The Charlotte Hornets has found a way to be a thorn in the side of the Atlanta Hawks over the past 2 seasons. On Friday night the Atlanta Hawks had a chance to push the reset button on their series with a familiar divisional opponent. 

With both Atlanta and Charlotte without key pieces, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Brandon Miller, the intriguing matchup boxes checked, as anticipated. Two of the Southeast Division's most athletic forwards (Bridges, Johnson), craftiest guards (Ball, Young) and intimidating defenders off the bench (Okongwu, Williams) meet for the first of 4 times this season. 

Tenitra Batiste and DeShaun Tate give their takes and dive deep into questionable officiating towards key contributors including a look ahead to their first road challenge of the season, a Sunday's matchup with last year's best of the west, Oklahoma City Thunder.

#atlantahawks #charlottehornets #truetoatlanta #traeyoung #tremann #lameloball #dysondaniels #deandrehunter #nba #milesbridges #easternconference #southeastdivision 

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