Atlanta Hawks defeat Nets 96-91
On Wednesday, at the Philips Arena Atlanta have the guest for Game 2 the Nets. The Number 1 seeded Atlanta again survived a tougher-than-expected test from the Nets holding on for a 96-91 victory and a 2-0 lead in their playoff series Wednesday night.
The Nets have dominated the boards, kind of helping them to stay close to the Hawks. The Brooklyn held a 49-41 edge, led by Williams with 10 rebounds, and leads 96-80 in the series.
The Hawks hardly looked like a team that set a franchise record with 60 wins and finished 22 games ahead of Brooklyn in the East. They missed nine straight shots and turned it over three times before Millsap’s layup broke the skid.
The Nets Jarrett Jack led the Nets with 23 points off the bench, and Brook Lopez had 20. According to Yahoo Sports ”All is not lost,” Jack said. ”Our confidence is high.” Mirza Teletovic played his first game in three months after being treated for multiple blood clots in his lungs. Mirza unfortunately missed his only two shots while playing just under 4 minutes. Joe Johnson scored 19 points, also Williams, Bojan Bogdanovic and Thaddeus Young added for only 12.
The Hawks and his best player Millsap, who missed five games near the end of the season with a sprained right shoulder, ditched a pad that he felt restricted his shooting motion. He responded by hitting 7 of 11 shots and finished with 19 points. But Al Horford didn’t stop him let a dislocated finger slow him down he was in excellent shape scored 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kyle Korver he add 17 points, and good 3-point shoots beyond the arc. Carroll had a tough night after scoring 17 points in Game 1. He went 0 of 5 from 3-point range. Dennis Schroder scored 12 points to lead the reserves, but the remaining backups contributed only 16 points on 5-of-20 shooting. Pero Antic great slum at the almost end he added 8 points in the 13 minutes of play.
Game 3-playoffs Saturday at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn NY at 3:00 pm.
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