The Atlanta Hawks won a comfortable affair against the Washington Wizards 134-116 on Wednesday night at State Farm Arena.
Trae Young led the Hawks — playing without De’Andre Hunter and Bogdan Bogdanovic — with 25 points and 16 assists, with John Collins adding 23 points. For the Wizards, Daniel Gafford scored 25 points and 10 rebounds. Johnny Davis added 20 points.
The Hawks entered this game as considerate and understandable favorites, the visiting Wizards were without Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Delon Wright and Monte Morris.
The Washington ‘B Team’ put up a solid effort for the game but in the second half were edged away from by the Hawks as the hosts stretched their margin to double-digits for the first time in the third quarter before gently increasing the lead as the third quarter progressed, reaching a lead as high as 21 points in the fourth quarter.