LOS ANGELES — Well, that was ugly.
A franchise-record regular season margin of defeat tells the story of the Atlanta Hawks’ woeful performance against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night at Staples Center. When the clock mercifully hit triple zero, the Hawks walked off the court on the wrong end of a 150-101 scoreline. The 49-point defeat was the worst for any NBA team this season as the Clippers ran the Hawks out of the building on both ends of the floor.
It started early and it kept up throughout the game; Los Angeles ran out to a 20-3 lead in the first four minutes of the game and never looked back.