Several observations from the Hawks’ 117-102 loss to the Wizards Monday:

Five observations

1. Wall and Beal deliver

The Hawks had little answer for containing Wizards guard John Wall and Bradley Beal. The backcourt duo combined for 52 points, including shooting 8 of 11 from 3-point range.

“Beal, a couple of them I thought were tough,” Budenholzer said of Beal’s 3-pointers. “A couple of them he got separation from us and was open. Wall, he’s so good getting to the paint you probably have to pick your poison. He hit a couple 3’s. A couple of them were in scramble and rebound situations. The Beal ones we’d like to take away, be more connected, make it tougher on him. Both those guys played really well tonight.”

2. Getting open

Credit to Wizards center Marcin Gortat for helping create space for Wall and Beal. Several Hawks players said Gortat is the best screen-setter in the NBA. He scored early, putting in 12 of his 15 points in the first quarter. He then helped the guard duo go to work.

“I’ll tell you what, they are one of the best screen setting teams in the league,” Korver said. “They really are. I think Gortat does a really good job of finding the line of legal and illegal. He’s always right there. He’s a great screen setter.”

3. THJ solid again

Tim Hardaway Jr. turned in his third straight solid game. He finished with 16 points, including a 4 of 5 game from 3-point range, off the bench. He also had four rebounds. In the past three games, Hardaway is averaging 19.0 points on 19 of 33 shooting (63.3 percent) and 11 of 16 from 3-point range (11 of 16).

4. Calling long distance

The Hawks went 8 of 19 from 3-point range in the first half, a 42.1 percentage. The Hawks hit three straight as part of a 15-2 run between the first and second quarters. They hit three more in a row to end the first half. For the game, the Hawks shot 13 of 33 from 3-point range, a 39.4 percentage. The Wizards punished the Hawks from long range as they went 13 of 25 (52 percent) for the game and 8 of 14 (57.1 percent) in the second half.

5. Turnovers? What turnovers?

The Hawks forced the Wizards into their season-high of 25 turnovers in their first meeting in November. That was not the case on Monday. The Wizards had just one first-quarter and two second-quarter turnovers. The Hawks also committed just three turnovers in the first half. None of the six miscues led to points for the opposition. The Wizards finished with just nine turnovers.