This will be the battle of two young and talented teams and it should be interesting to see who has the edge to win it. Atlanta (4-0) got to a great start and tonight they'll look for their 5th straight win since the season opening. They are clicking on both ends of the floor - they are playing better defense and on the offensive end, they are posting some nice numbers. So far, they played Orlando, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Toronto and neither of this teams surpassed 100 points in a game against them. During this 4-games streak they received only 86 points per game in average. J. Johnson, J. Smith, A. Horford,.. - they have offensive weapons as well and after their 2-day rest I think they'll come out ready to win.
The same as Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder (1-4) had 2 days to prepare for this game, but they are in a bit different situation. They got to a bad start and they won only one game - Minnesota at home. They already played good defensive teams (Houston, Boston) and they struggled to get their offense going. |