Starting lineups: Hawks vs Wizards

The Hawks and Wizards are set to wrap up their game tonight and the starting lineups have just been announced.

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G-Trae Young

G-Zaccharie Risacher

F – David Roddy

F – Jalen Johnson

C – Clint Capela

Wizards:

G-Bub Carrington

G – Jordan Poole

F – Bilal Coulibaly

F – Kyshawn George

C-Alex Sarr

De’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Kobe Bufkin, Vit Krejci and Dyson Daniels will be at the Hawks game tonight. Roddy starts in Hunter’s place.

Heading into today’s game, the Hawks are ranked 7th in the NBA in PPG, 14th in FG%, 20th in 3PA, 18th in 3P%, 1st in FTA, 18th in FT%, 19th in rebounds , 4th in steals and 21st in turnovers . For Glass cleaningAtlanta ranks 13th in points per 100 possessions, 14th in effective field goal percentage, 21st in turnover percentage, 18th in offensive rebounding percentage and 1st in free throw rate. The Hawks have started the season strong offensively, but there is clearly room for improvement.

The Hawks have a strange defensive profile. They have shown growth in that part of the court and improvement in some areas, but threes are killing the Hawks. Atlanta ranks 28th in PPG allowed, 8th (!!) in field goal percentage allowed, 30th in 3PA allowed, and 30th in 3P% allowed. According to Cleaning the Glass, the Hawks rank 24th in points allowed per 100 possessions, 21st in effective field goal percentage, 10th in turnover percentage, 22nd in offensive rebound percentage allowed and 20th in rate of free throws allowed.

According to Per Cleaning the Glass, Washington State ranks 25th in points per 100 possessions, 22nd in effective field goal percentage, 22nd in turnover percentage, 15th in offensive rebound percentage and 22nd in percentage free throws.

The defensive end of the court is not good for the Wizards. Washington ranks 30th in PPG allowed, 30th in field goal percentage allowed, 25th in 3PA, 28th in 3PA and 28th in 3P%. On a clearing the glass basis, the Wizards rank 30th in points per 100 possessions and 30th in effective field goal percentage.

With Kuzma out, the Wizards will have to rely on Jordan Poole, Corey Kispert, Bub Carrington and others to score points and try to take advantage of the Hawks’ three-point defense.

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