Zaza Pachulia’s “Atlanta Hawks” gained the 28th victory in NBA. Georgians hosted New Jersey and beat them 93:84. Georgian centre forward did not participate in this following match. Because of a sore Achilles' tendon Zaza did not take part in this match and it was known before the match that he would not take part in it. Georgians held three matches in three days and that’s why head coach decided to rest Zaza.
Traditionally Joe Johnson and Josh Smith led “Atlanta Hawks”. First one scored 16 points and 5 assista, as for Smith he scored 30 points and 12 rebounds. Collins played instead of Zaza and Marvin Willians was helping him. Williams earned 11 points in 26 minutes, as for Collins he had 2 rebounds and 3 personal fouls in 14 minutes.
Deron Williams led the “Nets” with 20 points, eight assists and four turnovers, but in spite of this the match ended in favor of “Atlanta”.
As a result “Hawks” is in the 6th place with 20 failures and 28 victories. Among 15 teams “Nets” is in the 13rd place with 15 victories and 34 failures.
Beso Bakhtadze
