The Atlanta Hawks faced off against the New Orleans Pelicans at Gateway Center, home of the College Park Skyhawks. This would be the third preseason win for the Hawks, after winning the first two in thriller fashion.
The starting lineups were as follows:
Hawks: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Onyeka Okongwu, Bruno Fernando
Pelicans: CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Jonas Valanciunas
Out for the Hawks were Saddiq Bey, Clint Capela, and De’Andre Hunter, while Cody Zeller was the sole man out for the Pelicans.
The offense was relatively stagnant to start, but a three from Trae well behind the arc followed by a steal and score from Dejounte Murray seemed to set things in motion.