The Atlanta Hawks are Sep 11, however three of these wins are towards the 2 finest groups within the Japanese Convention.
The Hawks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 117-101, of their NBA Cup sport Friday evening. Cleveland misplaced its third sport of the season, with two of these losses coming in consecutive video games to the Hawks.
Atlanta pulled away with a 39-point third quarter the place Trae Younger delivered 5 of his 11 assists and 7 totally different Hawks gamers scored. Younger is on a tear as a distributor, averaging 15.3 assists in his final six video games. He’s main the NBA with 12.4 dimes per sport.
That could be how the Hawks are defeating the stout Cavaliers protection. For the final two video games, Atlanta has 72 assists to Cleveland’s 52. Once they knocked off the Boston Celtics in an NBA Cup sport on Nov. 12, the Hawks additionally had an enormous help benefit, 35-28.
Additionally they acquired three steals from the NBA’s high thief, Dyson Daniels. He’s averaging 3.1 swipes per sport and had six when the Hawks upset the Celtics.
A part of Atlanta’s excellence towards high groups is that they’ve gotten more healthy this month. And so they’re additionally getting contributions from No. 1 choose Zaccharie Risacher, who has totaled 28 factors on 10-for-18 taking pictures versus the Cavaliers this week.
However now Atlanta is in seventh place within the East, and it is within the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. Although the Hawks are Sep 11, they’re trying like a workforce nobody needs to play.
