movement going to start the second.
CJ McCollum did what he does best on this play, and it’s getting buckets.
The Hawks started to find a rhythm later down the stretch of the second, and it was what they were doing in transition that helped them pull away.
They kept piling up the points, and they had their biggest lead of 10 at one point in the quarter. Going into halftime, the Hawks led 60-53.
Okongwu got it started for the Hawks in the third with this nice layup.
The Hawks turned defense into offense on this play, and got an easy two points to extend their lead.
Zaccharie Risacher got up for this putback slam, and the bench got up as well.
The 76ers stayed around and made sure the Hawks didn’t pull away with their lead. Nickeil Alexander-Walker used his shiftiness to get this layup to go.
Going into the fourth quarter, the Hawks led 88-84. McCollum continued his solid night to start the quarter, knocking down this three-pointer.
Okongwu got this putback layup to go in.
Alexander-Walker put this three-pointer in to give the Hawks a double-digit lead.
Risacher got up again for another putback.
Of course, the 76ers tried to make their last effort to come back, but the Hawks were able to execute down the stretch on both sides of the floor to keep their lead, and ultimately win the game.
Johnson finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, McCollum finished with 23 points, Daniels finished with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Alexander-Walker finished with 14 points.
The Hawks will be back in action tomorrow against the Miami Heat.