A recap of the Hawks’ 96-94 loss to the Magic Sunday:
Noteworthy
* Every starter – from both the Hawks and Magic – scored in double figures.
* For the Hawks: Jeff Teague (24), Kent Bazemore (23), Paul Millsap (14), Al Horford (11) and Kyle Korver (10). For the Magic: Nikola Vucevic (22), Evan Fournier (21), Victor Oladipo (19), Elfrid Payton (12) and Aaron Gordon (11).
* The Hawks bench finished with 12 points. The Magic bench finished with 11 points. The starters accounted for 94.2 percent of the offense.
* Mike Scott led the Hawks with a plus-nine rating.
* Teague finished with one steal, the 582nd of his career, to move ahead of Kevin Willis for eighth in franchise history.
* Payton had a season-high 12 assists.
* The Hawks won the rebound battle 50-43, including 18-8 on the offensive glass.
* Dennis Schroder briefly left the game with a laceration to his chin. He received five stitches after the game.
* The Magic played without starter Tobias Harris due to a left ankle sprain.
* The Hawks wore mismatched uniforms for the Sunday road game but switched to gray jerseys and red shorts.
Key stat
2.2
Seconds remaining after the Magic’s Evan Fournier grabbed a rebound after a Paul Millsap miss. Turns out, it was enough time to get off a game-winner.
Quote of the game
“Just not getting over the hump. Just not getting it done. I don’t care what it is – offensively, defensively. We just have to get it done. For whatever reason, we have a lot of games that come down to the wire, to the buzzer, lost by one, two, three points. Whatever the situation may be, we just don’t get it done.” – Paul Millsap on Hawks’ last-second losses
Report card
Offense: C
The Hawks were bad early. The 12 first-half turnovers put them in the early deficit it took the whole to overcome. They shot better from 3-point range (46.4 percent) than from the field (38.5 percent). Give them credit for getting back in the game with Korver (2), Bazemore, Horford, Teague and Sefolosha hitting big 3-pointers.
Defense: C-plus
The defense was better after allowing 30 first-quarter points, but much of that could be pinned on the offense. The Hawks played well on the Magic’s last possession, forcing them to take a timeout on their first inbounds attempt. Still, the Magic got off a game-winner with 2.2 seconds left. The Magic only went to the free-throw line 12 times.
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