Atlanta Hawks ring Philadelphia 76ers’ bell, 124-86
By John Buhler
The Atlanta Hawks had eight players in double figures scoring Wednesday night, as the violently rang the Philadelphia 76ers’ bell, 124-86 at Wells Fargo.
The Atlanta Hawks cruise to an easy victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night, 124-86. Atlanta had eight different players in double figures scoring in their blowout win in Philadelphia.
Leading the way for the Atlanta Hawks were actually two guys coming off the Atlanta bench in shooting guard Tim Hardaway, Jr. and power forward Mike Scott. Each reserve had 13 points for Atlanta.
Hardaway was 5-8 from the field with seven rebounds, four assists, and a plus/minus of +23. He’s becoming a difference maker off the Atlanta bench in the second half. Scott nearly had a double-double with nine rebounds, shooting 6-10 from the field.
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Four Atlanta Hawks had 12 points against the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night. Those four were Kent Bazemore, Mike Muscala, Thabo Sefolosha, and Dennis Schroder. Bazemore would have three rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block.
Muscala was 4-5 from the field with two rebounds, an assist, and a steal. Sefolosha was 5-7 from the field and had six rebounds, two assists, two steals, and a block. Schroder would have five rebounds, two assists, and a steal.
Both Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague had 10 points apiece. Neither shot the basketball particularly well, going a combined 7-23 from the field. Even if they were having off nights with their shooting, they still had double figures scoring and got to spend most of the fourth quarter icing their legs and watching the bench explode in this huge blowout victory for the Atlanta Hawks.
Atlanta scored its fewest points Wednesday night in its three meetings thus far this season against the 76ers. Atlanta took advantage of Philadelphia’s careless nature with the basketball in forcing 24 76ers turnovers.
The Hawks also did shoot the basketball particularly well from the floor as a team, making 52.2% of their field goal attempts and 50.0% of their threes. Atlanta did leave some points at the line, only making 72.0% of its free throws.
Atlanta will have Thursday night off and will carry their two-game winning streak into Friday’s nationally televised game against an Indiana Pacers team that has unfortunately owned Atlanta this season. Tipoff in this Eastern Conference rivalry game is at 7:00 PM ET and the game will air on ESPN.
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Even though Philadelphia is a struggling basketball team, Atlanta has to feel good about its offense the last two games by being able to score over 110 points in both contests. Hopefully Atlanta’s good shooting luck carries into their home game against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Let’s Go Hawks!