Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks

Trae Young also remains one of the best passing bigs in the league, and he is still in the leaders in assists. He has been a different kind of player this year when it comes to scoring but is still among the deadly point guard in NBA. He scored 12 baskets and dished 15 passes on Monday against New Orleans.

Dyson Daniels won Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the Month and it is quite apparent as to why that is. He is one of the best perimeter defenders existing in NBA for some time now, and he is the guy who will be assigned to cover Dame tonight. He was a liability on offense but had 19 points on Monday against New Orleans, and he was 1 for 5 from the arc.

Zaccharie Risacher scored 13 points on Monday, and has been playing the defense excellently. When that shooting balances with that, he can be a top-tier player and will suit up a lot tonight.

Jalen Johnson is having an All-Star type of season and he was even better on Monday against New Orleans. He made 19 points out of 14 shots attempted and also collected seven rebounds and made five assist. He has been the second creator on offense this season and has taken that challenge head on. Johnson is improving with time, and that has to be really a cause of worry for other teams.

The Hawks can switch things up in terms of minutes distribution of their big men and on Monday, Capela was the one who had more minutes against New Orleans. Which player will start this matchuip vs Brook Lopez tonight? This year, both guys have been very shaky, but for most of the games, Capela has been the better choice for them especially in the rebounds and defense department.

After a sluggish beginning, the Bucks‘ attack has been adequate for this season. This places them 14th if scoring with a 113.3 points per game, 7th with 48.1% field goals, 4th with 38.4% threes. Four Bucks are scoring more than twenty-two points per match, and Giannis Antetokounmpo take the lion share of 32.4 points per game.

Next, Damian Lillard is primary in assists per game standing with 7.7, and Giannis is close behind at 6.4. This team lives and dies by Giannis, and with Dame in the fold, year two has become everything people hoped for. This might be a good one on one match above against Hawks’ defense. Giannis and Lillard will be the best players on the court and without a doubt should dominate Hawks on offense. The Hawks probably had the players to test the Bucks’ ability to outscore them but not to stop them from doing so.

Speaking of the Bucks, their defense has come out to play well at the beginning of this season. They concede 112.4 points per game, 45 % of field goals attempted and 36.8 %of three point shots attempted. Of course, they have the great lineup in the front line of Brook Lopez, Giannis and Bobby Portis. Antetokounmpo is also leading in rebounding with 11.9 a game and Lopez is leading in blocking shots with 2.4 a game. Next is on-ball defense, two abt we’re averaging one steal per game, and Brook Lopez is at 1.3 steals per game.

Milwaukee has all of the parts that lie in great defense but Bucks have to prove it again and again after a terrible season last year and a bad beginning of this year. On this side of the court they are playing solid and it will be very difficult for the Hawks to shake this defense. They have the pedigree to disrupt them, but this might end up being a one on one showdown between the two.