Nickeil Alexander-Walker made a 19-foot fadeaway with 3.4 seconds left, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Utah Jazz 121-119.
Ace Bailey’s pull-up 3-pointer had tied it at 119 with 10 seconds left.
The Jazz had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Bailey missed a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Hawks outscored the Jazz 11-7. Jalen Johnson scored 4 of the Hawks’ 11 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Jock Landale had 26 points (8 during a 12-0 run across the second and third quarters), 11 rebounds and a season-high 4 blocks on 10 for 14 shooting in his first game with the Hawks. Alexander-Walker added 23 points on 9 for 15 shooting. Johnson added 22 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists, his 12th career triple-double, and Corey Kispert scored 20 points (10 in the paint) on 7 for 9 shooting off the bench. The Hawks had 4 20-point scorers. Landale and Dyson Daniels set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points.
For the Jazz, Isaiah Collier had a career-high 25 points, 11 assists and 3 steals, and Bailey added 20 points but shot 9 for 26.
The Jazz gave up 19 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Hawks missed. The Hawks outscored the Jazz 76-58 in the paint. The Hawks outscored the Jazz 28-11 in 9 minutes with McCollum, Landale, Alexander-Walker, Johnson and Daniels on the floor together. Brice Sensabaugh fouled out.