After an injury-plagued defeat on Monday evening in Detroit, the Atlanta Hawks returned to action on Wednesday for a road tilt against the Philadelphia 76ers. Once again, Nate McMillan and company entered the night with a shorthanded roster — headlined by the absences of Trae Young, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Kevin Huerter — and the team faced a substantial challenge against a top-flight opponent. As such, things did not break in Atlanta’s favor, with the Hawks enduring their most lopsided defeat of the season at 127-83.
The early portion of the game didn’t go well for Atlanta, and things spiraled from there.