Going inside the Atlanta Hawks' 91-86 win over the Lakers on Sunday night in Los Angeles:
THREE-POINT TAKE
1. A broken nose sent Korver to sit with Millsap, Carroll and Teague on the bench.
As head coach Mike Budenholzer likes to do on occasion, several starters were rested on Sunday. Prior to tipoff, Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague and DeMarre Carroll were given the night off against the 17-47 Lakers.
Pero Antic, Dennis Schroder and Kent Bazemore joined Al Horford and Kyle Korver in the starting lineup, but Horford was the only starter that finished the first half on the floor.
Korver broke his nose in the second quarter when he collided with Lakers forward Ed Davis. Korver was immediately taken to the locker room with a bloody nose. While away from the floor, the Lakers' doctor was called to look at the nose. Shortly after, the Hawks announced that Korver would not return to the game.
The Hawks travel to Sacramento on Monday and Korver was already scheduled to get the night off, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That means Wednesday's game versus the Golden State Warriors could be the first time Korver could play.
Korver left the game with zero points and lost a streak of 51 consecutive games with a 3-pointer.
2. Schroder was the man with a record-setting night.
After Atlanta's win on Sunday, Schroder said winning without four starters meant the Hawks were a deep team. While that may be the case, his record-setting night was absolutely needed.
Schroder tied a career high with 10 assists and set a new career mark with 24 points on 7 of 16 shooting with 9 of 11 free throws. None of his points were more important, though, than the bucket he sank with 13 seconds to play.
The Hawks had missed eight shots in a row from the floor and were in danger of the Lakers coming from behind to win. Since the 5:59 mark, Los Angeles was on a 15-2 run in part because the Hawks were having a ton of trouble on the glass and getting out-rebounded by a large margin.
With 30 seconds to play, Schroder dribbled at the top of the key until the shot clock was nearing expiration. He drove to the left side and took the basketball straight to the hoop for a layup. Atlanta's four-point lead was held up with four free throws down the stretch.
Schroder had only surpassed the 20-point mark once prior to Sunday. But he's been the epitome of double-digit scoring of late. He's finished his last eight games in double figures and nine of his last 10.
Schroder has been lights out from beyond the arc in recent games. Shooting just 34.7 percent from three-point range this season and 31.5 percent over his career, Schroder is 12 of 27 (44.4 percent) on 3-pointers over his last nine games.
He's shooting well and has 57 assists over his last eight games. Schroder can not only contribute when the entire team is playing, but can now take games over when starters are on the bench.
3. Atlanta can still score in the paint.
The Hawks had trouble scoring from three-point range on Sunday. Mack had three 3-pointers off the bench, but the Hawks were 5 of 23 as a team.
That meant scoring had to come from other means.
Atlanta scored 36 points in the paint as Schroder and Mack started penetrating into the lane to either score themselves (the duo combined for 42 points) or dish to someone else.
One of the frequent recipients of passes was Horford, who scored 21 points on the night.
Getting in the lane was extremely important for the Hawks against the Lakers. Not only did it help open the floor for Horford and other mid-range shooters, but it got the Hawks to the free-throw line.
While it was great that the Hawks scored in the paint, they had massive troubles on the glass.
Atlanta was out-rebounded 54-34, and the Lakers were allowed to stay in this game after the Hawks built two sizable leads because of Los Angeles' work on the offensive glass.
Los Angeles had 19 offensive rebounds to Atlanta's seven, and had an advantage of 21-1 in second-chance points.
STATS THAT MATTER
22: The Hawks won their 22nd road game of the 2014-15 season, tying a franchise record set in 1986-87.
3,316: The last time the Hawks beat the Lakers in Los Angeles was on Feb. 15, 2006, nine years, one month and one day ago, or 3,316 days. Atlanta was 0-8 over that span on the road versus the Lakers.
