Hawks Reveal Starting Lineup for Tonight's Game vs Cleveland

Atlanta is getting set to tip-off their matchup vs the Cavaliers and to no surprise, there are no starting lineup changes for the Hawks tonight.

Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, De'Andre Hunter, Saddiq Bey, and Clint Capela are going to be starting for the Hawks.

Cleveland is starting Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Max Strus, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen.

Atlanta has one of the best offenses in the NBA and it is only going to get more lethal if Trae Young continues to play well.

Young had a 38-point performance against the Pacers in a wild shootout, 43 against the Nets, 26 against the Wizards (a game in which he did not play much in the second half because of a blowout), and 33 in a loss to the Celtics last night. Young has still been an elite playmaker all season long, but now that his shot is starting to fall, it is going to make this already elite offense even harder to stop.

After the loss against Boston on Sunday, Hawks head coach Quin Snyder took time to talk about the way that Young has started to play on offense:

"His three-point shooting is a big part of his game. You know, he had a lot going on, he had a baby, but he has been really committed to running the team in a way that we are attacking collectively and he is beginning to really find the windows during the course of the game where he is recognizing when he is open and he is not hesitating and I think that is reflecting in his three-point shooting and if he is taking those shots and even if he is not making them, I have confidence in him that they are going to go in and it does a lot of other things on the court that set up other parts of his game that involve people and I think that is a big thing for him."

He and this Atlanta offense could be challenged tonight.

Last season, Cleveland had the top defense in the NBA, but that has not been the case so far this season. The Cavs are 14th in PPG allowed, 8th in field goal percentage allowed, and 25th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Cleveland is 11th in points per 100 possessions allowed and 8th in effective field goal percentage. Cleveland will provide a tough test for the Hawks, but not as much of a test as they faced Sunday in Boston.

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