Washington Wizards at Atlanta Hawks
· NBA Cup - Group PlayDaniels continues scoring surge with 25 points as Hawks beat Wizards and move to 2-0 in NBA Cup
Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 24 points. Jordan Poole had 22 and rookie Alex Sarr added a career-high 20 points. Despite the trio's scoring leadership, the Wizards' NBA Cup opener was their seventh consecutive loss.
Washington is now 2-9 with both wins against Atlanta in the first four games of the season.
Coming off a career-high 28 points in Tuesday night's 117-116 win at defending NBA champion Boston, Daniels made 10 of 14 shots from the field and paced the defense with six steals.
Jalen Johnson scored 18 points with 13 rebounds and seven assists for Atlanta. Trae Young had 18 points and nine assists.
Hawks: Forward De'Andre Hunter scored 22 points in 21 minutes in his return for Atlanta after missing 10 games with right knee injury management and personal family reasons. Risacher again started at small forward, which had been Hunter's spot. Young started after missing one game with right Achilles tendinitis.
Regular Season Series
WSH leads series 2-1
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 117 - 129 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 117 - 129 | |
4th 0.0 | Wizards offensive team rebound | 117 - 129 | |
4th 1.1 | Corey Kispert misses 26-foot three point jumper | 117 - 129 | |
4th 3.0 | Zaccharie Risacher out of bounds bad pass turnover | 117 - 129 |
Statistics
WSH | ATL | |
---|---|---|
43-106 | FG | 46-98 |
40.6 | Field Goal % | 46.9 |
15-43 | 3PT | 12-37 |
34.9 | Three Point % | 32.4 |
16-21 | FT | 25-30 |
76.2 | Free Throw % | 83.3 |
52 | Rebounds | 55 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
39 | Defensive Rebounds | 40 |
28 | Assists | 28 |
11 | Steals | 10 |
5 | Blocks | 10 |
15 | Turnovers | 16 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
16 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
23 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 21 |
16 | Fast Break Points | 25 |
44 | Points in Paint | 62 |
23 | Fouls | 17 |
14 | Largest Lead | 28 |
Game Information
Location: Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 16,038 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southeast Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando | 19 | 12 | .613 | - | W2 |
Miami | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3 | W1 |
Atlanta | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.5 | W1 |
Charlotte | 7 | 22 | .241 | 11 | L5 |
Washington | 4 | 23 | .148 | 13 | L2 |
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