The Atlanta Hawks don’t have another home game until Monday night when they face the Dallas Mavericks. This is a game that is usually surrounded by NBA fans because it is a matchup between Mavs superstar Luka Doncic and Hawks superstar Trae Young. However, for the future in Atlanta, it appears that Doncic will not be able to play. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Doncic will miss time with a strained right wrist. He will be re-evaluated in a week, meaning he won’t play Monday night against the Hawks.

The last time Doncic played in Atlanta, he set a Mavs franchise record for points in a game, scoring 73 points on 25-33 shooting. Dallas won the shootout with Atlanta 148-143. After reaching the Western Conference Finals last season, Dallas got off to a bit of a slow start this year. The Mavericks are 8-7 and in 11th place in the Western Conference.

The Hawks hope to be on a winning streak when they face Dallas on Monday. The Hawks fell to 7-9 with a 23-point loss to Golden State, and Atlanta faces Chicago tomorrow night before facing Dallas on Monday.

More often than not in Hawks losses, the defense costs the Hawks more than their offense, but their defense played pretty well last night, especially after the first quarter. It was the offense that didn’t get its way last night. There have been plenty of games where the Hawks let their opponents have a big hit of the night, but this wasn’t one of those nights.

Atlanta’s offense couldn’t find its rhythm all night. The Hawks shot 33 percent from the field and 26 percent from three, and it’s hard to point to any good performances from anyone. Atlanta finished with a horrible 86.9 offensive rating in the game and a 42% true shooting percentage. Golden State has one of the NBA’s best defenses, but the Hawks offense was a no-show and they couldn’t get shots to fall.

When the Atlanta Hawks have lost basketball games this year, you can usually point to only one quarter as the reason. They were outscored 38-17 in the third quarter in Sunday’s loss to the Blazers, scored just 15 points in the fourth quarter in a loss to Chicago and tonight against the No. 1 team in the Western Conference , Atlanta was outscored 41. -22 in the first quarter. Golden State only outscored Atlanta 79-75 the rest of the way, but the damage was already done. Atlanta’s offense was nonexistent all night and Golden State cruised to a 120-97 victory over the Hawks.

The defense was bad in the first quarter, but the main problem was the offense. The Hawks shot 35 percent from the field and 29 percent from three. Golden State, on the other hand, was 60 percent from the field and 46 percent from three. The Warriors bench outscored the Hawks bench 19-3. It was a very tough first quarter for Bogdan Bogdanovic, Onyeka Okongwu, De’Andre Hunter and Kobe Bufkin and it ended up being a tough game.

The Hawks travel to Chicago tomorrow night to take on the Bulls in the NBA Cup. The Hawks are 2-0 in the NBA Cup and lead Group C East.

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Hawks Basketball: Takeaways from Atlanta’s 120-97 loss to Golden State

Atlanta can’t overcome shooting woes in 120-97 loss to Golden State