The Magic came into tonight’s contest looking to continue their winning ways against the upstart Hawks. It was ultimately not to be, however, with a clunky offense and lethargic defensive rebounding condemning the team to its first loss of the season.
The early stages of the game belonged to Trae Young. The Hawks second year star hit his first four shots of the game, including a pair of makes from deep. He was having his way with an outmatched DJ Augustin; he couldn’t stay in front of the slithery point guard and actually lost him on a few broken plays, one of which ended with a wide open Young triple from the corner.