Hawks at the break, by the numbers

Hawks center John Collins has been one of the  top rookies in the NBA.

Credit: Michael Cunningham

Credit: Michael Cunningham

Hawks center John Collins has been one of the  top rookies in the NBA.

After two games tonight, the NBA is taking a break for All-Star weekend in Los Angeles. The Hawks don’t play gain until Feb. 23 at the Pacers, the first of their 23 games after the break.

Here’s a look at some numbers over the first 59 games (via Basketball-Reference and NBA.com/stats):

18-41

Hawks record, tied with the Suns for worst in the NBA.

8-11 

Hawks record since Jan. 10, 17th-best in the league during that span.

-4.1 

Hawks average point differential. Five teams have a higher negative differential: Suns (-8.9), Kings (-8.0), Bulls (-5.9), Nets (-4.3) and Magic (-4.2).

-63 

Point differential for Hawks in 25 games when ahead or tied in the final five minutes, worst in the NBA.

11-14

Hawks record when ahead or tied in the final five minutes, second-worst win percentage in NBA (Mavericks are 8-16).

-4.1

Hawks net rating, tied with the Grizzlies for 25th. Four teams have worse net rating: Suns (-9.1), Kings (-9.0), Bulls (-6.4) and Nets (-4.8).

30.4 

Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder’s usage percentage, 12th-highest in the NBA among players with 1,000 or more minutes.

51.5 

Schroder’s true shooting percentage, tied for 86th among that group.

22.8 

Hawks guard Kent Bazemore’s usage percentage, 69th-highest in the NBA among players with at least 1,000 minutes played.

54.2 

Bazemore’s true shooting percentage, tied for 67th among that group.

3.7 

Bazemore’s defensive deflections per 36 minutes, tied for ninth-best among NBA players with at least 1,000 minutes played.

62.1 

Hawks center John Collins’ true shooting percentage, best among the 16 NBA rookies with at least 1,000 minutes played.

13.5 

Collins’ offensive rebounding rate, best among that same group of rookies (Miami’s Bam Adebayo is second at 9.0).

22.2 

Collins’ defensive rebounding rate, second among that group or rookies (Chicago’s Lauri Markkanen is first at 24.1)

38.5 

Hawks center Dewayne Dedmon’s 3-point shooting percentage on 78 attempts.

Number of 3-point attempts for Dedmon in 3,270 minutes played before this season (he missed it).

40 

Dunks for Hawks center Miles Plumlee among 74 field goals made.

Dunks for Schroder among 413 field goals made.