ATLANTA – Buoyed by a two-game winning run 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 a four-game Western swing in the NBA (National Basketball Association).

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

All four could be in uniform at the Golden State’s 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.

“The more aggressive we can be, that helps our group,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said after the win. “That mentality is something we’ve talked about and can get better at.”

Hawks-Warriors games in recent years have been high-scoring. The teams have split their last eight meetings, with the winning team putting up an average of 129.6 points.

Four of those last eight meetings featured a head-to-head between the offensive-minded Young and Stephen Curry, with the Golden State star averaging 35.6 points in those duels. The stretch included 50 points in a home win in 2021 and 60 in a road victory in 2024.

Curry enters this match-up on a roll, having averaged 29.8 points on 40 per cent three-point shooting in 13 games since returning from a bruised left quad.

The flurry has allowed his father-son career points total with dad Dell to reach 38,889, just six shy of second place on the NBA all-time list. They can pass Joe and Kobe ...