It was the roughest of starts for the Atlanta Hawks in L.A tonight, allowing a 15-0 run in the opening minutes.
A deficit of 20-3 awaited them at the other side of that. Paul George was cooking in his 2nd game this season, scoring 25 in the first half, 37 for the game. A MVP-type performance for ‘Playoff P’.
The Hawks were able to slowly climb back into the contest throughout the 2nd quarter, eventually cutting the Clipper lead to just 4. They couldn’t hold onto that however, as a run of their own had the Clippers leading by double digits again at halftime.