ATLANTA -- After a preseason full of promise and excitement over what is supposed to be the best roster yet surrounding Trae Young , the Atlanta Hawks were crushed by the Toronto Raptors 138-118 in their season opener Wednesday night.

After his team was outscored 86-56 in the paint, 34-11 in fastbreak points and was outrebounded by 20, Young didn't mince words about the Hawks' season-opening dud at home.

"I don't think there's too many positives you can take from tonight," Young said. "It's embarrassing the way we started it. A lot of it comes from the preseason, obviously it carried over, we didn't play all five of us. You could tell by the continuity we had out there, it wasn't right.

"But the cream always rises to the top. We got some time to make it up and got to get going."

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