Jalen Johnson and Kingston Flemings started together for the first time Saturday night.
Flemings' first two NBA starts came while Johnson was out with a sprained left ankle. With Johnson back, the Atlanta Hawks started Flemings, Johnson, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, and Onyeka Okongwu, and beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-121 at State Farm Arena.
It was Flemings' third straight start. He scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting in 26:34. Both of his blocks came in the final 59.3 seconds with Atlanta up three, the second on Michael Porter Jr. after Hawks coach Quin Snyder got a foul call on Flemings overturned.
Fellow rookie Zuby Ejiofor had 7 points, 6 rebounds, and a block in 18:13. He played the first quarter's opening stretch after Okongwu went to the locker room on the game's first possession.
Johnson on Flemings
Atlanta took Flemings eighth overall out of Houston in June. He is 19. As a freshman, he scored 594 points, a Houston record for a first-year player, and became the program's first freshman All-American.
He served a one-game suspension Monday at Indiana for elbowing New Orleans guard Bryce McGowens on Oct. 31. His first NBA start came Wednesday at Washington, where he...