Atlanta 3-1 (Road: 1-1) @ Sacramento 1-3 (Home: 1-0)

[HMFFL]

Atlanta favored to win by 6 points.

Over/Under 207

GO HAWKS!!

[dpaulh]

Wow all 5 starters are sitting and we are maintaining the lead!

[HoopsGuru25]

I know it's the 2nd of a back to back-but the Hawks don't look that interested in playing defense so far outside of Smith.

[tontoz]

The Hawks are acting like they think they can win by just showing up. They aren't playing D and are making too many careless turnovers.

Crawford is getting ridiculous.

[HMFFL]

9 turnovers at the half.

It's time we take this game to another level and stop playing so soft. Mistake free basketball during the second would be nice and I hope Al wakes up.

[HoopsGuru25]

Seriously-the Hawks arent contesting anything. They better wake up or hope that Sac starts missing open shots.

[HoopsGuru25]

I'll give Smith credit-he's the only starter who doesn't look like he's taking a nap right now.

[tontoz]

The hawks better wake up or they will blow this game. Too many dam turnovers.

[HMFFL]

We need this win tonight because Miami and Orlando won tonight.

We have two big games Friday & Saturday. Friday being the biggest one between the two, but we need to be prepared, and the lack of focus tonight is frustrating.

[HoopsGuru25]

The amount of dumb mistakes the Hawks have made are a joke. It's amazing they aren't down 10-15 points already.

[tontoz]

It is disgusting how many dumb turnovers the Hawks have made. fortunately they are playing a team adept at finding ways to lose.

[HoopsGuru25]

It was a pretty crappy effort for 3 quarters(Sac 18 o.rebs and 25 pts off turnovers)but they showed up in the 4th and won. Crawford came up with another monster game off the bench as well.

[Harry10]

Hawks made that look harder then it had to be......... anyway, a win is a win.

[SAUCERY_SWEET]

I expected that kind of game coming off the Portland win, feels good to finally be the team that is disappointed with lackluster W's instead of the team that gets patted on the back and told "You guys gave a good hard effort" against a tired and superior opponent.

[evildallas]

Ugly game, but a win is a win (ask the Celtics and Lakers).

My concern is that Woodson abandoned his plan to utilize the bench more because of the tightness of the game. Joe wound up with 37 minutes and the only reason Josh's minutes were down were foul trouble. The 5th game of the season against a team that's got a very young roster isn't the time to employ a shortened bench. Don't assume that the bench will automatically do bad. Put them (Evans, Teague, and Joe Smith) in a some point in the 3rd quarter and give them a shot to inject some energy.