The Hawks came into tonight looking to stop a five-game losing streak, and in an effort to shake things up, they gave Mouhamed Gueye his first career start at the year at power forward. Trae Young returned to action, but both Bogdan Bogdanovic and Zaccharie Risacher — who today was named to the 2025 Rising Stars competition at the All-Star weekend — missed this one along with Jalen Johnson and others.
Gueye got the Hawks on the board in his first start:
Mo starts the scoring in his first start! pic.twitter.com/DVxnYxvOFm
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) January 29, 2025
Just after tipoff, Clint Capela was also ruled out with back spasms, so the Hawks were left to contend with Alperen Sengun and others down some important bodies.