A recap of the Hawks’ 98-95 loss to the Suns on Saturday:
Noteworthy
* Al Horford had a season-high 16 rebounds.
* Tyson Chandler has back-to-back 20-plus rebounding games.
* The Hawks had 16 turnovers that led to 19 points.
* Hawks starters were 8 of 25 in the first half and 12 of 28 in the second half.
* All five Suns starters scored in double figures. They combined to score 84 of the 98 points.
* Each Suns starter had 13 or more points, the first time the team accomplished the feat since 2012 when Hawks co-owner Grant Hill was in the lineup.
* Dennis Schroder (19 points), Mike Scott (16) and Thabo Sefolosha (8) did all the bench scoring for the Hawks.
* The Hawks have held the last five opponents to under 100 points and are 3-2.
* The Suns won despite not scoring 100 points for the first time this season (1-20).
Key stat
13
Offensive rebounds by Chandler, a Suns’ franchise record. He passed Charles Barkley and Curtis Perry. It was also the NBA season-high, besting 11 done by three players, most recently the Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson
Quote of the game
“As a whole, we just have to decide if we want to be a great team. Do we want to do it or not? I think it’s all here. I think we are very capable of it. A lot of us have to play better.” – Kyle Korver
Report card
Offense: C
The Hawks were better in the second half after a slow start. They shot 39.5 percent in the first half and were 1 of 7 from 3-point range in the first quarter. After missing two wide-open 3-pointers, Korver made 3 of 5 from long range in the second half. Kent Bazemore had 18 of his 21 points after intermission.
Defense: D
Despite missing Paul Millsap, the Hawks were not good defensively against the Suns. Using the term injury-depleted to describe the Suns is not strong enough. Chandler’s offensive rebounding speaks for itself. After tying the game at 77-77 on a Bazemore 3-pointer, they let Archie Goodwin pushed the ball up court all the way for a dunk that started an 8-0 run.
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