When facing the No. 1 team in the Western Conference, the Hawks understood they needed to be as close to perfect as possible. But they fell 135-119 to the Thunder on Friday night at State Farm Arena.

The Atlanta Hawks are back in action tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies after falling to the Thunder in a 135-119 beatdown. The Thunder shot 51% from the fie

The NBA season continues, and we have a tilt between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Thunder-Hawks prediction and pick Friday’s clash between the Oklahoma City Thunder (47-12) and Atlanta Hawks (27-32) at State Farm Arena promises an intriguing cross-conference battle.

The Utah Jazz have not seen much success this season. Currently sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with a record of 15-46, Jazz fans are looking for any silver lining. Despite their struggles this year, rookie point guard Isaiah Collier has been a significant bright spot.

Trae Young is probable against the Grizzlies due to right achilles tendanitis. The Hawks will be without Georges Niang (illness), Larry Nance Jr., (right medial femoral condyle fracture) and Vit Krejci (lumbar fracture).

The Hawks still played well despite losing to OKC, and Trae Young has one hope for the team as the season continues.

The Atlanta Hawks have gotten big wins this season as double-digit underdogs, but the Oklahoma City Thunder never really let them have a chance to do that tonig

In fact, Atlanta faced a 10-point deficit with less than six minutes remaining in a road game against a high-level team from the Western Conference, but the Hawks finished the game on an ...