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Atlanta Hawks beat Brooklyn Nets 124-121 as Jalen Johnson scores 30
Jalen Johnson scored 30 points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Aaron Wiggins added 20 apiece, and Atlanta rallied from 17 down to beat Brooklyn 124-121.
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Jalen Johnson scored 30 points, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-121 at State Farm Arena on Saturday, November 7. Atlanta improved to 7-4 and won its fourth straight game. Brooklyn fell to 2-7.
Johnson shot 11-of-17 from the field and 8-of-10 at the line in 36 minutes, with 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Aaron Wiggins scored 20 points apiece. The Hawks trailed by 17 in the first quarter and did not lead until Alexander-Walker made two free throws with 1:26 remaining.
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How it turned
Nolan Traoré opened the scoring with a short jumper, and Brooklyn jumped ahead 6-0. Michael Porter Jr. and Julius Randle kept the burst going, and a Noah Clowney three with 3:57 left in the first quarter made it 31-14, the Nets’ largest lead. Atlanta chipped away from there and cut the deficit to 37-27 after one.
The Hawks won the second quarter 39-33. Johnson’s two free throws with 18 seconds left in the half brought Atlanta within 68-66 before Traoré hit a turnaround jumper just before the buzzer, sending Brooklyn into the locker room up 70-66.
The Nets stretched the lead to 91-80 on a Randle jumper with 4:13 left in the third. CJ McCollum and Zuby Ejiofor answered with threes, and Atlanta trailed 95-88 after three.
Atlanta outscored Brooklyn 36-26 in the fourth. Mikel Brown Jr.’s three with 2:13 left made it 114-110, and Onyeka Okongwu’s three 29 seconds later cut it to 114-113. Alexander-Walker then made both free throws for Atlanta’s first lead, 115-114, added a running layup and watched Johnson finish a three-point play that made it 120-114 with 38.5 seconds left. Randle scored inside, and the Hawks made free throws to reach 123-116. Porter made two free throws, and Danny Wolf’s three with 1.5 seconds remaining trimmed it to 123-121. Okongwu made the first of two free throws with 0.2 seconds left to close it at 124-121.
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The supporting cast
Okongwu finished with 16 points and 4 blocks. Dyson Daniels had 9 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. Wiggins made 5 threes. Atlanta scored 70 points in the paint and 20 on the fast break, blocked 10 shots and turned 22 Brooklyn turnovers into 28 points. The Hawks assisted on 30 baskets.
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Brooklyn’s side
Porter led the Nets with 25 points and 9 rebounds. Traoré scored 19 on 8-of-10 shooting with 4 steals in 23 minutes. Randle had 19 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Day’Ron Sharpe posted a triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, and Brown added 18 points off the bench.
Brooklyn won the boards 53-40 and shot 43-of-89 from the field, but the Nets committed 22 turnovers and scored only 4 fast-break points. Attendance was 16,117.
What’s next
The Nets visit the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, November 8, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Monday Cairo time). The Hawks host the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, November 9, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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