The Atlanta Hawks have been again at State Farm Enviornment for the season opener in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday evening.
Atlanta received the sport 120-116 behind 30 factors from Trae Younger, 28 factors from backup middle Onyeka Okongwu and 15 factors from former New Orleans Pelicans ahead Dyson Daniels. The Hawks had their highest-scoring quarter (37 factors) when it mattered most: through the fourth quarter.
Atlanta received off to a powerful begin, taking a nine-point lead early within the first quarter earlier than the Nets tied the sport at 15 on the 4:51 mark. Okongwu led the way in which within the first half with 14 factors and 5 rebounds. Okongwu scored lots of his factors on large put-back dunks that introduced the group to its ft.
Regardless of having 9 factors within the first half, Younger began the sport 2-6 from the sector. Nets ahead Ben Simmons, who typically had his finest video games in opposition to the Hawks early in his profession as a Philadelphia 76er, practically had a triple-double at halftime with 6 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists decisive. The Nets managed to enter halftime with a 55-51 lead.
Atlanta will host the Charlotte Hornets on Friday evening. The Hornets opened the season with a 110-105 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday evening.
Information and remarks:
Gucci Mane carried out at halftime.
Hawks rookie and league primary choose on this summer season’s draft, Zaccharie Risacher, scored the primary basket of his profession on a three-pointer late within the first quarter.
Wednesday was the primary common season recreation as a Nets assistant coach for Juwon Howard, the previous head males’s basketball coach on the College of Michigan.
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