Atlanta Hawks @ Brooklyn Nets
Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY | Game ID: 22300866
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BKN 21 39 30 24 114ATL 28 34 18 22 102
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Bridges scores 38 points, Nets beat Hawks 114-102 for sweep of two-game series
NEW YORK -- — Mikal Bridges scored 38 points and the Brooklyn Nets rolled past the Atlanta Hawks for the second straight game, 114-102 on Saturday.
Cam Johnson chipped in 23 points for the Nets, who improved to 3-3 under interim coach Kevin Ollie and pulled within two games of the Hawks for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final spot in the play-in tournament.
“We’ve got to get as many (wins) as we can now,” Johnson said. “We put our backs against the wall, so it’s on us to dig ourselves out of that hole.”
Dennis Schroder had 14 points and eight assists, and Nic Claxton had 12 points and 13 rebounds for Brooklyn, which won for the third time in its past four games. That included a 124-97 victory over the Hawks on Thursday in the opener of the two-game series.
“These are two important games; obviously now the rest of these games are super-important, too,” Bridges said. “We know we needed these two big wins, and it just shows the fight and we just got to keep it throughout the rest of the season.”
Dejounte Murray had 20 points, 11 assists and six rebounds for the Hawks. Saddiq Bey scored 23 points and Clint Capela had 11 points and 10 rebounds, but Atlanta fell for the fifth time in its past seven games and lost the season series to the Nets for the seventh straight season.
“They took their physicality up a notch, and that made it harder for us to break the paint,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said. ”(Brooklyn) is a team with intense size and athleticism throughout their lineup, and we just have to be better.”
Bridges scored at least 30 points in three of the four meetings this season.
After trailing nearly the entire first half, Brooklyn took over in the second half with defense. Atlanta made just 13 of 42 field goals, and the Nets limited the Hawks to just 40 second-half points while scoring 13 points off nine turnovers over the final 24 minutes.
“When you don’t score, you’re playing defense in transition, and that becomes difficult,” Snyder said. “Obviously they’ve got shooters, too.”
The run started in the third quarter, when Brooklyn outscored Atlanta 30-18 and limited the Hawks to 6-of-24 shooting (25%). Bridges scored 12 in the period, and Brooklyn led 90-80 after three.
“They did a good job of switching and being physical,” Bey said. “We just have to be better.”
After allowing 34 first-quarter points in Brooklyn’s wire-to-wire win Thursday, the Hawks led all but the first 1:14 in the first half Saturday. Led by Bey’s 14 first-half points, Atlanta shot 53.3% from the field and built a 13-point first-quarter advantage.
“We knew they were going to come out with some juice today, some energy,” Johnson said. “They threw the first punch, but there was plenty of game, is what we were saying.”
Brooklyn shot just 25.9% in the first quarter but stormed back with 39 second-quarter points and eight 3-pointers, tying a franchise record for most made 3s in a quarter without a miss. Bridges had 20 first-half points, helping Brooklyn trail by just two at halftime.
“Just an intensity,” Bridges said when asked what changed after the first quarter. “It was a pretty bad first quarter for myself, but we just kept fighting. We looked up and we were playing pretty bad, and we were only down like seven , so we were just like ‘stay the course’ ... and we did.”
