The Hawks faced the Denver Nuggets at home on Sunday evening with a chance to win seven straight. Trae Young and De’Andre Hunter were ruled available after being listed on the injury report, but Jalen Johnson and Bogdan Bogdanovic would not play. For the first time this season, the Hawks went out with the following starters: Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Zaccharie Risacher, Larry Nance Jr., and Clint Capela.
Nikola Jokic wasted no time before sinking a three-pointer within the first five seconds of the contest. Nance scored the first field goal of the game for the Hawks with a difficult fadeaway.