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Atlanta Hawks vs New Orleans Pelicans: Injury Report
The Atlanta Hawks are currently on a three-game winning streak and will look to extend it tomorrow night when they face New Orleans at home. Ahead of the game, the Hawks released their injury report and Bogdan Bogdanovic (right hamstring; injury management) is probable and Trae Young (right Achilles tendinitis) is also probable. Cody Zeller (not with team) is out.
For tomorrow’s game vs. New Orleans: — Lauren L. Williams (@WilliamsLaurenL) December 1, 2024
Bogdan Bogdanovic (right hamstring; injury management) is probable.
Trae Young (right Achilles tendinitis) is probable.
Cody Zeller (not with team) is out.
While the Pelicans are not a great team right now (mostly due to injuries), tomorrow’s game will mark the first time Dejounte Murray has played in Atlanta since being traded this summer. New Orleans is facing New York tonight and will be on the second night of a back to back with travel when the face Atlanta tomorrow.
This week has a chance to be huge for the Hawks and it begins tomorrow with a game against former Hawks Dejounte Murray and the New Orleans Pelicans. The Hawks face the Pelicans tomorrow, then head to Milwaukee on Wednesday, host the Lakers on Friday, and then host the Nuggets on Sunday. These are games against marquee opponents and if the Hawks can have a good week, it could say a lot about the direction that their season is headed.
Beating the Pelicans feels like a must-win in a lot of ways, but it is a game that the Hawks have lost before this year. They are going to be on a back-to-back (they play the Knicks tonight) and it will be the return of Murray to Atlanta for the first time since being traded this summer. The Pelicans have been a very injured team this year and the Hawks are going to be rested for the game.
On Wednesday, the Hawks travel to Milwaukee to face a Bucks team that appears to have righted the ship after a really bad start to the season. Giannis Antetokounmpo is still one of the best players in the league and playing at an MVP level right now. Milwaukee has won six in a row and eight of their last ten and are one game ahead of Atlanta in the standings.
On Friday, LeBron James and the Lakers come to town. That is always a marquee game, but there is an interesting subplot. While it would only be one loss, the Lakers owe their pick to the Hawks in the 2025 draft and the Hawks are hoping that falls in the lottery. A loss to the Hawks on Friday would help that and anytime you beat the Lakers, you get attention from around the league.
Atlanta’s week concludes next Sunday vs MVP front-runner Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Denver has been up and down to start the year, but Jokic is having an incredible season again. Getting a win over him and his team would be huge.
This is not a make or break week by any means for the Hawks, but there are opportunities in front of them against some marquee teams. If the Hawks could go 3-1 or even 4-0 this week, watch out.
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The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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