De’Aaron Fox scored 26 points, Keldon Johnson had 25 and the San Antonio Spurs won their third straight without Victor Wembanyama, toppling the Atlanta Hawks 135-126 on Thursday night

The Atlanta Hawks returned home after a four-game West Coast trip in which they went undefeated, but today they faced another tall test: the number one seed in

That might be a slight exaggeration. By most measures, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are the two best teams in the league. The rest of the West’s top six — the Rockets, Lakers, Spurs and Timberwolves — clock in as potential spoilers, most of whom have long runways for success.

In a post on X by Evan Sidery, he provided the numbers of how well the Atlanta Hawks is performing without Trae Young.

First-place Pistons (12-2) face the fourth-place Hawks (9-5) at 7:30 p.m. ET on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit with streaming options available.

Jalen Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks will face De’Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Sours at Frost Bank Center on Thursday at 8 ET on NBA TV.

Cade Cunningham returned from injury with 25 points and 10 assists as the Detroit Pistons won their 11th straight game, 120-112 over the short-handed Atlanta Hawks, whose five-game winning streak ended.

The Atlanta Hawks lost their star PG Trae Young to an early season injury. And still, the team has rallied. Five wins in a row for them now.

Kristaps Porzingis made history on Thursday night even though the Hawks lost to the Spurs, 135-126, on the road.