The Celtics play their second game of the week against the Hawks, and one former Hawk will not be able to play tonight in Boston.
Forward Al Horford is out for this game, while guard Jrue Holiday remains questionable.
Beating the Celtics on Monday night was a team effort as Atlanta got big games from De’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Vit Krejci and Dejounte Murray.
Last night was all about Murray, who led the team with 30 points in a win against the Blazers.
The Hawks’ offense played well during this short three-game winning streak, especially their three-point shooting that helped them win the celtics on monday night.
Boston is the best 3-point shooting team in the league, but they went cold against the Hawks on Monday night.
Murray scored 30 points against the Blazers last night after 19 against the Celtics on Monday.
Murray is the catalyst of the offense, but the cast around him fell apart on Monday night.
Most nights when Murray doesn’t have a big game, the Hawks offense suffers, but that wasn’t the case Monday.
I still think Murray needs a strong game to give the Hawks a chance tonight.
Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 22 points and looked good on 4-7 shooting from three in the last meeting between these two teams.
Bogdanovic can heat the floor and the Hawks will need him tonight.Vit Krejci and De’Andre Hunter were arguably the Hawks’ best players on Monday, but both struggled last night against Portland.
Krejci scored 13 points, including four from 3, in the third quarter against Boston on Monday.
Hunter led the team with 24 points, but struggled to shoot the ball last night, going 1-6 from three and scoring 12 points.
Hunter and Krejci will have to be better than they were last night if the Falcons are going to pull off another upset.Clint Capela had one of his best games of the year on Monday.
His rebounding and defense were amazing. Bruno Fernando will get backup center minutes tonight.
The Hawks bench needs to find guys to step up. Garrison Matthews and Dylan Windler had big games last night, but Trent Forrest and others will also get minutes..