Hawks Highlights: Collins continues to impress in loss to Bulls

Atlanta Hawks rookie power forward John Collins scored 13 points and recorded five rebounds in Thursday's loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Collins played 25 minutes and shot 5-of-6 from the field.

After the Hawks’ 91-86 loss, coach Mike Budenholzer said he was impressed with Collins’ defense against the Bulls’ 7-foot center Robin Lopez and a good offensive effort.

“I thought John battled ( Lopez),” Budenholzer said. “Obviously we had a pretty big deficit on the boards and part of that is John playing a little bit out of position but I like the energy John’s bringing and the effort John’s bringing and I thought offensively he created some things for us and it’s a good learning experience for John for sure.”

Here are a few of Collins’ highlights against the Bulls:

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