Hawks Drop Heartbreaker in OT 120-115

The Hawks drop a heartbreaker in overtime to the Nets 120-115. With this loss the series is tied 2-2 and ensures that Atlanta will have to come back to New York one more time as there will be a game 6 in this series.

The first quarter started off good for the Hawks who appeared to have found their stride offensively and up to the final minutes of the period appeared to be in control. Brooklyn closed out the quarter with a 9-4 to take a 1 point advantage at the end of the session. Atlanta did look good from outside as they were 4 for 4 from three-point range. The Nets got a shot in the arm from Deron Williams who has struggled earlier in the series but popped off with 11 first quarter points this evening.

The Nets continued to apply the pressure on the Hawks and continued their run into the early part of the 2^nd quarter as over the 2 sessions the Brooklyn was on an 18-3 scoring run to have our Hawks down 32-24. The Hawks regained their composure and went on their own 7-0 run to bring the game within 1 point. The Nets held on to the lead until late in the period when the Hawks came to life and closed out the half on an 11-2 run.

Atlanta went into halftime with a 51-45 point lead and was able to overcome 8 first half turnovers with some sharp three-point shooting. The Hawks dropped 9 bombs from downtown and were led in scoring by DeMarre Carroll’s 15 points before the intermission.

The Hawks continued to assert themselves in the 3^rd quarter as they looked more like the team we expected to start this series. Going up by as many as 12 our boys led all the way through the period. The Nets only got as close within 7 points during the session.

The 4^th quarter started to look like the earlier games of this series as Nets brought themselves back into the game and used an 11-3 run to tie game with 10 minutes left in the contest. Deron Williams continued to roll like his 2010 self as he had personal 8-0 run to give the Nets their 1^st lead of the 2^nd half. Williams hit 4 three pointers in the 4^th quarter to pace Nets. The teams battled back and forth as Jeff Teague led the Hawks with 9 points in the last period of regulation.

The two teams ended up tied 104-104 after a Paul Millsap drive to the basket to tie the game with 16 seconds left. Atlanta had a chance to close the game out after a Brooklyn miss with 6.5 seconds left but Millsap could not get not get the final shot off to end regulation.