SportsTuesday, November 3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scores a season-high 34 as the Hawks beat a six-man Pacers team
The Morning Marietta team
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a season-high 34 points Monday night as the Hawks beat the Indiana Pacers 108-104. He shot 12 of 25, and CJ McCollum added 13 points and 11 assists.
Alexander-Walker's big night met a shorthanded Pacers team
- 34
- points for Alexander-Walker, a season high
- 9 of 15
- 3-pointers made by Alexander-Walker
- 6
- players Indiana dressed
- 11
- Pacers who sat out
Sources: Atlanta News First, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Indiana sat 11 players, including Tyrese Haliburton, who has a left hamstring strain. That left a starting five and Kobe Brown off the bench. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks and Matt Williams, it was the earliest into a season a team has used six or fewer players since 1948.
- Jay Huff: 22 points to lead Indiana
- Braden Smith: 19 points and 10 assists
- Pacers' bench: shortest since 2004, per Atlanta News First
- All six Pacers scored in double figures
Alexander-Walker's 34 points topped Jay Huff's 22 and Braden Smith's 19
Sources: Atlanta News First, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Alexander-Walker | 34 |
| Jay Huff | 22 |
| Braden Smith | 19 |
| CJ McCollum | 13 |
The Hawks travel to Washington on Wednesday to face the Wizards. The two teams meet again at State Farm Arena on Fri., Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.
Sources: Atlanta News First, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, NBA