The Hawks faced off against the Thunder at State Farm Arena on Wednesday night, managed to hold off a desperation push from the MVP candidate star of the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists), and won the game 141-138.
De’Andre Hunter remained out tonight with right knee soreness, but the Hawks were otherwise healthy. On the other side of the ball, the Thunder had a hard-fought win against Boston last night, January 2nd, and had travel issues resulting in their arrival to Atlanta at 5 AM local time today.
The sluggishness showed for Thunder as the Hawks quickly got out to a 7-0 lead forcing an early timeout from Mark Daignault.