ATLANTA'S WAY FORWARD IS TO BE 'AGGRESSIVE'

Hawks look to move on from departure of Young with a win against Curry’s Warriors

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ATLANTA - Buoyed by a two-game winning run in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and recent reinforcements, the Atlanta Hawks hope to ride the momentum when they meet the Golden State Warriors on what could be a big day for the Curry family on Jan 11 (Jan 12 morning, Singapore time).

Getting a first career triple-double from Dyson Daniels in his new role of running the show in place of the traded Trae Young, the Hawks launched a fourth-quarter surge to bury the Denver Nuggets 110-87 on Jan 9 to open their four-game road trip to Western Conference teams.

Victory at Denver came without Kristaps Porzingis (strained Achilles) and Zaccharie Risacher (sore left knee), as C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert were acquired on the same day from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Young, a four-time All-Star guard.

All four could be in Atlanta uniforms at the Warriors’ Chase Center home on Jan 11.

With Daniels calling the shots both offensively and defensively, the Hawks responded with their fewest points conceded this season in the win over the Nuggets.