Hawks 100 Wizards 89

BoxscoreTeam Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO% WASH 92 0.968 47.5 17.7 18.2 16.3 ATL 91 1.099 44.2 39.7 25.6 14.3Before tonight's game, Mike Woodson, when asked about the possible difficulty of learning very much about his team in the atypically fast-paced and high-possession* game Wednesday night, answered: "It was a fast pace but Indiana forces you to play that way. I'm not too strong on always racing up and down the floor but they forced our hand to do it. I thought when we had to defend coming down the stretch that's when we really stepped up. We held them to 15 points in the fourth quarter and that's huge. That's when you've got to get it done and I thought our guys stepped up and met the challenge."*The 101 possessions in the first game were more than in any Hawks game last season.The Hawks didn't wait four quarters to step up defensively tonight. They didn't even wait four minutes. Gilbert Arenas had 5 points and an assist in the ...