Zaza Pachulia and his “Atlanta Hawks” continue holding NBA regular matches. The reps of Georgia hosted “Indiana Pacers” and in a very tense match gained victory- 109:100. Beating the Indiana Pacers without Josh Smith was going to be tough for the Atlanta Hawks.
Then, again, beating the Hawks in Atlanta has been almost impossible for the Indiana Pacers.
On Saturday night at Philips Arena the shorthanded Hawks came out firing then kept the Pacers at bay, winning, 109-100. The win was Atlanta's fourth straight and the 11th straight over Indiana at Philips Arena.
Lou Williams led the Hawks putting together his first career double-double, with 21 points and a career-high 11 assists, while Al Horford added 20 points for the Hawks, who saw all five starters score at least 15 points and had six players score in double-figures.
David West had a game-high 29 for Indiana, which saw its four-game winning streak halted.
Atlanta made a statement early, shooting 67 percent (14-for-21), 60 percent from three (3-for-5) in the first quarter to take a 33-26 lead out of the frame. Williams' 3-pointer with 3:39 to play, broke an 18-18 tie and kicked off an 11-2 run. The Hawks would never look back, leading by as much as 18 in the third quarter. The Hawks shot 55 percent for the game, and 50 percent from three in scoring an opponents' season-high on the Pacers.
Indy, which shot 47.5 percent (33.3 from three) hung around thanks to West, cutting the lead to 91-88 with 5:02 remaining. But Atlanta went scored the next six points, as Jeff Teague took over.
Teague, who had a career-high 27 on Friday, scored eight of his 16 points over the next 3:30, adding an assist, a rebound, and a steal, outscoring the Pacers, 8-7 and keying Atlanta's 11-2 game-sealing run.
Zaza Pachulia, who drew the assignment of playing Pacers center Roy Hibbert, also had a double-double, his second of the year, with 17 points, and 14 rebounds, five on the offensive end → both game-highs. He also helped Atlanta's bigs shut out the 7-2 Hibbert, who was 0-for-2.
THE STAT: 75.0/57.1 percent: Kyle Korver's 3-point shooting percentage and field goal percentage over the last 53:14 seconds against Indiana. Korver scored 16 points on 5-for-10 shooting, 4-of-5 from three, Saturday night. if you include the final 5:14 of the Nov. 7th meeting at Philips, when he shot 3-for-4 and 2-for-3 from downtown to spark Atlanta's game-closing 18-0 rally to overcome a 14-point deficit, Korver has hit six of his last eight three-point attempts and eight of his last 14 shots.
With 4:40 remaining and Indiana hot on Atlanta's heels, trailing 93-88, the Pacers won a jump ball between Al Horford and George Hill but could not convert. On the ensuing Atlanta possession, the Hawks' pressure on the offensive boards led to a pair of offensive rebounds, extending their possession. The second offensive rebound by Pachulia eventually led to a pair of Jeff Teague foul shots and a seven-point lead.
As for “Brooklyn Nets”, it beat Clivelend”- 103:100. Georgian basketball player Tornike Shengelia was in the 13-man lineups but he did not participate in this match.
