Atlanta Hawks true playoff chance as they win against disastrous Charlotte Hornets

The Atlanta Hawks saved their chance for the playoffs. In the 9-10 play-in game once morest the Charlotte Hornets, Trae Young’s team won 132-103, and the All-Star didn’t even have his best night.

Atlanta Hawks (9) – Charlotte Hornets (10) 132:103 (BOXSCORE)

Young had difficulties, especially in the first half, at times the point guard missed eight throws in a row. Charlotte had defended the All-Star better than any other team during the regular season, but as the game progressed the 23-year-old found ways to punish defense, ending up with 24 points (8/24 FG) and 11 assists .

Much more important for the Hawks, however, was that the other starters also delivered. Clint Capela (15, 17 rebounds, 3 blocks) recalled the outstanding previous year with his performance, Kevin Huerter (13) and De’Andre Hunter (22, 7 rebounds) used the freedom that Young created for them. Atlanta hit more than 50 percent from the field, exactly half of all threes (16/32) went through the trap.

However, Charlotte’s defense was disastrous most of the time. The third quarter was symbolic of this. Atlanta hit 16 of his 24 attempts for 42 points and even picked up 3 offensive rebounds for second chance points. It was almost a copy of last year when the Hornets suffered a similar debacle in the Indiana play-in (117-144).

LaMelo Ball (26, 7/25, 8 assists) was one of the visitors’ better players despite poor odds, as was PJ Washington (17, 7/10). Terry Rozier (21, 8/22) and Miles Bridges (12, 0/4 threes) disappointed, the latter taking two Ts and an automatic ejection midway through the fourth quarter on vacation.

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