DeMarcus Cousins believes that Trae Young would be better off leaving the Atlanta Hawks amid their rough start.

Ayo Dosunmu scored 21 points, Josh Giddey had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls rallied to top the Atlanta Hawks 128-123 on Monday night. Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 17 rebounds as Chicago came back from an early 13-point deficit to improve to 3-0, its best start in four years.

The Oklahoma City Thunder were in firm control in their 117-100 win over the Atlanta Hawks. It was a wire-to-wire victory that saw them lead by as many as 24 points. This played out similarly to most of their games last season when they set the NBA record for largest point differential.

Atlanta responded with an extended 43-17 run — even as Trae Young limped off the floor with a knee injury in the middle of it — finishing off almost every fast break opportunity the Nets kicked their way. Meanwhile, Brooklyn’s own offense curled back up into its shell; that said, it did still have its fair share of entertaining possessions…

Fresh off a Most Improved season and top-three DPOY finish, Dyson Daniels’ extension locks him in as the Hawks’ perimeter defensive anchor.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had an efficient 30 points on 12-of-17 shooting. He did all that in just three quarters. Meanwhile, Chet Holmgren broke out with 31 points and 12 rebounds. Ajay Mitchell also had 14 points and seven assists off the bench.

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Coming into the season, the Hawks have had many expectations set on them as they made moves in free agency that were looked at as 'win now' moves. One of the br