The Atlanta Hawks suffered an eighth successive defeat as they lost a tightly contested affair to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night, 132-127. Trae Young led the Hawks with 34 points and 17 assists, while Dyson Daniels added 23 points. For the Pacers, recently named All-Star Pascal Siakam scored 20 points, while Andrew Nembhard added 19 points.
Heading into last night’s game, the Hawks were in the midst of reeling in a lot of ways — their season is falling apart as their top-6 aspirations began to fade, Jalen Johnson is ruled out for the season, and the Hawks went to a red-hot Indiana (now 11 wins in their last 13 games) without Johnson, Clint Capela, and Bogdan Bogdanovic — making this affair a potentially bleak one.