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Atlanta Hawks at Brooklyn Nets

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38-42, 18-23 Away
Final
133 - 109

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Risacher scores season-high 38 points as Hawks beat Nets 133-109

Atlanta Hawks vs. Brooklyn Nets: Game Highlights

The No. 1 pick in the draft shot 15 for 20 from the field, including 6 for 11 from 3-point range.

Trae Young added 24 points and 12 assists for the Hawks, who shot 57%. Dyson Daniels had 10 points, nine assists, nine rebounds and three steals to raise his NBA-leading total to 226.

Jalen Wilson finished with 20 points for the Nets. Tosan Evbuomwan added 18 points and six rebounds.

The Hawks never trailed and led 69-45 at halftime behind 23 points from Risacher.

Takeaways Hawks: Atlanta is touting Risacher for Rookie of the Year and Daniels for Defensive Player of the Year. A good case could be made for both.

Nets: Brooklyn had won the season series every season since 2017-18 but the loss Thursday allowed Atlanta to win 2-1 this season.

Key moment The Hawks made their first 12 shots in the second quarter, they first time they made that many consecutive field goals since hitting 15 in a row against Cleveland on Feb. 24, 2023.

Key stat Risacher has scored 30 or more in four games, most among this season's rookies. He made at least five 3-pointers in each of them.

Up next The Hawks visit Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets are in Minnesota on Friday.

Regular Season Series

ATL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 133 - 109
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 133 - 109
4th 7.1 Drew Timme makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyson Etienne assists) 133 - 109
4th 19.0 Daeqwon Plowden makes driving layup (Dominick Barlow assists) 133 - 106
4th 36.0 Maxwell Lewis makes 25-foot three point shot (Tosan Evbuomwan assists) 131 - 106

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/atl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originATL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bkn.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBKN
48-84 FG 36-90
57 Field Goal % 40
15-36 3PT 22-52
42 Three Point % 42
22-33 FT 15-22
67 Free Throw % 68
51 Rebounds 41
7 Offensive Rebounds 10
44 Defensive Rebounds 31
36 Assists 31
11 Steals 8
1 Blocks 2
15 Turnovers 17
0 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 19
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 33
32 Fast Break Points 25
66 Points in Paint 24
19 Fouls 26
32 Largest Lead 0
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nolan Traore, G Day-To-Day Nov 10
Egor Demin, G Out Nov 10
Grant Nelson, F Day-To-Day Nov 8
Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Asa Newell, F Out Nov 8
Keshon Gilbert, G Out Nov 8
Mouhamed Gueye, F Out Oct 19
Henri Veesaar, C Out Sep 21

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,926 · Capacity:

2026-27 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta 7 5 .583 - L1
Miami 4 6 .400 2 W1
Charlotte 4 7 .364 2.5 W1
Washington 4 7 .364 2.5 L4
Orlando 2 7 .222 3.5 L4

2026-27 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia - 2 W1 0.8181818 9
Boston 0.5 2 W3 0.8 8
New York 2.5 4 W4 0.6 6
Toronto 3.5 5 L1 0.5 5
Brooklyn 6.5 8 L2 0.2 2
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