Atlanta clings to 8th place in the NBA Eastern Conference. Clint Capela’s Hawks beat Cleveland 120-118 on Tuesday to pick up a 38th win in 76 games.
The Hawks remain tied with Toronto, which for its part dominated Miami at the same time, while six games remain to be played in the regular season. Their place in the play-off accession play-offs is not yet assured, Washington (11th / 34 wins-42 losses) and Indiana (12th / 33-43) still having their chance.
Led by Dejounte Murray (29 points), Atlanta forced the decision by making two consecutive baskets while Donovan Mitchell’s Cavaliers (44 points) came back to 115-115 at 2’00” from the ‘buzzer’, including one ‘ alley oop’ signed Clint Capela with 1’46” to play. The Genevan also grabbed 2 valuable defensive rebounds in the last two minutes of play.
However, the evening was far from ideal for the Meyrin pivot, despite his 12 points and 10 rebounds in 27′ of play. He thus finished this game with a differential of -14. Conversely, his replacement Onyeka Okongwu pulled out all the stops, accumulating 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks in 20′ spent on the floor, for a differential of +15.
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