The Hawks began their 2024-25 campaign with a preseason matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Bogdan Bogdanovic missed this contest for apparent rest reasons after winning bronze in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with team Serbia. Onyeka Okongwu — who is nursing a toe injury — and Cody Zeller — away from the team — did the same.
The first starting lineup for the Hawks was Trae Young, new arrival Dyson Daniels, De’Andre Hunter, Jalen Johnson, and Clint Capela. Johnson got the scoring started for the Hawks below with a grab-and-go pull up midrange jumper.
Jalen drops in our first points of the preseason pic.