The Eagles face the Wizards
This season, the Ranking of the East is really changing rapidly, and the Washington Wizards once topped the first place in the East, but now they are only eleventh in the East, and there is no hope of a playoff. When star Bradley Beal was reimbursed for the season, Dinwiddie was traded to the Lone Ranger, and Porzingis failed to prove himself after returning from injury. As for the Eagles, the start-up record was bad, but the All-Stars kept winning and now have a play-off spot and are likely to make it to the playoffs.
In this game, the Hawks will play the Wizards at home. The Hawks lost another game to the Raptors, ending a five-game winning streak and the eighth place in the East, which was also taken away by the Nets. So this game, for the Hawks, is undoubtedly a game that must be won. However, the Wizards will not sit still, after all, in the last game, they just defeated the Western Dark Horse Timberwolves.
There was no suspense in the game
The Hawks showed great offensive firepower in the first quarter, Trae Young only had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists on 1-of-5 shooting, but Gallinari had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Hunter hit 2 three-pointers, Bogdanovic on the bench shot 3-of-3, the team bombed 40 points in a single quarter, but the Wizards also scored 31 points, including Porzingis 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. After returning from the second quarter, the Hawks' offense began to decline, and Capela had 11 points and three rebounds, but the team felt bad three-pointers, only scoring 27 points.
Porzingis continued to shoot two three-pointers for 10 points, six rebounds and two assists, Avdia also had seven points, three rebounds and three assists, the Wizards hit 34 points in a single quarter, and at the end of halftime, the Hawks were only 2 points ahead of the Wizards 67-65. In the second half, the Wizards suddenly fell into a scoring drought, Porzingis took 7 points and 5 rebounds, but the team only scored 18 points, the Hawks seized the opportunity, Trae Young ushered in the outbreak, 16 points and 3 assists on 4-of-6 shooting, leading the Hawks to a successful 12-point lead.
In the final quarter that decided the outcome of the game, the Hawks did not give the Wizards any chance, Bogdanovic hit three more three-pointers, Gallinari shot 4 of 4 for 9 points and 2 rebounds, Trae Young also had 5 points, the Eagles always maintained a double-digit lead, and finally won the Washington Wizards 118-103, successfully refusing to lose in a row.
The Nets didn't dare to be careless
After the Hawks won this game, the record was once again tied with the Nets, so even at the end of the season, the Nets did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, Durant and Irving still had to fight every game, after all, the difficulty of the eighth and ninth playoffs in the East was not at one level at all. Trae Young had 30 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists in this game, continuing to show the role of the commander of the court, but only 9 of the three-point shots were 3 of the three-pointers, but it did not matter, the two major guards stepped forward, hit 10 three-pointers in the whole game, and successfully defended Yang Shaoxia.
The first was Gallinari, who shot 10-of-19 and 4-of-7 from three-point range and had 26 points and 10 rebounds, while the second was Bogdanovic, who shot 6-of-13 and 6-of-9 from three-point range, for 18 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. The two contributed a total of 10 three-pointers and became a knife-carrying guard by Yang Shaoxia's side. In addition, Capela also had 19 points and 7 rebounds, and Hunter had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. On the Wizards' side, Porzingis had 26 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists, Keyspert had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and Garford had 12 points and 1 rebound, but only these three people scored in double figures.