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Murray lifts Hawks to victory over Magic as absence of Young begins

The Atlanta Hawks snapped their three game losing streak with a comfortable home win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, 109-92, at State Farm Arena.

Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with a near triple-double of 25 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds while Jalen Johnson added a near triple-double of his own with 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. For the Magic, without Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner scored 19 points with Wendell Carter Jr. adding 18 points.

The Hawks announced the news on Sunday that they would be without All-Star point guard Trae Young for at least four weeks after being diagnosed with a tear in his RCL in the fifth finger of his left hand.