Indiana Pacers @ Atlanta Hawks
Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22400914
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 39 30 26 25 120IND 19 33 36 30 118
ESPN UpdateESPN Update
Trae Young scores 36 points and Hawks hold off Pacers rally for 120-118 win
ATLANTA -- — Trae Young had 36 points and Caris Lavert added 26 off the bench as the Atlanta Hawks held off the Indiana Pacers 120-118 on Saturday night for their third win in four games.
Oneka Okongwu had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Hawks.
The Hawks led by 20 points after the first quarter and 17 at halftime, but the Pacers took the lead midway through the fourth quarter before Atlanta made the key plays down the stretch.
Bennedict Mathurin had 30 points for the Pacers after missing four games with a wrist injury. Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton , who entered the game fourth in the NBA in assists at 8.9 per game, missed his second straight game with a hip strain. Pascal Siakim had 23 points.
Young left the game with 2:58 to play in the third quarter with an apparent thigh injury, but he returned four minutes later. He favored his left leg the rest of the game, but still managed 10 points and three assists in the fourth quarter.
Takeaways Pacers: Indiana put together a strong second-half rally without their best player, but they could not finish off the comeback.
Hawks: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said he thought the Hawks improved their team at the trade deadline, and Lavert backed up that assessment with his big night off the bench.
Key moment With Indiana trailing 119-116 with 7.4 seconds left, the Pacers drove the length of the floor and Siakim dunked with less than a second remaining instead of having someone attempt a 3-pointer.
Key stat Dyson Daniels’ five steals give him 178 for the season, which is the most of any player since Ricky Rubio had 191 in the 2013-14 season.
Up next The Hawks will host the Sixers on Monday night in the fifth game of a seven-game homestand. The Pacers will visit the Bulls on Monday night.
IND KarmaHide StintsShow StintsHide PMShow PMHide KarmaShow KarmaHide ScoresShow Scores
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
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
TB T. Bryant
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