Atlanta Hawks Reveal Starting Lineup for Tonight's Game vs the Raptors

Atlanta faces the Raptors at home tonight at 7:30

The Hawks are back from the All-Star Break and they are opening with a home game against the Toronto Raptors. Atlanta is hoping the last part of this season goes better than the first and they can make a playoff push. While Clint Capela is on a minutes restriction tonight vs Toronto and Onyeka Okongwu is out, the Hawks are relatively healthy. Atlanta just revealed their starting lineup for tonight's game and there are no real surprises in it. 

Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson, and Clint Capela are the starters for the Hawks tonight. 

Toronto is without RJ Barrett tonight and will be starting Jordan Nwora, Scottie Barnes, Jakob Poeltl, Gary Trent Jr, and Immanuel Quickley. 

Atlanta comes into tonight's game 3rd in PPG, 23rd in field goal percentage, 6th in three-point attempts, 20th in three-point percentage, 4th in free throw attempts, 1st in offensive rebounding, and 14th in turnovers. Per Cleaning the Glass, the Hawks are 11th in points per 100 possessions, 18th in effective field goal percentage, 9th in turnover percentage, 5th in offensive rebounding, and 9th in free throw rate.

Another thing to keep an eye on tonight for Atlanta is De'Andre Hunter. He has been coming off the bench for the Hawks since returning from injury, but Quin Snyder could decide to move Hunter back to the starting lineup at some point.

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The Raptors are 20th in PPG allowed, 23rd in field goal percentage allowed, 22nd in three-point percentage, and 16th in defensive rebounding. Per Cleaning the Glass, the Raptors are 22nd in points allowed per 100 possessions and 21st in effective field goal percentage.

Toronto's offense has improved since acquiring these players, but it is still not one of the league's best, although that tends not to matter when going up against the Hawks's defense. The Raptors are 19th in PPG, 14th in field goal percentage, 21st in three-point attempts, 23rd in three-point percentage, 15th in free throw attempts, 7th in offensive rebounding, and 17th in turnovers. Per Cleaning the Glass, Toronto is 20th in points per 100 possessions, 16th in effective field goal percentage, 12th in turnover percentage, 14th in offensive rebounding percentage, and 22nd in free throw rate.

The Hawks' defense is right there at the bottom of the league's worst defenses. Atlanta is 29th in PPG allowed, 29th in field goal percentage allowed, 27th in three-point percentage allowed, and 19th in defensive rebounding. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 27th in points allowed per 100 possessions and 29th in effective field goal percentage. 

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