On the first game of an east coast road trip, the Utah Jazz were hoping to easily dispatch a Atlanta Hawks team missing their star Trae Young, who underwent surgery on a torn ligament in his left hand today (expected to miss four weeks). Unfortunately, the Hawks had a different plan and smacked the Jazz early in the first quarter, which Utah never recovered from.
It was an ugly affair, filled with mind-boggling turnovers and bad fouls (by both teams). Neither team played well, but the Hawks played just a tad better and capitalized on numerous Utah mistakes, eventually blowing the Jazz out with a 97-124 final score.