Basketball: Atlanta and Capela return to victory in the NBA

Atlanta has finally managed to extricate itself from the negative spiral in which it had doubted for more than a week in the NBA championship. During the night from Sunday to Monday, after having lined up four disappointments (128-104 in Oklahoma City, 119-121 against Washington, 133-120 at the Wizards and 115-123 in front of Sacramento), the Hawks indeed won at New Orleans against the Pelicans (111-126).

At the Smoothie King Center, where they trailed by one point at halftime, the team coached by Quin Snyder forced the decision in the second half of the game, winning the third quarter 26-35 and the fourth quarter -time 26-33.

To achieve this, she relied, as often, on the know-how and precision of her supposedly strong men. Twentieth choice in the 2021 draft, player from Wisconsin Jalen Johnson (21 years old) was credited with 29 points. As for Texan Trae Young (26 years old), 5th choice in the 2018 draft (by Dallas), he took 23.

Geneva pivot Clint Capela (30 years old) spent 20 minutes on the Louisiana floor. That’s eight minutes less than during the November 2 duel against the Kings. During that time, he scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds.

In the Eastern Conference standings, Atlanta is in 7th position with a record of three wins and four losses.

He will play his next match on Tuesday at 1:45 a.m. (Swiss time) while the Boston Celtics, crowned at the end of the 2024 play-offs, will be visiting his Philips Arena.