The bright side, of course, is that the defeat represented only one of 82 games for Quin Snyder's team, and the Hawks bounced back with a thoroughly dominant, 32-point win in the follow-up against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday.

Trae Young scored 31 points, Dyson Daniels added 22 points and the Atlanta Hawks clobbered the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 134-102 to sweep the four-game season series.

Trae Young poured in 31 points and the Atlanta Hawks took control early and fired away from 3-point range in a 134-102 romp past the host Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday.

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The 2024-25 NBA regular season has less than a month remaining, and two Eastern Conference rivals will square off on Tuesday when the Atlanta Hawks visit the Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte is 17-50 overall and 10-24 at home,