Hawks beat Wizards 120-105 as Nickeil Alexander-Walker scores 26 and Corey Kispert hits a four-point play

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points with six three-pointers, Onyeka Okongwu had 14 points and 16 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 120-105 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday, November 4. Atlanta led by as many as 16 and held Washington to 6 of 26 from three-point range while making 19 of 49 itself. The Hawks are 5-4 and 4-2 on the road. Washington is 4-4.

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A 13-0 run in the second quarter

Atlanta led 37-32 after the first quarter, with Asa Newell’s tip-in at the buzzer starting a 13-0 run that carried into the second. Zuby Ejiofor scored two transition baskets, Kingston Flemings added a runner, Aaron Wiggins hit a three and Dyson Daniels’ driving layup made it 48-32 with 9:06 left in the half. That was the Hawks’ largest lead of the night, 16 points.

Trae Young and Kyshawn George answered. George hit a 23-foot three, Young hit a 25-foot step-back three, and Davis scored 8 points in the second quarter as Washington cut the deficit to 68-61 by halftime. The Hawks won the quarter 31-29.

Kispert’s four-point play

The Wizards got within four twice in the third quarter, the second time on Young’s 25-foot step-back three that made it 83-79 with 2:55 left. Corey Kispert answered on the next Atlanta possession with a 23-foot three off a Daniels pass and made the free throw after it, a four-point play that made it 87-79. Ejiofor made two free throws and a 2-foot dunk, and Atlanta led 93-85 going into the fourth.

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Washington cut it to six, 93-87, on a George jumper early in the fourth and never got closer. Kispert scored a driving layup and a layup plus the free throw off two more Daniels passes, Wiggins hit a step-back three, and Atlanta led 101-87 with 9:51 left. George kept scoring and the Wizards trimmed it to 110-101 on a Bilal Coulibaly dunk with 4:51 left, but Wiggins, Alexander-Walker and Daniels answered, and Atlanta led 118-103 inside three minutes.

The numbers

Atlanta shot 45 of 101 (45%), made 19 of 49 threes and 11 of 14 free throws, and had 34 assists on 15 turnovers. The Hawks outrebounded Washington 57-41, with 19 offensive rebounds, and scored 19 fast-break points to the Wizards’ 15. Washington shot 42 of 88 (48%), made only 6 of 26 threes (23%) and scored 62 points in the paint to Atlanta’s 50, with 9 blocks. The Wizards made 15 of 21 free throws and committed 12 turnovers. There were 8 lead changes, all in the first quarter, and Washington’s largest lead was five.

Alexander-Walker shot 9 of 20 and made 6 of 14 threes in 32 minutes. Okongwu shot 5 of 9 with 4 assists and 3 turnovers. Flemings had 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting with 4 assists in 23 minutes. Daniels scored only 8 points on 4-of-13 shooting but had 16 rebounds, 8 assists and a game-best plus-21. CJ McCollum and Wiggins scored 15 each off the bench, and Ejiofor had 11 points with 2 blocks and was plus-18 in 17 minutes. Jalen Johnson sat out for the second straight game with a sprained left ankle.

Washington’s side

Davis scored 26 on 12-of-19 shooting with 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, and George had 25 on 10 of 14 with 7 assists and 4 turnovers. Young finished with 18 points, 6 assists and 4 turnovers on 6-of-12 shooting, and was minus-19 in 34 minutes in his first game against Atlanta since Washington acquired him in January. Alex Sarr had 11 points and 9 rebounds, AJ Dybantsa scored 9 on 4-of-12 shooting, and Coulibaly was minus-25 in 23 minutes.

What’s next

The teams play again on Friday, November 6, in Atlanta, at 7:00 p.m. ET (2:00 a.m. Saturday Cairo time), in NBA Cup group play.

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