4 wins behind the Lakers!Jazz 27 points to the Hawks, Markkanen 3-pointers, 0-of-6
On February 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Hawks played at home against the Jazz, and the Hawks' number one star Trae Young continued to miss due to a torn finger injury. The Hawks continued to suppress the Jazz and gradually expanded the 30+ advantage in the second half, and finally the Hawks easily defeated the Jazz 124-97, and the Hawks won 2 consecutive wins to consolidate the tenth place in the East, and the Jazz have fallen behind the Lakers by 4 wins to continue to rank 11th in the West. The Hawks scored at least 16 points to win, Murray had 17 points and 11 assists, Johnson had 22 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, Jazz core Markkanen scored only 11 points on 4-of-13 shooting (0-of-6 from three-point range), and Sexton had 22 points and 6 steals.
The two sides met for the first time this season, with the Jazz without Porter and the Hawks without Trae Young and Okonggou. In the first five minutes of the first quarter, the Jazz continued to play iron without scoring a point, and the Hawks blossomed with more points to play a dream 12-0 start. The Jazz scored four points in a row, the Hawks continued to maintain a 17-6 lead, and the Jazz fought back with a 10-4 offensive wave to chase the points. The Hawks extended their 10-point advantage again, and Markkanen hit a dunk to give the Hawks an eight-point lead over the Jazz at 26-18 at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter of the game, the Hawks continued to extend their 34-22 lead by 12 points, and the Jazz went on a 7-2 offensive run to chase down points. The Hawks extended their 12-point lead at 43-31 again, and the Jazz hit the inside to chase the points, but the Hawks continued to maintain a double-digit lead. The Hawks scored 3-pointers 29-26 in the second quarter, and the Hawks led the Jazz 55-44 at the end of the first half. In the first two quarters, the Hawks made 4-of-14 three-pointers, Johnson scored 14 points and 5 rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting, and Murray only had 2 points and 5 assists on 1-of-7 shooting. The Jazz were 3-of-15 from three-point range, while Markkanen and Sexton both scored 10 points.
After halftime, the Hawks continued to attack and escalate to suppress the Jazz, and the Hawks scored 34 points in the third quarter, becoming the first time that the two teams scored 30+ points in a single quarter in this game. The Hawks continued to suppress the Jazz and gradually expanded the 20+ advantage, the Hawks won by 9 points 34-25 in the third quarter, and the Hawks had expanded their lead over the Jazz by 20 points at the end of the first three quarters.
Entering the final quarter of the game, the Hawks extended a 111-81 lead by 30 points in the first half of the fourth quarter, and the game lost the suspense of victory and loss early into garbage time, and finally the Hawks easily defeated the Jazz to win 2 consecutive victories, and also continued to consolidate the top 10 playoff spots in the East.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)