Indiana Pacers @ Atlanta Hawks
Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22400899
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 21 35 30 38 124IND 31 32 31 24 118
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Trae Young has 22 points and 16 assists in the Hawks' 124-118 victory over the Pacers
ATLANTA -- — Trae Young had 22 points and 16 assists, Onyeka Okongwu added 20 points and 13 rebounds and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 124-118 on Thursday night to open a two-game set.
Georges Niang scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter for the Hawks, who had lost five in a row against Indiana since the 2022-23 season. His layup with 1:07 left put Atlanta up 116-109.
Pascal Siakam had 35 points for the Pacers, who were playing without two-time All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton for only the second time this season. Haliburton was out with a hip issue.
The Pacers had a 92-82 lead late in the third quarter after a 11-0 run when Siakam hit three 3-pointers. Atlanta outscored them 38-24 in the fourth quarter.
Aaron Nesmith added 21 points for the Pacers, while Andrew Nembhard had 15 points and 10 assists.
Takeaways Pacers: The No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference hadn't lost to Atlanta since March 25, 2023. Along with Haliburton, the Pacers were without Bennedict Mathurin , who missed his fourth game in a row with a sprained right wrist.
Hawks: Atlanta won for only the third time in its last nine games. Coach Quin Snyder was back on the bench after missing Tuesday night's game with flu-like symptoms.
Key moment The Hawks went ahead to stay when Niang hit consecutive 3-pointers over a 45-second span, the second of those with 5:03 left to make it 107-102.
Key stat Atlanta made 12 of 18 shots from the field in the fourth quarter.
Up next The Pacers and Hawks play again in Atlanta on Saturday night.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLCC C. Capela
CL C. LeVert
DD D. Daniels
GN G. Niang
MG M. Gueye
OO O. Okongwu
TM T. Mann
TY T. Young
ZR Z. Risacher
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BS B. Sheppard
JW J. Walker
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
TB T. Bryant
TM T. McConnell
ATL/IND 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