The Atlanta Hawks defeated the New York Knicks by a final score of 121-116. Starting for the Hawks would be Young, Daniels, Risacher, Johnson, and Capela. Bogdanovic, Hunter, Bufkin, Krejci, Lundy, and Zeller remained out.
The rookie scored first for the Hawks, knocking down a three-pointer on the first possession. After two scores from Capela, the Hawks started the game on a 7-0 run. The Hawks led 14-7 before the first timeout of the game. Young missed his first five field goals before scoring his first points in transition.
At the end of quarter one, the score was 26-22 in the Hawks’ favor.