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These two teams can get up and down the court - top 10 in scoring and offensive rating - will defense be the key to victory? It’s a big game for the Hawks in that regard, they really want to do well on this road-trip after the last one was such a disaster. Memphis will prove a proper test in the Hawks dispelling some of that misfortune on the road and if this newfound momentum translates on the road. The Hawks have been a strong home team under Nate McMillan but they’re certainly a better road team than their 2-8 record suggests: it mostly came from that rough road trip where they just couldn’t get over the line and they just needed to get home (where they won five games in a row at home). The road record really only reflects a really poor road trip where they lost all five games of a really tough road stint that saw them in Golden State, Utah and Phoenix to name a few, so their road woes are exaggerated somewhat, but not absolutely, since their bench and Capela were still struggling. While the Hawks are dominant at home, they are anything but that on the road, what’s to blame for this? Photo by Adam Hagy/NBAE via Getty ImagesĢ.
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These guys - and the bench in general - have found their way of late (those three I mentioned have been dealing with injuries since/before training camp/preseason) and their reversal of form been huge, because the Hawks’ bench was killing them early on. They were slow starts for multiple notable Hawks, such as Clint Capela, Danilo Gallinari and Kevin Huerter. Some of it has been helped by a fairly kind schedule at home, but the latter - the confidence - we’ll really see on the road as they try make up ground in that department. There’s definitely an element of hitting their stride as well as finding their confidence. After a slow start to the season, the Hawks have ripped off six straight wins, are they hitting their stride? So, how do the Hawks and Grizz stack up? Graham Chapple offers some insight when he answers five of my questions.ġ. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Hawks are streaking, having won their last six games. The Memphis Grizzlies are coming off a tough loss where they blew a 12-point halftime lead. A little (Wild) Turkey on Thanksgiving and a little Southern Comfort the day after sounds more than nice, as the Grizzlies and Hawks face off in their first of two games in the regular season.