Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes lead Raptors to season series sweep of Hawks
Brandon Ingram scored 19 points Monday night, and the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks 118-100.
Scottie Barnes added 18 points and 10 assists for the Raptors, who swept the four-game season series with the Hawks and completed a 4-1 homestand. RJ Barrett and Collin Murray-Boyles each scored 17, Immanuel Quickley scored 16, Sandro Mamukelashvili recorded 12 points and Gradey Dick contributed 11 points.
Onyeka Okongwu had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks, who have lost two of their past four. Nickeil Alexander-Walker added 14 points, while Jalen Johnson totaled 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists for Atlanta. Zaccharie Risacher scored 16 points for the Hawks before fouling out with 4:38 to play. Dyson Daniels scored 11 points, and Vit Krejci and Luke Kennard had 10 points each.
The Raptors took a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter. The lead quickly melted to six after the Hawks opened the fourth on a 7-0 run. Quickley's 3-pointer increased the lead to 12 with 8:59 remaining. When the margin narrowed to eight, Toronto reeled off six straight points to lead by 14 with 6:32 left. The Hawks then got to within eight on Daniels' layup with 4:20 to go, but Ingram and Barrett answered with consecutive 3-pointers.
The Raptors dominated the fourth quarter on Saturday, and it continued into the first quarter on Sunday. They led by as many as 15 points before the Hawks regained composure to finish the first on a 10-0 surge that cut the lead to 31-26.
Atlanta pulled to within three after Alexander-Walker swished a corner 3-pointer with 7:41 to play in the second quarter. Toronto answered with a 12-2 burst, the result of some solid defense. The Raptors bumped the lead to 16 with Ingram's running layup with 3:22 to play in the second. Alexander-Walker completed the first-half scoring with a fadeaway 10-footer that cut the lead to 61-49.
Atlanta's futility continued when Jamal Shead picked off Krejci's sloppy pass and went coast-to-coast for a layup that increased the lead to 14 with 1:15 remaining in the third quarter. Toronto led 86-73 after three quarters.