Jalen Johnson's 29 points lead the Hawks past the depleted Pelicans, 126-111

Jalen Johnson scored 29 points and nan Atlanta Hawks snapped a four-game skid pinch a 126-111 triumph complete nan short-handed New Orleans Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS -- Jalen Johnson scored 29 points and nan Atlanta Hawks snapped a four-game skid pinch a 126-111 triumph complete nan short-handed New Orleans Pelicans connected Sunday night.

Pelicans prima guardant Zion Williamson was scratched from nan lineup pinch correct hamstring tightness soon earlier nan game, leaving Brandon Ingram arsenic nan club's only accustomed starter successful uniform.

Ingram scored 32, but it wasn't capable to flooded a Hawks squad pinch six players pinch astatine slightest 11 points.

Trae Young scored 23, while erstwhile Pelican Dyson Daniels, backmost from a two-game wounded absence, added 16 for Atlanta. Larry Nance Jr. scored 14 against his erstwhile team.

New Orleans was besides without starters Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, and Herb Jones, on pinch salient reserve Trey Murphy III.

The Hawks played without starter De’Andre Hunter, positive rotation players Bogdan Bogdanovic, Vit Krejci and Kobe Bufkin owed to injury.

Hawks: Daniels and Nance didn't hide nan restitution they sewage from producing against nan nine that traded them past offseason arsenic portion of a woody that brought Murray to New Orleans. Nance blew a buss to nan Pelicans' chair a 3 precocious successful nan 3rd quarter. Daniels celebrated a 3 pinch a manus motion that resembled spraying gunfire crossed New Orleans' bench.

Pelicans: Young reserves hustled but lacked nan firepower to enactment pinch Atlanta. Fill-in starter Jordan Hawkins scored 19 points. Reserves Brandon Boston Jr. and Jamal Cain each scored 14.

The Hawks pulled distant for bully pinch a 14-0 tally successful nan mediate of nan 4th fourth that made it 116-97. David Roddy ignited it pinch a 3 and Johnson had 3 dunks during nan spurt.

The Pelicans were outscored 66-32 successful nan paint.

The Hawks play big to nan defending champion Boston Celtics connected Monday night. The Pelicans big Portland connected Monday nighttime successful nan 2nd of 2 games successful 2 nights.

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