Jalen Johnson’s status revealed for tonight’s game

The Atlanta Hawks (7-8) are on the road tonight against the Golden State Warriors (10-3), who are currently in first place in the Western Conference. Entering tonight’s game, Hawks forward Jalen Johnson (inflammation of the left side of the lower leg) was questionable, and Atlanta just revealed his status for tonight’s game. Johnson is available to play tonight and the Hawks will have their full rotation available to play tonight.

Coming into tonight’s game, the Hawks are 9th in the NBA in PPG, 12th in FG%, 19th in 3PA, 17th in 3P%, 5th in FTA, 26th in turnovers and 15th in rebounds. Sore Cleaning the glassAtlanta is 14th in points per game. 100 possessions, 14th in effective field goal percentage, 2nd in turnover percentage, 8th in offensive rebound percentage and 4th in free throw rate.

The Hawks have improved in some ways defensively, but they allow the most threes per game. game in the NBA and also allows the highest three-point percentage in the NBA. There hasn’t been any night-to-night consistency from this team on that end, and the Hawks are usually prone to at least one terrible quarter per game. game (see third quarter last night). Golden State takes a lot of threes and is one of the best in the NBA at making them, so that will be a huge key tonight in this game.

Atlanta currently ranks 28th in PPG allowed, 14th in field goal percentage allowed, 30th in three-point attempts allowed and 30th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 21st in points allowed per game. 100 possessions and 26th in effective field goal percentage. Again, this defense will be challenged in a big way tonight against Curry, Buddy Hield (who is having a phenomenal season) and the rest of the Warriors.

Golden State has a very good profile coming into tonight’s game. The Warriors are 3rd in PPG, 9th in FG%, 4th in three attempts, 2nd in three point percentage, 10th in free throw attempts, 2nd in rebounding and 17th in turnovers. Per Cleaning the Glass, Golden State is 9th in points per game. 100 possessions, 9th in effective field goal percentage, 15th in turnover percentage, 9th in offensive rebounding percentage and 26th in free throw rate.

Defensively, Golden State is 7th in PPG allowed, 3rd in field goal percentage allowed, 18th in three point attempts allowed, and 1st in three point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Golden State is the no. 4 in allowed points per 100 possessions and 3rd in field goal percentage allowed.

Trae Young’s scoring is down from many years, but he is second in the NBA in assists per game and is coming off a game in which he had 19 assists and just seven shot attempts. Young gives more to his teammates and facilitates the offense more than ever, and it has paid off.

Dyson Daniels has been a phenomenal story so far this season and he faces perhaps his toughest test of the season tonight. Daniels will be tasked with guarding Curry and trying to limit his impact in tonight’s game. Offensively, Daniels had 14 points against the Kings on Monday.

One thing to keep watching as the year goes on is to see if De’Andre Hunter is put back in the starting lineup or if Hawks head coach Quin Snyder chooses to continue running Zaccharie Risacher to open games. The two players played identical minutes Monday, but Hunter has been phenomenal for the Hawks this season. Atlanta is 4-0 in games Hunter has played in, and he has scored at least 22 points in three of the four games. He scored 24 points in a win over Charlotte in the second game of the season, he scored 22 points on 7-13 shooting (3-5 from three) in a win over the Wizards, and just last night in a win over the Sacramento Kings, Hunter scored 24 points on 9-15 shooting and 4-8 from three. Risacher has been the starter in most games for the Hawks this year with Hunter out, but Hunter has been a better player. He is shooting 48% from three on six attempts per. game (both career highs). He also set career highs in PPG (20.5) and field goal percentage (50.0%).

Risacher didn’t play badly on Monday, though. He scored 18 points on 6-11 shooting and 3-5 from three. He continues to play solid defense for a rookie, but the shooting has been inconsistent.

One of the things to watch every night for the Hawks is how Snyder handles the center rotation. Sometimes Clint Capela plays more minutes than Onyeka Okongwu (like Monday night) and sometimes Okongwu plays more minutes. Larry Nance has played with both of them this year, but not much. Will the Hawks try to match minutes with Warriors center pair Kevon Looney and Trayce Jackson-Davis? Keep an eye on this.

It was the first time Kobe Bufkin had played all season and the first game for Bogdan Bogdanovic since the opener against the Nets, and it was a harrowing night for both. Bogdanovic had six points on 2-6 from three and Bufkin was 1-7 from the field. There is no need to panic, but it was a struggle for both players in their return.

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