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内容摘要：Atlanta built a 16-point lead in the second quarter and held it, with Onyeka Okongwu's 14 points and 16 rebounds framing a 120-105 win in Washington.
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points to lead the Atlanta Hawks past the Washington Wizards 120-105 on Wednesday night, in the first game either side had played against Trae Young since January's trade.
A 13-0 run that arrived all at once
Fresh from nine made threes on Monday night, Nickeil Alexander-Walker added six more in the capital and finished with a game-high 26 points.
Onyeka Okongwu contributed 14 points and 16 rebounds, while CJ McCollum and Aaron Wiggins scored 15 points each to cover the absence of All-Star forward Jalen Johnson.
The game broke open on a 13-0 run that began at the first-quarter buzzer: Asa Newell's tip-in, two transition baskets from Ejiofor and a Flemings runner inside ninety seconds.
Atlanta is 5-4 with a 4-2 road record, a shape that says little about ceiling and a lot about how many different players have carried the scoring in the first nine games.
Atlanta's quarter scores of 37 and 31 produced a 68-point first half, and the game-high lead of 16 was built before the break.
A step-back three that got close, then no closer
Trae Young, the four-time All-Star shipped to Washington in January, finished with 18 points and was within four of the tie late in the third quarter.
Anthony Davis had 26 points and 10 rebounds for the Wizards and Kyshawn George added 25, but the trio could not stop a third quarter that yielded only 24 points.
Washington sit at 4-4 with a 2-2 record at home, and the last twelve minutes produced only 20 points after a 29-point second quarter that had briefly kept the building interested.
The answer to Young's three came from the other side of the same deal: Corey Kispert, the player Atlanta received in return, converted a four-point play on the next possession.
Washington conceded 52 points after the break while scoring 44 of its own, and the lead never came back inside six points once Kispert answered Young.
A home-and-home set that carries NBA Cup points
Friday brings the second half of the back-to-back series to Atlanta, with NBA Cup group standings on the line before either side has had a full week to fix what it got wrong here.
Beyond that, Atlanta will want the second game without needing six three-pointers from one guard again, particularly if Johnson's ankle keeps him out of the rotation.
The Wizards have now played nine games with Young as the primary creator and Davis as the second read, and the gap between halves is where the season is being decided.
Nothing about this result is fatal for either side after nine games, but the Hawks have played two straight games without their best forward and still found a way to win both, which is the more encouraging data point of the week.
The margin, in the end, was the second quarter: a 13-0 stretch and 31 points, against 29 before the break and 20 after it.
Editor's take: Atlanta's depth is the story here. Two games without Jalen Johnson and the Hawks still found 26 points from a guard and a double-double from a center.
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