The Hawks’ hunt for a Summer League championship is over despite beating the Grizzlies 92-88 on Thursday in their fourth game.

Coming into Thursday’s action, the Hawks were one of eight unbeaten teams at Summer League. The Hawks moved to 4-0 after Thursday’s win, but they have to wait and see the results of two other games before their ticket to the semifinals is booked.

The Hawks were one of five teams that had a 3-0 record entering Thursday’s game, along with the Raptors, Spurs, Clippers and Hornets. The Spurs and Hornets faced each other at the same time as the Hawks, while the Raptors and Clippers had games later in the evening.

The top four teams advance to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal then play in the finals. The remaining 26 teams will play a fifth game.

Since there were several teams with undefeated records, the league established tiebreakers to determine the top four teams.

The first is point differential, which is determined by the net result of total points scored and total points allowed. Following their game on Thursday, the Hawks had a cushion of just eight points.

The Hornets beat the Spurs 106-81 and moved to second in the Summer League standings. They sit behind the Thunder and ahead of the Kings and Timberwolves.

The NBA has already scheduled consolation games for Friday. So, the Hawks will wait to learn who they play on either Saturday or Sunday.

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