A group that many had left for useless coming into this season, the Atlanta Hawks have managed to maintain their head above water by the primary 2 months of play. Their 14-13 report has them in seventh place within the Japanese Convention, however they’re simply 2 wins behind the third place New York Knicks. This has been a lot to the dismay of San Antonio Spurs’ followers who had been hoping to money in on the 2025 unprotected 1st spherical decide that the group acquired within the Dejounte Murray commerce again in 2022. With each group’s exceeding expectations on this early portion of the season although, plans for prime Spurs’ draft picks in subsequent June’s NBA Draft are seemingly on the again burner, at the least for now.
San Antonio Spurs (13-13) vs Atlanta Hawks (14-13)
December nineteenth 2024 | 7:00 PM CT
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Spurs Accidents: Keldon Johnson: day after day (calf), Zach Collins: day after day (again), Tre Jones: day after day (shoulder)
Hawks Accidents: Cody Zeller: out (private)
What to observe for
The Hawks have managed to hover above .500 regardless of what can solely be described as a down 12 months for his or her All Star level guard Trae Younger. A variety of Younger’s numbers are down, as he’s averaging his fewest PPG since his rookie season (21.5) on the worst percentages of his profession (39/32/88). A variety of that may be attributed to the truth that Atlanta simply doesn’t have a number of nice choices round him, although he’s main the league in assists per recreation by a snug margin with 12.1 (although towards a league-leading 4.6 turnovers per recreation). Whatever the taking pictures percentages and the turnover issues, Younger stays the top of the snake for Atlanta.
The slender younger man Victor Wembanyama principal match-up will possible be 10 12 months vet Clint Capela. Capela, who’s as soon as once more almost averaging a double-double for the Hawks in lower than 25 minutes an evening, has almost 30 kilos on Wemby and has at all times been a strong defender and rim protector. Look to see if Sharpshooter Victor makes an look early and is ready to pull Capela out on the perimete. –
Jeremy Sochan had a season-best 15 rebounds within the loss to Minnesota. Sochan has regarded excellent after lacking all of November nursing a hand damage. He has 3 double-doubles in 6 of his video games since returning.
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