The Atlanta Hawks met the Brooklyn Nets in the Barclays Center as part of a two-game trip to the biggest population center in the country. The Hawks were looking to bounce back from a lopsided loss to the Knicks just two days earlier, and needed to find a way to compete without three of their usual starters. Dejounte Murray and John Collins, out with ankle sprains, as well as De’Andre Hunter, out with a hip flexor injury, could only watch as the Hawks took the Nets to the brink but failed to secure a win, 120-116.
With the Nets’ two offensive superstars of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant each pouring in 30-plus points, the Hawks were able to match that feat with Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic, who recently returned to action from offseason knee surgery and was subject to a minutes restriction from the coaching staff.