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoCaJoMu 5 16 +9 5 10 50 2 4 50 1 2 50 1 5 6 3 2 0 0 0
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson, Murray
in Bey, Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson, Murray
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeFeHuMaMu 3 8 +2 3 4 75 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2
ATL Bey, Fernando, Hunter, Mathews, Murray
in Fernando, Hunter, Mathews
out Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
FeHuJoMaMu 2 4 0 2 4 50 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
ATL Fernando, Hunter, Johnson, Mathews, Murray
in Johnson
out Bey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BoBuFeHuJo :57 0 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ATL Bogdanović, Bufkin, Fernando, Hunter, Johnson
in Bogdanović, Bufkin
out Mathews, Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BoBuFeHuJo 2 6 -1 2 3 67 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ATL Bogdanović, Bufkin, Fernando, Hunter, Johnson
in ---
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoBuCaMa 1 5 +2 2 3 67 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Bufkin, Capela, Mathews
in Bey, Capela, Mathews
out Fernando, Hunter, Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoCaHuMu 5 18 0 7 11 64 3 5 60 1 1 100 0 2 2 6 0 1 0 2
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Capela, Hunter, Murray
in Hunter, Murray
out Bufkin, Mathews
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoHuJoMu 2 3 -3 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Hunter, Johnson, Murray
in Johnson
out Capela
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoCaJoMu 7 8 -9 4 17 24 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 0 2
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson, Murray
in Capela
out Hunter
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeFeHuMaMu :54 3 -3 1 1 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ATL Bey, Fernando, Hunter, Mathews, Murray
in Fernando, Hunter, Mathews
out Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
FeHuJoMaMu :56 2 +1 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
ATL Fernando, Hunter, Johnson, Mathews, Murray
in Johnson
out Bey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BuFeHuJoMa 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
ATL Bufkin, Fernando, Hunter, Johnson, Mathews
in Bufkin
out Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BoBuFeHuJo 4 6 0 1 5 20 0 1 0 5 5 100 1 4 5 0 0 2 3 1
ATL Bogdanović, Bufkin, Fernando, Hunter, Johnson
in Bogdanović
out Mathews
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoCaJoMu 2 3 -5 1 4 25 0 1 0 1 2 50 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Capela, Johnson, Murray
in Bey, Capela, Murray
out Bufkin, Fernando, Hunter
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeCaHuJoMu :57 5 +5 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
ATL Bey, Capela, Hunter, Johnson, Murray
in Hunter
out Bogdanović
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBoHuJoMu 4 6 -6 2 5 40 0 3 0 3 4 75 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 3
ATL Bey, Bogdanović, Hunter, Johnson, Murray
in Bogdanović
out Capela
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BeBuFeFoMa 2 4 +2 2 3 67 0 1 0 2 2 100 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
ATL Bey, Bufkin, Fernando, Forrest, Mathews
in Bufkin, Fernando, Forrest, Mathews
out Bogdanović, Hunter, Johnson, Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClFiSc 5 7 -9 3 11 27 1 5 20 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 0 1 3 2
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
in Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JoFiScShIv 2 5 +3 2 4 50 0 1 0 1 1 100 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
BKN C. Johnson, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Sharpe, Walker IV
in Sharpe, Walker IV
out Bridges, Claxton
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrShJrIvWi 4 7 -3 2 10 20 2 5 40 0 0 0 4 3 7 2 0 1 1 1
BKN Bridges, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
in Bridges, Smith Jr., Wilson
out C. Johnson, Finney-Smith, Schröder
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClJrWi 2 5 0 1 1 100 1 1 100 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Smith Jr., Wilson
in C. Johnson, Claxton
out Sharpe, Walker IV
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClFiJr 2 4 +3 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Smith Jr.
in Finney-Smith
out Wilson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JoClFiScIv 1 3 -2 1 3 33 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
BKN C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Walker IV
in Schröder, Walker IV
out Bridges, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClFiSc 3 13 -2 4 6 67 3 3 100 2 2 100 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
in Bridges
out Walker IV
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiScJr 4 16 +8 6 6 100 3 3 100 0 2 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Smith Jr.
in Smith Jr.
out C. Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClFiSc 7 17 +9 7 12 58 1 3 33 2 2 100 0 8 8 3 0 4 2 1
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
in C. Johnson
out Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrShJrIvWi 4 7 +1 2 6 33 0 2 0 3 4 75 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 2
BKN Bridges, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
in Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
out C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
JoClFiScJr 3 2 -2 1 7 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 1 1
BKN C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Smith Jr.
in C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
out Bridges, Sharpe, Walker IV, Wilson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiScWi 2 8 +6 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Wilson
in Bridges, Wilson
out C. Johnson, Smith Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJoClFiSc 3 10 +3 4 5 80 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 3
BKN Bridges, C. Johnson, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder
in C. Johnson
out Wilson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrFiScShWi 1 2 0 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
BKN Bridges, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Sharpe, Wilson
in Sharpe, Wilson
out C. Johnson, Claxton
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaShJrWaWi 2 2 -4 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BKN Bates-Diop, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Watford, Wilson
in Bates-Diop, Smith Jr., Watford
out Bridges, Finney-Smith, Schröder
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BKNCJ C. Johnson
DF D. Finney-Smith
DS D. Schröder
DS D. Sharpe
DS D. Smith Jr.
JW J. Wilson
LW L. Walker IV
MB M. Bridges
NC N. Claxton
SC Schroder
TW T. Watford
ATLBB B. Bogdanović
BF B. Fernando
BO Bogdanovic
CC C. Capela
DH D. Hunter
DM D. Murray
FO Forrest
GM G. Mathews
JJ J. Johnson
KB K. Bufkin
SB S. Bey
BKN/ATL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur