Hawks vs Celtics: Atlanta Reveals Starting Five for Matchup With Boston

Atlanta will try to push their winning streak to three when they take on the Boston Celtics tonight.

Atlanta followed up their pre-Thanksgiving win over the Brooklyn Nets with a win over Washington last night, but it came at a price. Forward Jalen Johnson suffered an injury and will reportedly be out 4-6 weeks. That meant that Atlanta was going to have a shakeup in the starting five.

It is no surprise but Saddiq Bey is going to start in place of Johnson. Bey began the year as the starter but was later replaced by Johnson. Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, De'Andre Hunter, and Clint Capela are going to be the other starters alongside Bey.

The Celtics are going to be missing Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis tonight. They still have a great tandem, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are going to have to carry a larger workload on offense tonight, but Tatum is playing at an MVP level this season and is more than capable of it.

The Celtics will start Derrick White, Dalano Banton, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Al Horford.

During last night's win over the Washington Wizards, Hawks forward Jalen Johnson injured his left wrist and looked to be in a great deal of pain. He did not come back in the game and after the game last night, Hawks head coach Quin Snyder said "Hopefully, he'll be ok and we'll find out more tonight and tomorrow."

Well, the Hawks got the news today.

Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Johnson would be out for 4-6 weeks with his left wrist injury.

This is going to be a big loss for Atlanta in the short term, but it is good news that this is not season-ending. If this timeline is correct, Johnson should be back before the All-Star game.

Johnson has been incredible for the Hawks this season. He is averaging 14.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG, and is shooting 42.3% from three-point range. He has run the floor well in transition as a passer and has been exactly what the Hawks have needed at the position. The Hawks defense is much better with Johnson on the floor and that might be the aspect of his game that the Hawks are going to miss the most.

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