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Trae Young scored 36 points – 9 in the final minute – to help the Atlanta Hawks offset a career-high 55-point night from Kevin Durant and hang on to beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets, 122-115, on Saturday, April 2 (Sunday, April 3, Manila time).
After Brooklyn cut Atlanta’s lead to 111-108 on a Durant dunk with 1:25 remaining, Young scored on a floater and three-pointer to push the lead back to 8 points with 23.5 seconds left.
The Hawks were 6-for-6 at the line in the final minute, four by Young, to put the game away.
Atlanta (41-37) won its fifth straight game and moved into No. 8 in the Eastern Conference, dropping Brooklyn (40-38) into the 10th spot. Atlanta finished the season 1-2 against Brooklyn and broke a three-game losing streak against the Nets.
Young was 10-for-24 from the floor, four of them threes, and 12-for-14 from the line, along with 10 assists and 6 rebounds for his 39th double-double. De’Andre Hunter and Danilo Gallinari each scored 15.
Durant was 19-for-28 from the floor and 8-for-10 on three-pointers with 7 rebounds and bested his career high of 54 points against Golden State when he was a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2014.
Kyrie Irving scored 31 points, including 7 threes, and 6 assists. The Nets have lost three of four.
Brooklyn had a 10-point lead early in the first quarter and led 30-28 thanks to 15 points from Durant. But Atlanta’s aggressive approach led to a season-high 30 free throws in the half, 22 of them successful. The Hawks led 65-50 when Gallinari drained a long three-pointer with 0.8 seconds left in the half.
The Hawks led by as many as 15 points at the 5:45 mark of the third quarter on Young’s three-pointer but could not slow Durant. He scored 19 points in the period and the Nets were able to cut Atlanta’s lead to 94-87 entering the fourth quarter.
Brooklyn cut the lead to 97-93 when Cam Thomas made three free throws at 9:59, only to have Atlanta’s second unit score 10 straight and restore a 14-point lead at 7:15.
Both teams return to action on Tuesday, with Brooklyn hosting Houston and Atlanta traveling to Toronto. – Rappler.com
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