The Atlanta Hawks slipped to their first defeat of the NBA season as they fell short 128-104 to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center on Sunday night.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 24 points and eight assists with Onyeka Okongwu and Garrison Mathews adding 14 points each off the bench. For the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points to go with 11 rebounds and nine assists, and Chet Holmgren added 25 points.
For the game itself: Thunder separate themselves in the fourth quarter
The Hawks entered this contest as significant underdogs — not helped by the absences of De’Andre Hunter (right knee inflammation) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (right hamstring tendinopathy) — heading on the road for the first time and against one of the title favorites in the Oklahoma City Thunder.