The Atlanta Hawks were unable to return to winning ways as they fell short in Brooklyn to the Nets on Wednesday night, 116-100 in favor of the Nets.
John Collins tied a career-high with 30 points while grabbing 14 rebounds, including nine offensive rebounds, while Trae Young added 17 points.
For the Nets, seven players reached double-digit scoring, D’Angelo Russell leading all of those with 23 points.
Starting hot, fizzing out
Heading into this game on the second night of a back-to-back (having narrowly lost out in Toronto the night before) the Hawks began on a great note as they stormed out to 10-4 start and took advantage of the Nets’ struggles on offense and defense to open out a 15 point lead by the end of the first quarter — leading 38-23 — before edging that lead to 19 points in the early stages of the the second quarter.