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Hawks snapped losing streak with win over Suns

By Yakiri Thomas / January 15, 2020

The Atlanta Hawks cracked their four-game losing streak on Tuesday night with a 123-110 win over the Phoenix Suns at State Farm Arena.

After sitting out Sunday loss to Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets due to hamstring injury, Young returned to home court with a vengeance.

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Brandon Goodwin scored a buzzer-beating shot to put the Hawks at a

1 point lead at the end of the 1st quarter.

At the half, it was performances like this from Trae and Dre that kept the Hawks in the game.

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The Hawks led by 15 points in the 3rd quarter, however the Suns closed the scoring gap and took the lead nearing the end of the 3rd, but a last-second lob for John Collins helped the Hawks capture a one point lead heading into the 4th.

 

Midway into the 4th, Hunter hit a a buzzer-beating shot at the end of the shot clock.

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Young put 21 of his 36 points on the board in the 4th quarter helping the Hawks take down the Suns.

Young scored his 13th double-double of the season with his 36 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds. This is the eighth time he has notched at least 30 points and 10 assists, the second-most in the NBA.

John Collins bounced back from Sunday’s lost scoring his sixth double-double of the season with 22 points (10-16 FGs), 10 rebounds. Kevin Huerter collected his first double-double of the season with 23 points, a career-high 15 rebounds, and a career-high 8 assists in 38 minutes.

Young, Collins and Huerter are the first trio of teammates in NBA history each age-22 or younger, to record a 20-point double-double in the same game.

We can’t forget about Dre:   De’Andre Hunter played good defense last night adding 15 points and three rebounds.

Damian Jones gathered  11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists. It is Jones’ 8th time scoring in double-figures this season.

“I’m really proud of our guys, especially in that fourth quarter. It just felt like offensively and defensively we put together what we wanted to do.” said Lloyd Pierce.

“I think we all contributed in a big way. I think we all competed. Kevin had a hell of a game, John played well. De’Andre played great defense on a great player in Booker, he was just making some tough shots tonight. It was good to see all that.” said Trae Young.

Up next: The Hawks now (9-32) are on the road to take on the Spurs. The team will return home on Saturday Jan 18. to face the Detroit Pistons.

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