A recap of the Hawks’ 99-95 loss to the Timberwolves Wednesday:
Noteworthy
* Paul Millsap had his eighth double-double, and third 20-point, 10-rebound game, of the season.
* The Hawks outrebounded the Timberwolves 53-45. In their earlier meeting, the Timberwolves held a 40-27 rebounding edge.
* The Hawks committed seven first-quarter turnovers, which led to seven points. They committed just seven turnovers the final three quarters.
* The Timberwolves won for only the second time at home.
* The Timberwolves matched a season-high with nine 3-pointers.
* The Timberwolves bench outscored the Hawks 58-18
* Kyle Korver was a rebound short of a double-double (11 points, nine rebounds).
* Kent Bazemore missed his fifth straight game with a right ankle sprain. Tiago Splitter missed his second straight game with right hip soreness. Both players accompanied the Hawks on the three-game road trip. Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer would not commit whether either would be able to play Friday and/or Saturday. “With both of them we’ll have to wait and see and see how the next day or two goes,” Budenholzer said.
* Korver (26 of 59) and Al Horford (20 of 55) entered Wednesday’s game with nearly the same number of 3-point attempts. “They are a very good 3-point shooting basketball team,” T-Wolves coach Sam Mitchell said.
Key stat
37.8 percent
The Hawks shooting percentage (31 of 82), including 25 percent (8 of 32) from 3-point range. The Hawks shot just 27.3 percent (6 of 22) in the fourth quarter.
Quote of the game
“I felt like shots that I normally make, I missed. They just kept answering every time we made a run or scored. It’s tough because I felt like we had some momentum after yesterday’s win. We felt good. We just fell short.” – Al Horford on loss
Report card
Offense: C-plus
The Hawks had a poor shooting night but still held a lead in the fourth quarter. They were hurt by seven first-quarter turnovers. In the end, they were doomed by a poor fourth-quarter shooting effort. Many of those shots were good looks that didn’t fall.
Defense: C
The Hawks allowed Timberwolves reserves Zach LaVine and Damjan Rudez to get away from them. In fact, the Timberwolves had starters Karl Anthony-Towns, Ricky Rubio, Kevin Garnett and Kevin Martin on the bench for nearly the entire fourth quarter. The four played a combined 53 seconds. The Hawks failed to get stops down the stretch and it was costly.
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