Game 28 | Atlanta @ Cleveland | Thursday December 26, 2013 7:00 PM EST

[MoFlo]

Game #28

Atlanta (15-13, 4-9 Road) @ Cavaliers (10-17, 8-5 Home)

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Head Coaches:

Mike Brown

Mike Budenholzer

Starting Lineups:

The Bad Guys:

Jeff Teague

Averaging 17.5 Points, 10.3 Assists, 5.0 Rebounds per game over his last 4

Kyle Korver

Is 15-21 from 3 over his last 3 games. Team is 13-6 when he plays + makes more than (1) 3 pointer.

DeMarre Carroll

Averaging 2.3 SPG over his last 4 games.

Paul Millsap

Came into this season with 31 career made 3 pointers. Has 30 already this season.

Al Horford

Averaging 23.2 Points, 9.5 Rebounds & shooting 64.6% from the floor over his last 6 games.

The Good Guys:

Kyrie Irving

Since not scoring vs Atlanta last time out, is averaging 25.8 PPG.

C.J Miles

Cavaliers are 7-3 when he hits more than (1) 3 ball.

Geeeeeeee

Shooting just 30% this month.

Tee Tee

Averaging 13.3 PPG & 10.6 Boards on 48.3% shooting over his last 11 games.

Andrew Bynum

Averaging 11.0 PPG; 7.3 RPG; 1.3 BPG on 44.5% shooting over his past 11 games.

Atlanta's Scrubs:

Mike Scott

Cartier Martin

Shelvin Mack

Elton Brand

Lou Williams

Bench Brigade:

Andy

Dion Waiters

Jarrett Jack

Earl Clark

MoFlo's Notes:

-Atlanta has lost their last 5 road games, scoring 102.0 PPG, allowing 111.0 PPG

-The Cavaliers have allowed 100+ points in 6 straight games. In Mike Brown's first tenure here, that streak never went above 4 games.

-The Hawks are 11-2 when holding opponents under 100 points.

-The Cavaliers are 9-8 when scoring 90+ points & 8-6 when scoring 95+ points.

-Atlanta is 4-7 when Jeff Teague takes 15+ shot attempts, and 7-2 when he gets 10+ assists.

-Kyrie Irving is averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals in his career vs Atlanta, shooting 54% (48% from 3).

-Tristan Thompson is averaging 13.5 Points & 10.8 Rebounds per night in his career vs Atlanta.

Hawks' Groupies:

 

[DatDudeZ3]

Gotta give this a like just for the picture of the little kid checking out the cheerleaders ass while on camera. :chuckles:

 

[CavsFinals2016]

Does anyone know what time I should get to the game to get autographs from the players? Part of a Christmas gift.

 

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

Does anyone know what time I should get to the game to get autographs from the players? Part of a Christmas gift.

Gates open at 530

 

[3 Da Hard Way]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mike Brown said he's thought about making lineup changes, said it's possible he'll change starters/bench rotation tonight</p>&mdash; Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydABJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/statuses/416261790423863296">December 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Dion Waiters, incidentally, will be game time decision again with wrist.</p>&mdash; Jason Lloyd (@JasonLloydABJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonLloydABJ/statuses/416262864496644096">December 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[wuck]

Also from Lloyd:

Brown also said some guys have played well in practice & deserve more opportunities. So it sounds like some young guys could get more mins.


(it's going to be more disappointing now if Brown sticks with the same players and rotations)

 

[maxREM]

I'm thinking Zeller gets some more minutes. For whatever it's worth, he looked pretty focused in limited minutes. I'd give him a shot.

 

[Ohio]

Just hope the guys play hard tonight..

 

[Stark]

Knowing Mike Brown, he'll start Jack and Clark and play them each 34 minutes.

 

[PepsiRacer4]

Hoping if Dion plays that he gets slotted back into the starting lineup and see if he continues at the level he's been playing at, plus some more minutes for Bennett.

 

[216]

Bennett at the 3 could not be worse than Alonzo, at this point.


If Dion doesn't play/start, I'd like to see what Sergey can do with stater minutes

 

[ajz20]

To me this is an important game. Just got blown out twice. ATL is the 3rd seed but with a poor record on the road. These are the games you need to win if you want to build enough confidence to ever get to 500.

 

[MoFlo]

Hoping if Dion plays that he gets slotted back into the starting lineup and see if he continues at the level he's been playing at, plus some more minutes for Bennett.

I'd honestly rather keep Dion in the 6th man role. That's one of the few things that's worked consistently.

 

[Tornicade]

Id rather not seeDion start until he has a few games under his belt. last thing we need is a rusty dion out there get a starting nod and play poorly.

CJ was also consistent from the bench. Id much rather see Dion on the floor with the starters setting the tone than coming off the bench. Dion showed he can produce consistently starting as well with a three game stretch of 20 point games out of 8 starts.

Also when Dion is on the starting lineup I think you look more at team lineup production than his individual stats to determine if its working or not.

 

[Birdy89]

Huge game tonight.

These next 4 games could all be tough, but with the Warriors/Pacers at the end of it we have to win this and the Boston game to try and keep things afloat.

Going 2-2 puts us at 12-19 heading into the new year. 1-3 would be 11-20, and that would also be a season worst 9 games below .500.