![]() That’s the part of the growth process - he’s a young player, he loves to play and he was talking matchups tonight. It says a lot more about how you respond to it. Mistakes are going to happen, it’s a game of mistakes. “Hopefully he feels that and his teammates have a lot of confidence in him. “I’ve got a lot of confidence in him,” said Snyder of Johnson. He may have gotten a few extra minutes as a result of foul trouble amongst Capela/Okongwu but his impact was huge last night and certainly did not go unnoticed. Not only did Johnson hit two three pointers but he also had some good defensive stances on the perimeter too. That play really sparked our momentum too.” You look around the league and certain teams have certain guys when they make a play it brings their team up and you can go on a run after those types of plays. “Oh, I loved it,” said Young of Johnson’s performance. Trae Young would circle this play as one that teams in the NBA need and how they can be used to rally. “Coach said just crash the offensive glass, so that’s what I did,” beamed Johnson postgame when asked about the dunk. There was a three-pointer in particular that came at a key time to cut the Washington lead from 13 to 10 and Bogdanovic was the one to deliver it: I thought we really competed.”īogdanovic scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting off the bench and hit some very timely shots when the Hawks really needed a basket. Still having some breakdowns defensively that we got to keep working on but happy with the effort and proud of- as much as anything tonight in my mind for our team was just about competing. That group really gave us a lift and when some of our starters came back in, you’re fresh and you get to attack. Jalen came in and did some really good things and I thought Bogi gave us a lift. O(nyeka Okongwu) playing with fouls but staying aggressive and also being disciplined. ![]() ![]() “For us, I think our bench gave us a huge lift. “I thought both teams played well,” said Snyder postgame via Bally Sports. Postgame, Hawks head coach Quin Snyder credited both teams for their play but was particularly pleased with the play of his bench, more specifically the play of Jalen Johnson, Onyeka Okongwu and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Kuzma would cut the lead to three with a layup but Young would knock both free throws down this time to nudge the Hawks away again, and a buzzer-beating shot from Porzingis to set a new career-high only served to cover the betting spread (commiserations/congratulations) and the Hawks escape with victory. The game now seems lost for Washington, and even with a missed Young free throw after the take foul from Wright the Hawks still lead by five points. This game was decided in the stretch plays, so let’s take a look at how the Hawks took this one, having fallen behind to this Porzingis three-pointer to give the Wizards a one point lead with 3:04 remaining: The Hawks chipped away and a 14-0 run between the end of the third quarter and beginning of the fourth gave Atlanta a six point lead, the play of Jalen Johnson in particular in this stretch was instrumental. The third quarter was a dominant one for the Wizards, running out to a 15 point lead in a game the Hawks couldn’t afford to lose with Washington very close in the standings and already with a 1-0 lead in the season-series. ![]() It seemed likely based on the first quarter that this was going to be an offensive affair, and the Hawks threatened to establish an early double digit lead but behind the play of Porzingis the Wizards were able to hang around. For the Wizards, Kristaps Porzingis scored a career-high 43 points. Trae Young scored 28 points and dished out 10 assists, while Dejounte Murray added 17 points as seven Hawks scored in double digits. The Atlanta Hawks emerged on the right side of a narrow victory after collecting a 122-120 win over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on Wednesday night.
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