Atlanta Hawks @ Phoenix Suns
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ | Game ID: 22400522
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 38 30 30 25 123ATL 31 41 20 23 115
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Bradley Beal leads with 25 points off the bench, Suns pull away late to beat the Hawks 123-115
PHOENIX -- — Bradley Beal scored 25 points, Kevin Durant added 23 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-115 on Thursday night.
Beal — still adjusting to his new role coming off the bench — shot 11 of 16 from the field in one of his most efficient games this season. Devin Booker added 20 points and 12 assists despite shooting 0 of 8 from 3-point range.
Beal made a driving layup just before the third quarter buzzer to give the Suns a 98-92 lead heading into the fourth.
Grayson Allen , who scored 23, hit his fifth 3-pointer to give the Suns a 120-105 lead with 3:26 left. The Hawks scored the next 10 points but Allen sealed it with a tough layup in traffic with 36 seconds left.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 21 points and seven assists. Seven Atlanta players scored in double figures.
The Suns took a 38-31 lead in the first quarter after shooting 75% from the field, but the Hawks rallied with their own hot-shooting quarter to take a 72-68 advantage by halftime.
Takeaways Hawks: Atlanta falls back to .500 for the season after struggling to stop the Suns' offense. The Hawks — who have dropped four of their last five games — missed forward Jalen Johnson , who missed a third straight game with right shoulder inflammation.
Suns: Phoenix has won two of its past three as it tries to shake a slump that's lasted nearly two months. The Suns have a lot of work to do, but now that their Big 3 are healthy, they have a chance to gain some momentum.
Key moment Durant, Tyus Jones and Allen hit three straight 3s to give the Suns a 120-105 lead with 4:03 left.
Key stat The Suns shot 57.6% from the field.
Up next Hawks host Rockets on Saturday; Jazz host Suns on Saturday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ATLBB B. Bogdanović
BO Bogdanovic
CC C. Capela
DD D. Daniels
DH D. Hunter
DR D. Roddy
GM G. Mathews
KR Krejci
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
PHXBB B. Beal
DB D. Booker
GA G. Allen
JO J. Okogie
KD K. Durant
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
TJ T. Jones
ATL/PHX 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