Hawks And Heat's Starting Lineups For Game 5
The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks are facing off in Florida for Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday.
For the game, both squads have announced their starting lineups.
The Heat will be without two of their best players in All-Star guards Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry.
Lowry left the second half of Game 3 and has not returned since, while Butler was a very late addition to the injury report on Tuesday.
This is a golden opportunity for the Hawks to save their season and force a Game 6 back at State Farm Arena later in the week.
They are down 3-1, and other than Game 3 where they won by one-point, they have lost by double-digits and two of the games were total blowouts.
Therefore, this is a game that can regain momentum and if they could also win Game 6 at home, no one ever can predict what will happen in a Game 7.
It's lot easier said than done, but without Butler and Lowry the Hawks have to make a stand.
Last season, they made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, while the Heat were swept in the first-round.
Both teams lost to the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks.
More on the Miami Heat can be read here.
More on the Atlanta Hawks can be read here.
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