These are the kind of games that make it hard on a fan base to be patient. Coming off of the team’s best win a in good while on Wednesday over the Boston Celtics, the Atlanta Hawks appeared primed to continue a modest bounce-back after winning three of their last five games following a string of seven losses in eight games.
The opponent, the Oklahoma City Thunder, came in with the least efficient offense in the league. And absent former Hawks center Al Horford, the Thunder were lacking a big man that seemed like a decent matchup with Atlanta’s current starting center, Clint Capela.