The Atlanta Hawks suffered their first home loss since February 11th as they fell short against the New Orleans Pelicans 117-112 at State Farm Arena on Sunday night.
Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 27 points as he continues to start in place of the injured John Collins. Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 21 points. For the Pelicans — playing without Zion WIlliamson, Brandon Ingram, Devonte’ Graham, Larry Nance Jr., Kira Lewis Jr. and Alize Johnson — Jonas Valanciunas scored 26 points while C.J. McCollum added 25 points.
A disastrous first quarter set the Hawks a hill to climb for all of the game, essentially, and facing a 15 point hole to begin the fourth quarter the Hawks dug deep and rallied in this game, closing the gap down the stretch to give themselves a chance to win this game.