The undefeated season is no more.

The Atlanta Hawks were faced with a tough task at home tonight against the Houston Rockets and were unable to answer the call. Both teams were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, with Houston missing three key players in this game, but their defense carried them to a win and dropped the Hawks to 2-1. The two teams are going to see each other again on Monday, and we will see what kind of adjustments the Hawks can make between now and then.

So what are the biggest takeaways from the Hawks first loss of the season?

1. Three-point shooting went the other way for Atlanta

The Houston Rockets are one of the best defensive teams in the NBA and it is tough to put up a big three-point shooting number on them, but that was going to be one of the keys to victory for Atlanta. Given that Houston was likely going to have an advantage on the boards, even without Steven Adams, Atlanta needed to have a better night shooting.…