The Atlanta Hawks returned to action on Monday night but could not return to winning ways as they fell to a 129-122 defeat to the Denver Nuggets at State Farm Arena.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored a career-high 40 points with Dejounte Murray adding 21 points. For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray was one of three Nuggets players who scored 20 or more points with 29.
Both sides entered the game on three-game losing skids, and initially it was the Hawks who looked more likely to be the side that would break that streak, running out to an 11 point lead in the first quarter with Trae Young, Bogdanovic, and Murray combining for 26 of the Hawks’ 36 first quarter points.