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IND |
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ATL |
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26 |
22 |
22 |
30 |
100 |
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33 |
22 |
28 |
26 |
109 |
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EASTERN CONFERENCE |
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Eastern |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
CONF |
DIV |
HOME |
ROAD |
L 10 |
STREAK |
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20 |
8 |
0.714 |
0.0 |
9-5 |
4-1 |
14-2 |
6-6 |
7-3 |
L 2 |
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21 |
9 |
0.700 |
0.0 |
13-3 |
4-1 |
12-2 |
9-7 |
6-4 |
L 1 |
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19 |
9 |
0.679 |
1.0 |
13-4 |
8-2 |
11-5 |
8-4 |
7-3 |
W 4 |
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16 |
12 |
0.571 |
4.0 |
14-6 |
5-2 |
9-6 |
7-6 |
7-3 |
W 2 |
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16 |
12 |
0.571 |
4.0 |
12-4 |
4-2 |
9-7 |
7-5 |
6-4 |
W 1 |
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17 |
13 |
0.567 |
4.0 |
8-7 |
4-2 |
9-3 |
8-10 |
7-3 |
L 1 |
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16 |
14 |
0.533 |
5.0 |
13-8 |
6-3 |
11-7 |
5-7 |
5-5 |
W 2 |
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14 |
15 |
0.483 |
6.5 |
9-10 |
3-4 |
9-5 |
5-10 |
4-6 |
L 2 |
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14 |
17 |
0.452 |
7.5 |
8-10 |
4-4 |
9-7 |
5-10 |
2-8 |
L 2 |
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12 |
18 |
0.400 |
9.0 |
5-12 |
2-3 |
7-9 |
5-9 |
4-6 |
L 5 |
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|
11 |
20 |
0.355 |
10.5 |
6-8 |
0-5 |
7-5 |
4-15 |
7-3 |
W 2 |
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|
10 |
22 |
0.313 |
12.0 |
8-9 |
2-2 |
7-8 |
3-14 |
3-7 |
W 1 |
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7 |
23 |
0.233 |
14.0 |
5-9 |
2-5 |
5-12 |
2-11 |
0-10 |
L 18 |
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7 |
25 |
0.219 |
15.0 |
5-17 |
1-8 |
3-10 |
4-15 |
2-8 |
L 2 |
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4 |
24 |
0.143 |
16.0 |
2-18 |
2-7 |
3-11 |
1-13 |
1-9 |
L 1 |
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WESTERN CONFERENCE |
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Western |
W |
L |
PCT |
GB |
CONF |
DIV |
HOME |
ROAD |
L 10 |
STREAK |
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24 |
6 |
0.800 |
0.0 |
15-3 |
5-1 |
14-3 |
10-3 |
10-0 |
W 16 |
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23 |
6 |
0.793 |
0.5 |
13-3 |
2-1 |
15-2 |
8-4 |
8-2 |
W 2 |
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23 |
8 |
0.742 |
1.5 |
13-6 |
7-0 |
12-2 |
11-6 |
6-4 |
W 4 |
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19 |
8 |
0.704 |
3.5 |
10-6 |
3-2 |
13-3 |
6-5 |
5-5 |
W 1 |
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21 |
10 |
0.677 |
3.5 |
8-8 |
2-4 |
10-4 |
11-6 |
7-3 |
W 3 |
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16 |
14 |
0.533 |
8.0 |
5-12 |
2-5 |
11-6 |
5-8 |
7-3 |
L 2 |
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|
17 |
15 |
0.531 |
8.0 |
12-9 |
2-3 |
9-1 |
8-14 |
6-4 |
L 1 |
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|
14 |
13 |
0.519 |
8.5 |
8-6 |
2-2 |
9-4 |
5-9 |
6-4 |
W 1 |
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|
15 |
14 |
0.517 |
8.5 |
10-8 |
2-1 |
11-4 |
4-10 |
7-3 |
W 1 |
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|
15 |
15 |
0.500 |
9.0 |
9-11 |
4-2 |
10-6 |
5-9 |
6-4 |
W 1 |
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15 |
16 |
0.484 |
9.5 |
9-12 |
1-2 |
9-4 |
6-12 |
4-6 |
L 2 |
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12 |
18 |
0.400 |
12.0 |
5-10 |
1-2 |
8-5 |
4-13 |
2-8 |
L 5 |
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|
11 |
20 |
0.355 |
13.5 |
6-9 |
1-4 |
9-7 |
2-13 |
4-6 |
L 5 |
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|
10 |
19 |
0.345 |
13.5 |
6-13 |
3-4 |
9-7 |
1-12 |
3-7 |
W 1 |
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7 |
23 |
0.233 |
17.0 |
2-15 |
0-4 |
3-12 |
4-11 |
2-8 |
W 1 |
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Giorgi Barbakadze
