Toronto Raptors @ Atlanta Hawks
Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22400623
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 25 34 30 30 119TOR 35 30 29 28 122
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Scottie Barnes, Raptors hold off Hawks 122-119 for just second road win of season
ATLANTA -- — Scottie Barnes had 25 points, including a key basket in the final minute, and the Toronto Raptors picked up their second road win of the season with a 122-119 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.
Bruce Brown had 18 points, while Jacob Poeltl and Chris Boucher each had 17 in the opener of a two-game series in Atlanta.
The Hawks had a chance to tie with 2.7 seconds left, but good defense forced a 3-pointer by Onekya Okongwu at the buzzer that was an airball.
Bogdan Bogdanovic shook off a recent shooting slump to score 23 points and hit three of his five 3-pointers for the Hawks. He had missed his last 14 field goal attempts entering the game. Dyson Daniels had 22 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals.
The Hawks have lost three straight. They host Toronto again on Saturday.
Grady Dick and RJ Barrett scored 15 points apiece for the Raptors, who have won four of five.
Hawks forward Jalen Johnson injured his left shoulder when he fouled Barnes in the second quarter. He left the court immediately and did not return to the game. He had been battling right shoulder inflammation coming into the game.
Takeaways Raptors: The Raptors looked sharp in holding a double-digit lead for most of the first half and continue to play their best ball of the season.
Hawks: The Hawks have lost the first two home games to the Pistons and Raptors after an extended road trip and trailed by double digits for most of both games. The injury to Jalen Johnson is concerning as he entered the game averaging 19.3 points and 10.2 rebounds.
Key moment Barnes hit a difficult floater with 55 seconds left to give the Raptors a 120-117 lead.
Key stat The Raptors snapped a nine-game road losing streak.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORBB B. Brown
CB C. Boucher
DM D. Mitchell
GD G. Dick
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
KO K. Olynyk
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
ATLBB B. Bogdanović
DB D. Barlow
DD D. Daniels
DH D. Hunter
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
JJ J. Johnson
KR Krejci
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
VK V. Krejčí
TOR/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