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Nickeil Alexander-Walker scores 34 with nine threes as the Hawks hold off the Pacers 108-104 in Indiana
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 34 on 9-of-15 three-point shooting and Okongwu hit a floater with 10.2 seconds left as Atlanta held off Indiana's late rally from 11 down to win 108-104 and improve to 4-4.
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 34 points on 9-of-15 three-point shooting and the Atlanta Hawks held off Indiana’s fourth-quarter rally to beat the Pacers 108-104 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday, November 2. Atlanta is 4-4. Indiana is 2-6 and 0-4 at home.
Alexander-Walker made 12 of 25 shots and had 4 steals and 4 assists, and Atlanta made 23 of 51 threes (45%) as a team. Luguentz Dort scored 14 with four threes, Corey Kispert had 14 off the bench with four threes on seven tries, and Onyeka Okongwu scored 13 with 10 rebounds. CJ McCollum scored 13 on 4-of-17 shooting but had 11 assists.
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How it turned
Atlanta led from the 7:03 mark of the first quarter on, apart from a tie at 20-20. Okongwu hit two early threes, the Pacers tied it on a Slawson three, and the Hawks then ran off a 12-3 stretch to lead 37-29 after the first. Alexander-Walker scored 25 in two and a half quarters, and Atlanta led 68-56 at halftime and by as many as 15, 73-58, early in the third. The Hawks went into the fourth up 87-79.
Indiana made its push through its defense and the free throw line. The Pacers got within 89-84 on Jalen Slawson’s inside basket with 8:34 left, and Quenton Jackson’s and-one made it 92-87, but Alexander-Walker answered with threes and Atlanta led 101-90 with 6:00 to play. After Alexander-Walker’s three with 4:34 left made it 104-93, the Hawks scored only four more points, McCollum’s two free throws and Okongwu’s late floater. Kobe Brown made two free throws, Braden Smith hit a three, and Jackson and Jay Huff each made two more free throws as Indiana scored nine straight to pull within 104-102 with 2:24 left.
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McCollum answered with two free throws at 2:10, but Alexander-Walker’s bad pass with 1:26 left led to a Jackson steal and a running dunk that made it 106-104. Jackson then blocked Alexander-Walker’s three with 1:07 left and missed a three of his own with 43.1 seconds left. McCollum missed a pull-up three with 27.2 seconds left, but Dyson Daniels, who had six offensive rebounds, kept the possession alive. Huff blocked Alexander-Walker’s layup with 12.9 seconds left, but it went down as an Atlanta offensive team rebound, and after a timeout Okongwu hit a 12-foot floater with 10.2 seconds left to make it 108-104. Huff missed a three with 3.8 seconds left.
The numbers
The Pacers shot 48% to Atlanta’s 39% and outscored the Hawks 54-26 in the paint, but they made only 8 of 34 threes (24%) and had 18 turnovers to Atlanta’s 16. They made 20 of 23 free throws, and the Hawks 5 of 8. Atlanta won the rebounding battle 49-39 with 17 offensive rebounds to 5, and each team had 12 steals. Indiana blocked 9 shots to Atlanta’s 4. The lead changed hands four times.
The Pacers’ side
Huff scored 22 with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, Jackson had 20 points, 4 steals and 2 blocks, and Smith, a rookie guard who had played 18 minutes total in his first three games, started and scored 19 on 8-of-13 shooting with 10 assists and 3 steals. He had missed all three shots he took in his first three NBA games, and he made his first field goal and his first three tonight. Brown scored 16, Jarace Walker 15 and Jalen Slawson 12, with 3 steals and 3 blocks in 41 minutes. Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Kelly Oubre Jr., Obi Toppin and Ivica Zubac did not play.
Atlanta was without Jalen Johnson (ankle), Jock Landale (hip), Mouhamed Gueye (foot), Henri Veesaar (knee) and Kingston Flemings, who is suspended.
What’s next
Atlanta visits the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. ET (2:00 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). Indiana visits the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, November 4, at 8:00 p.m. ET (3:00 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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