Schroder leads Hawks past Jazz
ATLANTA — Dennis Schroder scored 20 points, Taurean Prince added 17 and the Atlanta Hawks kept up their improving play with a 104-90 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night (Tuesday Manila time).
The Hawks began to pull away late in the third quarter, closing with a 13-3 run for a 74-63 lead that was their largest to that point. Dewayne Dedmon knocked down a 3-pointer, Malcolm Delaney converted a four-point play and Schroder scored off a couple of drives.
It got totally out of hand at the start of the fourth.
The Jazz missed their first five shots and the Hawks put the game out of reach with a 10-0 spurt that included a three-point play from rookie John Collins and Kent Bazemore's jumper beyond the arc.
Atlanta led by as many as 26 in the final period.
Bazemore and Marco Belinelli had 11 points apiece for Atlanta, which knocked down 12 of 26 from 3-point range. The Jazz, on the other hand, made only 4 of 15 from outside the stripe.
Alec Burks came off the bench to lead the Jazz with 17 points. Utah's starters combined for just 40 points, led by Donovan Mitchell with 13.
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