The Atlanta Hawks’ Summer League journey continued with another victory on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Phoenix Suns 98-80 — a convincing win in which the Hawks held a comfortable advantage for much of the proceedings. Asa Newell lead the Hawks in scoring with 18 points to go along with 11 rebounds, while Nikola Durisic added an efficient 16 points. For the Suns, Oso Ighadoro led with 18 points, with notable Suns Summer League roster members such as Ryan Dunn and Khaman Maluach sidelined for this contest.
With Summer League, it’s not so much about the final result and what it took to get there that is most noteworthy when discussing these games, it’s typically about how the players individually perform, so we’ll have a chat about some of the individual performances from this spot starting with the more positive performances.