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Bridges scores 38 points, Nets beat Hawks for sweep of two-game series

NEW YORK — Mikal Bridges scored 38 points and the Brooklyn Nets rolled past the Atlanta Hawks for the second straight game, 114-102 on Saturday.

Cam Johnson chipped in 23 points for the Nets, who improved to 3-3 under interim coach Kevin Ollie and pulled within two games of the Hawks for 10th place in the Eastern Conference and the final spot in the play-in tournament.

"We've got to get as many (wins) as we can now," Johnson said. "We put our backs against the wall, so it's on us to dig ourselves out of that hole.