In the closest contest of the three-game season series, the Atlanta Hawks were once again defeated at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night at State Farm Arena. The 114-112 victory for the visitors completed the first sweep for the Nets over the Hawks since January 2005, another game that featured Vince Carter and a power forward named Collins, though on that day, the then-New Jersey Nets were the ones who employed Carter and power forward Jason Collins. And just like that 2005 contest, which finished 85-84, the final game of the 2019 season series was ugly as sin, with the two teams combining to shoot less than 38 percent from the field and a combined 59-for-86 from the free throw line.
Nets prevail over Hawks in ugly, close-fought contest
