Young Capela help Hawks end Wizards 3-game winning streak

ATLANTA â€" Trae Young scored 26 points, Clint Capela had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Washington Wizards 118-111 on Monday night.

Bradley Beal scored 19 of his 24 points in the first half for Washington, which had its three-game win streak halted and lost its fifth in a row at State Farm Arena. A victory wouldâ€™ve given Washington (5-2) its best beginning to a season the 1974-75 Bullets got off to a 7-0 start.

Young went 11 for 11 from the free-throw line as Atlanta finished 29 for 29 on foul shots.

The Hawks, who lost 122-111 at Washington last week, snapped a two-game skid. Bogdan Bogdanovich finished with 16 points for Atlanta, and Cam Reddish added 15 off the bench.

Washington struggled to pull within double digits after Deâ€™Andre Hunterâ€™s turnaround jumper made it 105-94 with 5:12 remaining. Bogdanovich followed with a 3 from the left wing, and the Wizards missed a third straight jumper before Reddish, falling near the baseline, fed John Collins with a behind-the-back pass and an easy lay-in to put Atlanta up 110-94 with 3:32 to go.

The Wizards closed the lead to eight after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope stole the ball from Young and fed Kyle Kuzma for a layup that made it 110-102 with 1:27 remaining. Hawks coach Nate McMillan quickly called timeout.

Young followed by hitting a pair of free throws, but Spencer Dinwiddie answered with a three-point play that trimmed the lead to 112-105 with 1:14 to go.

After Reddish hit a pair of foul shots, the Wizards called timeout with 57.5 seconds to go before Caldwell-Pope missed a 3, and Collins knocked down two free throws to give the Hawks a 114-105 advantage.

That essentially ended it.

The Wizards, who seemed out of sorts while Atlanta kept switching between man and zone defenses, didnâ€™t score in the third quarter until Caldwell-Popeâ€™s three-point play at the 7:20 mark. Young and Bogdanovich each hit a 3 that made it 75-60, and Washington coach Wes Unseld Jr. called timeout.

It didnâ€™t make much of a difference initially as the Hawks padded the lead to 80-64 on Youngâ€™s three-point play, but the Wizards closed the quarter on a 17-9 run to make it 84-77 entering the fourth.

Atlanta led by as many as 13 in the first half, but the Wizards closed to within three on Bealâ€™s 14-footer in the closing seconds before the break. Washington scored 37 in the second quarter.

Danilo Gallinari hit a 3 from the left corner that gave the Hawks a 25-21 lead and caused the Wizards to call timeout with 3:09 to go in the first. Gallinari scored from the same spot a couple of minutes later, and Young hit a layup before knocking down a pair of free throws that made it 32-21 for Atlantaâ€™s first double-digit lead.

The Hawks closed the first on an 18-5 run.

TIP-INS

Wizards: Daniel Gafford responded well at the shootaround and was put in the lineup after missing two games with a right quad contusion. He finished with four points and five rebounds in 15 minutes. â€¦ F Davis Bertans collided with Gorgui Dieng in the lane late in the first and hit the floor after hurting his left ankle. He got up limping, hit a pair of free throws and then limped off the floor and into the locker room. He did not return.

Hawks: G Kevin Huerter was given the night off to rest. â€¦ Atlanta outscored the Wizards 20-5 in free throws in the first half. The Hawks were 20 for 20 at the line before intermission. The teamâ€™s previous high in free throw attempts was 21 in a win over Detroit.

UP NEXT

Wizards: Host Toronto on Wednesday.

Hawks: At Brooklyn on Wednesday.