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The Hawks overcame an 18-point, second-quarter
deficit and evened the best-of-seven series at two wins apiece.
Game 5 is Wednesday in Philadelphia.
With Atlanta nursing a 101-100 lead, Philadelphia forced the
Hawks into a turnover before taking a timeout with 16.6 seconds
to play. Joel Embiid, however, failed to convert on a drive to
the basket with 8.8 seconds remaining to fall to 0-for-12 from
the floor in the second half.
Young subsequently made two free throws to give the Hawks a
three-point cushion with 6.6 seconds left. Seth Curry's
off-balance, 3-point attempt caromed off the back of the rim to
end the game.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 22 points for the fifth-seeded Hawks.
Atlanta's John Collins (14 points, 12 rebounds) and Clint Capela
(12 points, 13 boards) each posted double-doubles.
Tobias Harris had 20 points and Embiid recorded 17 points and 21
rebounds for the top-seeded 76ers, who were outscored 54-38 in
the second half.
Ben Simmons had 11 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and two
blocks on the same day that he was named to the 2020-21 NBA
All-Defensive First Team.
Embiid made a pair of foul shots to give Philadelphia a 95-94
lead with 3:23 remaining in the fourth quarter before Furkan
Korkmaz extended the advantage by draining a deep 3-pointer.
Collins converted from beyond the arc on the next possession,
and Young sank a floater with 1:17 left to regain the lead for
Atlanta.
The Hawks chipped away at their early deficit before Bogdanovic
drained a 3-pointer to give them an 83-82 lead early in the
fourth quarter. Shake Milton scored all eight of his points in a
77-second span to hand the 76ers a 92-88 advantage, but Young's
floater, a defensive goaltending call and Capela's alley-oop
dunk regained the lead for Atlanta.
Philadelphia overcame an ice-cold shooting performance to start
the game before scoring 24 of the final 34 points to take a
28-20 lead at the end of the first quarter. Curry sank two
3-pointers en route to scoring eight points for the 76ers, while
Bogdanovic had 10 points to pace Atlanta.
Embiid briefly went to the locker room during the start of the
second quarter before his return ignited a surge by
Philadelphia. Embiid made a 3-pointer shortly after re-entering
the game, and Harris converted from beyond the arc on
consecutive possessions to highlight a 17-3 run by the 76ers.
Philadelphia shot 52.1 percent from the floor (25 of 48) and
63.6 percent from 3-point range (7 of 11) to seize a 62-49 lead
at halftime.
For the game, the 76ers outshot the Hawks 43.5 percent to 36.6
percent from the floor and 40.7 percent (11 of 27) to 30 percent
(12 of 40) from beyond the arc.
--Field Level Media
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