Hawks vs Wizards: Atlanta Reveals Starting Five for Game vs Wizards

Tip off is coming up for the Hawks and the Wizards and Atlanta just released its starting five for tonight's game.

With no injuries and two days of rest, Atlanta is fully healthy going into this game, and Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, De'Andre Hunter, Jalen Johnson, and Clint Capela.

Washington did have a game last night against the Bucks, but their starters are all playing tonight. Tyus Jones, Jordan Poole, Deni Avdija, Kyle Kuzma, and Daniel Gafford are starting.

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Atlanta has not had trouble scoring and Washington is not going to offer much resistance. They are 29th in PPG allowed, 30th in field goal percentage allowed, and 17th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Washington is 30th in points per 100 possessions allowed and 30th in effective field goal percentage allowed. The Hawks should get what they want tonight, but the one thing that could hold them back is turnovers. The Hawks have had a big problem with turnovers this season and if they commit too many, Washington could capitalize.

Washington does have a capable offense though and the Hawks have been playing atrocious defense lately. Atlanta is 27th in PPG allowed, 25th in field goal percentage allowed, and 25th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 25th in points per 100 possessions allowed, 26th in effective field goal percentage allowed, but they are 8th in TOV% caused. Young in particular has made more of an effort on the defensive end and it has shown in him being among the leaders in steals per game. Head coach Quin Snyder spoke about Young's effort on that end after the loss to the Pacers:

"I am glad you asked me that, I have been saying it all year and its whatever... there is a narrative that develops about someone. He has been good off the ball, he has been good on the ball, he has competed, I can show you a long edit of the times that he has picked up full court and someone should talk about it. It's not... when you talk about Trae tonight, you will talk about what a great offensive game that he had and he did but it is one of the things that I have told him, even early in the year when his shots were not going in, he did not stop defending and that is good to see, from all of our guys. That is the mentality that we have to have and there are some things tonight that obviously defensively that we can do better and we played against a really good offensive team."

Kyle Kuzma leads the way for the Wizards and he is having a solid season. He is averaging 23.6 PPG, 5.8 RPG, and 4.3 APG. Jordan Poole has not had a great season, but he is capable of scoring a lot of points if he gets in a rhythm.

Quin Snyder Praises Trae Young's Defense

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