Atlanta Hawks Announce Starting Lineup For Tonight's Game vs the Magic

The Hawks are hoping to snap their three-game losing streak tonight when they face Orlando

The Hawks got some devastating news earlier today when it was announced that point guard Trae Young was going to miss at least the next four weeks with an injury. Young was already ruled out for tonight's game vs the Magic, but the injury was worse than initially thought. 

With Young out, the Hawks are starting Dejounte Murray, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson, and Clint Capela. 

Orlando is without their star Paolo Banchero tonight and will be starting Jalen Suggs, Anthony Black, Franz Wagner, Wendell Carter Jr, and Goga Bitadze. 

The Hawks are going to be trying to end their three-game losing streak tonight vs Orlando, who is on the second night of a back-to-back.

On paper, this would be a matchup of one of the league's best offenses vs one of the league's best defenses. Young being out for this game puts a dent in that a little bit, but Atlanta still has Dejounte Murray, Jalen Johnson, and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Any of those guys could have a big game and they are going to have to with Young out.

Murray is coming off one of his best games of the season, nearly notching a triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists. He will be leading the offense tonight, but the Hawks are going to need a strong supporting game from the others around him.

Bogdanovic was 5-17 from the field and 3-11 from three in the last game vs the Raptors. He is likely going to get the start tonight vs the Magic and play big minutes.

Hawks forward De'Andre Hunter guards DeMar DeRozan / Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Clint Capela was able to come back from his injury last game but was only able to play 19 minutes. Bruno Fernando and Jalen Johnson shared the backup center minutes and if Capela is not able to play more minutes tonight, I would expect to see something similar.

De'Andre Hunter has been coming off the bench for the Hawks since coming back from his injury and he has been playing fantastic. After a bit of a slow start against the Raptors, Hunter really got going in the second half. He finished with 22 points on 8-17 shooting and 2-7 from three. 15 of his 22 points came in the second half and he shot 6-10 from the field. As long as he is playing this well, it might be the smart move to keep bringing him off the bench.

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