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Hawks 95, 76ers 79
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks have their longest winning streak in 17 years and the Philadelphia 76ers have yet another loss.
Guard Kyle Korver hit five 3-pointers, but the Hawks needed a solid defensive effort to overcome an otherwise cold-shooting game and defeat the 76ers 95-79 on Wednesday night for their eighth win in a row.
Korver, who missed just two times from behind the arc, scored 17 points, as did forward Paul Millsap. Forward DeMarre Carroll had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
The streak is the longest for Hawks (15-6) since they started the 1997-98 season with 11 victories.
The rebuilding 76ers (2-19) lost their first 17 games — one short of tying the NBA record — before winning two of their previous three games.
Philadelphia guard Michael Carter-Williams had 10 rebounds and nine assists to go with eight points, but also committed nine turnovers.
The Hawks remain tied for first place in the Southeast Division with Washington, which won 91-89 at Orlando on a basket by Bradley Beal at the buzzer.
The Hawks scored the first seven points of the game, but hit just 38.8 percent of their first-half shots as the 76ers were within 47-38 at intermission after trailing by as many as 12 points.
Korver, who was 3-for-5 on 3-point attempts, had 11 points in the first half. The other Hawks, though, were just 3 of 17 from behind the arc.
Carter-Williams had seven assists by halftime, but had also committed five turnovers. Forward Luc Mbah a Moute scored nine of his 12 points for the game in the first half.
The Hawks were up by 13 in the third quarter, but Philadelphia had the deficit down to 68-58 going into the fourth quarter before Atlanta took charge and pulled away.
NOTES: Hawks F Mike Scott missed the game because of flu-like symptoms. He had played in all except one of the previous 20 games and is averaging 8.5 points off the bench. … G Tony Wroten, who leads the 76ers with 17.9 points per game, missed his sixth straight game because of sprained right knee. … Philadelphia G Alexey Shved returned after sitting out three games because of a strained left hip flexor. … F/C Adreian Payne, the Hawks’ first-round draft pick, was assigned to Austin of the NBA Development League after averaging 13.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in six games for Fort Wayne. … The Hawks have a home-and-home set with Orlando starting Friday in Atlanta. … The 76ers, who had been off since an overtime victory at Detroit last Saturday, are at Brooklyn on Friday and home to Memphis on Saturday.
