Hawks Injury Report Is Littered With Contributors Ahead Of Thursday Game Vs Portland

The Atlanta Hawks had their three-game winning streak snapped past nighttime successful a blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Los Angeles Lakers and 1 of nan reasons for that was really shorthanded they were. Atlanta only had 10 players disposable for nan crippled and tomorrow nighttime against Portland is not looking each that promising.

Ahead of tomorrow's crippled against nan Blazers, nan Hawks are listing Mouhamed Gueye (right lateral ankle sprain) and Luke Kennard (neck sprain) arsenic questionable while Kristaps Porzingis (left Achilles tendinitis) and Zaccharie Risacher (left knee, bony contusion) are going to beryllium retired erstwhile again. Kennard missed past night's crippled vs nan Lakers while Risacher and Porzingis are group to miss their 4th consecutive game.

If Gueye is out, nan Hawks are going to beryllium very constricted successful nan beforehand tribunal and rookie Asa Newell would spot immoderate awesome minutes. If Kennard is retired again, Corey Kispert should spot nan aforesaid magnitude of playing clip arsenic he did past night. With Risacher retired again, Vit Krejci mightiness beryllium successful nan starting lineup.

Bad loss

It was a nighttime to hide for Atlanta against nan Lakers.

The Lakers outscored nan Hawks 44-30 successful nan 2nd 4th and blew nan crippled unfastened successful nan first half. Los Angeles, who came into nan crippled 30th successful three-point percentage, was 6-9 from deep, including a 3-3 people from Luka Doncic.

On nan different end, nan Hawks were 2-8 from 3 and could not find immoderate violative hit extracurricular of CJ McCollum, who had 11 points successful nan quarter. After a stellar protect capacity against nan Warriors, nan Hawks came retired successful nan worst measurement imaginable against nan Lakers, allowing them to people 81 points successful nan first half, nan astir they had scored successful a half each twelvemonth up to this point.

I americium not going to opportunity that nan Hawks discourtesy was awesome successful this game, but nan defense was very disappointing. The Lakers were playing connected nan 2nd nighttime of a back-to-back (James first of nan year), Austin Reaves was still out, and nan Lakers are not 1 of nan NBA's champion 3 constituent shooting teams.

It did not matter though arsenic nan Lakers ended up shooting 58% from nan section and 19-34 from three. Jake LaRavia, Gabe Vincent, and Luka Doncic mixed for 11 of those threes.

The Hawks defense had been playing well, but this was surely a measurement back.

In a crippled you suffer by 25 points, it is difficult to opportunity that galore players played well, but Johnson and Okongwu did not play good tonight.

Okongwu struggled pinch foul problem and was conscionable 3-8 from nan field, scoring 7 points, grabbing 8 rebounds, and handing retired 4 assists.

Johnson vanished pinch 13 points, but changeable 5-17 from nan section and missed respective shots astatine nan rim. He had small to nary effect connected nan crippled and that can't hap successful games for illustration this if you are nan team's champion player.

Atlanta wraps up their roadworthy travel connected Thursday nighttime against Portland.

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