A recap of the Hawks’ 103-78 loss to the Spurs on Saturday:
Noteworthy
* The Spurs won by 25 points despite having 23 turnovers – three less than their number of assists.
* Of the Spurs’ 23 turnovers, 15 were Hawks’ steals which tied a season-high. Six Hawks had multiple steals with Kyle Korver (3), Tiago Splitter (3), Paul Millsap (2), Al Horford (2), Kent Bazemore (2) and Mike Muscala (2).
* Jeff Teague finished with more turnovers (5) than points (4) and assists (3). He was 0 of 5 from the field.
* The Hawks’ 25 first-half points were the fewest by any NBA team this season.
* The Hawks shot 21 percent (5 of 24) from 3-point range.
* The Spurs outscored the Hawks by just three points in the second half and still won by 25 points.
* The Hawks point total (78) and field goal percentage (.375) were both season lows.
* The Hawks had two leads in the game, 1-0 and 3-2.
* The Hawks started 1 of 7 from the field with three turnovers. At that point they were down by six points and would never get any closer.
* Mike Scott missed his third straight game due to a left knee contusion.
Key stat
27.5
The Hawks’ average margin of defeat to the Spurs in their two meetings this season.
Quote of the game
“I don’t think we are where we need to be so yeah I think this is fair way to assess our team. We are not playing very good basketball right now.” – Al Horford on state of Hawks
Report card
Offense: F
The Hawks scored 25 first-half points, 13 in the first quarter, 12 in the second quarter. They couldn’t make a layup, missing 11 shots in the first half from 3 feet and in. Miserable.
Defense: D
Give the Hawks credit for one thing. They forced the Spurs into 23 turnovers. The fact they couldn’t capitalize on them in an offensive issue. Still, the Spurs shot 49 percent (36 of 74) from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range (10 of 20).
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