Both Trae Young and Ja Morant sat on Saturday evening's contest, the first of ATL's four consecutive at State Farm Arena. The league-leading scorer off the bench Deandre Hunter will be expected to pick up the slack left behind. Former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. and perimeter specialist Desmond Bane pace one of the NBA's hottest teams winning 6 of their last 8 games in the month of December. Memphis currently has the fourth best record in the NBA, second in the Western Conference.

DeShaun Tate and Tenitra Batiste elaborate on how and why life looks so much different and easier for Memphis than it does for Atlanta when without its star players including front office decisions to add a reliable backup point guard to the roster and organic feelings regarding ATL's 25 turnover outing

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