TORONTO (AP) — Trae Younger had 34 factors and 10 assists, De’Andre Hunter scored 22 factors and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Toronto Raptors 136-107 Sunday evening for his or her fourth straight victory.
Clint Capela had 11 factors and 13 rebounds because the Hawks opened a six-game street journey by handing the reeling Raptors their tenth straight loss.
Scottie Barnes scored 19 factors and RJ Barrett 17, however the Raptors fell behind by greater than 30 factors and allowed greater than 130 for the second straight recreation. Toronto gave up a franchise-worst 155 factors in Thursday’s loss at Memphis.
Younger shot 7-for-13 from 3-point vary, single-handedly making as many pictures from distance as your complete Raptors staff, who mixed to go 7-for-24.
Toronto’s Bruce Brown made his season debut after lacking the primary 31 video games, recovering from proper knee surgical procedure. Brown flew in for a one-handed dunk for his first factors shortly after coming into the sport within the first quarter. He completed with 12 factors in 19 minutes.
Takeaways
Hawks: The Hawks had 10 steals within the first quarter and completed with a game-high 22. Atlanta’s earlier file was 16.
Raptors: Middle Jakob Poeltl scored 13 factors in his return after lacking the final 4 video games with a strained left groin.
Key second
Atlanta turned a six-point halftime lead right into a 22-point lead after three quarters because of an explosive 40-point third quarter, led by 12 factors from Younger.
Key statistic
Toronto turned the ball over on its first 5 possessions of the sport and 6 of the primary seven. The Raptors made as many errors (10) as baskets within the first quarter. They completed with a season-worst 31 turnovers.
To be continued
Toronto travels to Boston on Tuesday afternoon, whereas Atlanta travels to Denver for a New 12 months’s Eve recreation on Wednesday night.
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