Atlanta Hawks fans have been voicing frustration of recent regarding the team’s tendency to start games slowly. The trend was not an issue on Sunday as the Hawks built an 11-point lead by the end of the first quarter in Boston as they played their best 12 minutes of defense in quite some time and made a handful of of perimeter shots.
As the game progressed however, the shooting, of anyone other than Bogdan Bogdanovic, fell off and the defensive plan appeared to disappear early in the third quarter as De’Andre Hunter picked up four fouls in 123 seconds of play.