In last night’s loss to the Pistons, the Hawks got off to a terrible start that doomed them in a close game they could have won. Tonight against Chicago, Atlanta jumped out to a big lead and played great through three quarters, but fell apart in the fourth quarter, leading to an embarrassing loss for the Bulls.

Atlanta was ahead by 18 points in this game and they led by eight points entering the fourth quarter. They then had the worst quarter you can get in a game and lost. The Hawks appeared to run out of fuel in the fourth quarter, shooting 6-23 from the field and 0-7 from three. They took a 35-15 lead in the last quarter and lost by 12 points in the match where they were ahead by 18 points. The defense also caused problems, having difficulty keeping the Bulls under control after the first quarter. Hawks closed the second half ahead 65-43.

Trae Young had a double-double in this game with 14 points and 16 assists, but had difficulty shooting. This wasn’t his best game, but it certainly wasn’t his worst either.

Jalen Johnson finished the game with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Zaccharie Risacher scored 17 points, Clint Capela had 20 points (only four in the second half) and Dyson Daniels had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 steals.

The Hawks bench, which was completely defeated by the Pistons bench, gained a 48-26 advantage in this match as well. Ayo Dosunmu scored 19 points, and Jalen Smith and Julian Phillips scored 10 points each for the Bulls.

The Hawks shot 46% from the field and 31% from three tonight. Chicago shot 50% from the field and 33% from three. Eight players from Chicago scored in double figures.

Let’s recap the match tonight.

The Hawks went into tonight’s game with their usual starting lineup consisting of Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Zaccharie Risacher, Jalen Johnson and Clint Capela.

Chicago had Zach LaVine back for this game and he was in the starting lineup along with Coby White, Josh Giddey, Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucevic.

The Hawks got off to a slow start against Detroit last night, but that wasn’t the case against Chicago. Atlanta jumped out to an 8-2 lead and made three of its first four shots. They took advantage of the Bulls’ poor defense and took the lead early.

The Hawks’ rotation was a little different tonight. Larry Nance, who has mostly played shortstop this year, came in to back up Jalen Johnson at fourth. Keaton Wallace, Garrison Matthews and Onyeka Okongwu were other reserve officers.

The Hawks not only played strong defense initially, but also capitalized on their opportunities at the free throw line. With 3:10 left in the first quarter, the Hawks were ahead 30-20 and 8-8 at the free throw line. They entered the second quarter ahead 37-24 and shot 57%. Young had eight assists in the first quarter alone.

Chicago is a pretty good three-point shooting team, but they were only shooting 22% from distance in the first quarter. LaVine and Vucevic had seven points each.

The Hawks’ offense started slow in the second quarter but picked up towards the end. But the defense was much worse.

After a strong opening quarter on the defensive end, Atlanta allowed Chicago to shoot 59% from the field and 56% from three (5-9). Although Atlanta gave up 36 points in the quarter, they kept the offensive lead at double digits.

The Hawks entered the quarter leading by 18 points, but consecutive three-pointers from Chicago increased the lead to nine points. Atlanta weathered the storm, though, and took a 70-60 lead into the half.

In the first half, Atlanta shot 56% from the field and 43% from three. They were also ahead 18-21 at the free throw line, and had an 11-point advantage against Chicago in the first half. Capela was the top scorer with 16 points, while Johnson had 13 and Young had 8 points and 10 assists.

Chicago shot 52% from the field and 39% from three. LaVine led the Bulls with 14 points.

The Hawks opened the third quarter with a 7-0 run and increased the lead to 17. Daniels picked off Giddey for a steal and layup, Johnson hit a three from the corner and then Young saw Risacher cut to the basket. placement. With 10:08 left in the quarter, the score was 77-60 and Billy Donovan called a timeout to relieve his team.

Even though the Hawks looked like they were poised to run away with the game in the second half, the Bulls found something that worked and that was getting out in transition. As the Hawks played the second leg of a back-to-back, the Bulls were coming out and running, trying to tire the Hawks out. They cut the lead to seven points, but the Hawks found a way to pick themselves up and not let the lead get any smaller. Atlanta entered the last quarter ahead 98-90.

The Bulls still wouldn’t walk away. The team started the last quarter trailing by eight points and took the lead 104-101 with a 14-3 run.

However, things were not going well for the Hawks on the offensive end. They opened the quarter with a score of 3-16 and outscored Chicago 108-107 with 3:56 left in the game.

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