The Atlanta Hawks were looking to bounce back from their loss to the Portland Trail Blazers and they were facing the Sacramento Kings. Not only were they on the
second night of a back to back, but minutes before tipoff, Jalen Johnson was ruled out. Atlanta was facing a Kings team that was missing DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk, and Domantas Sabonis and they had to overcome a career night from reserve guard Keon Ellis and another solid game from one of the NBA's best guards, De'Aaron Fox.1. De'Andre Hunter continues to have a fantastic season
The Hawks are now 4-0 when De'Andre Hunter plays and he has been phenomenal to start the season. Tonight, Hunter scored 24 points on 9-15 shooting and made some clutch baskets in the fourth quarter. Hunter has made a huge difference this season for Atlanta and he continued that tonight.With DeRozan, Sabonis, and Monk out, the Kings had to have someone step up. Not only were those guys out, but Keegan Murray fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Young did not do much scoring tonight, but he ended up having the most assists that any NBA player has had this season with 19, almost tying his career high. Young has been deferring more to his teammates to get them involved this season and it has payed off.It was the first time that Bufkin had played all season and the first game for Bogdanovic since the opening game vs the Nets and it was shaky tonight for both. Bogdanovic had six points on 2-6 from three and Bufkin was 1-7 from the field.
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