Preview: Charlotte @ Atlanta

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<font color="orange">Charlotte Bobcats (8-24)</font> @ <font color="red">Atlanta Hawks (6-27)</font>

Date: Wednesday, January 15th
Time: 6 PM ET
TV: WJZY (Charlotte), Turner South (Atlanta)

Season Series: 11.27.04: <font color="red">Atlanta 92</font>, <font color="orange">Charlotte 107</font>

Previous Games:

<font color="deepskyblue">Memphis 109</font> @ <font color="orange">Charlotte 89</font>

<font color="red">Atlanta 94</font> @ <font color="green">Boston 106</font>

Projected Starting Lineups:

<font color="orange">Charlotte</font>



Coach: Bernie Bickerstaff

<u>Backcourt</u>
<font color="orange">Brevin Knight: 7.6 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 9.8 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Kareem Rush: 10.9 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 1.4 APG</font>

<u>Frontcourt</u>
<font color="orange">Gerald Wallace: 11.1 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.6 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Emeka Okafor: 15.5 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.0 APG</font>
<font color="orange">Primoz Brezec: 12.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.1 APG</font>

<u>Sixth Man</u>
<font color="orange">Keith Bogans: 10.3 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.9 APG</font>

<font size="2">VS</font>

<font color="red">Atlanta</font>



Coach: Mike Woodson

<u>Backcourt</u>
<font color="red">Tyronn Lue: 11.4 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 5.1 APG</font>
<font color="red">Josh Smith: 7.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.5 APG</font>

<u>Frontcourt</u>
<font color="red">Al Harrington: 16.9 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 3.2 APG</font>
<font color="red">Antoine Walker: 20.2 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.5 APG</font>
<font color="red">Jason Collier: 6.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, .3 APG</font>

<u>Sixth Man</u>
<font color="red">Josh Childress: 6.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 1.4 APG</font>

<font color="orange"><u>Charlotte Statistical Leaders</font></u>:
PPG: Emeka Okafor: 15.5
RPG: Emeka Okafor: 11.2
APG: Brevin Knight: 9.8

<font color="red"><u>Atlanta Statistical Leaders</font></u>:
PPG: Antoine Walker: 20.2
RPG: Antoine Walker: 9.5
APG: Tyronn Lue: 5.1

Injury Report
<font color="orange">Charlotte</font>
-Keith Bogans - Questionable
-Steve Smith - I.L.
-Tamar Slay - I.L.
-Theron Smith - I.L.

<font color="red">Atlanta</font>
-Chris Crawford - Out for the season
-Kevin Willis - I.L.
-Tony Delk - I.L.

Players To Watch

<font color="orange">Emeka Okafor: 15.5 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.0 APG</font>
<font color="red">Antoine Walker: 20.2 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 3.5 APG</font>

Prediction

Right now, I have such little faith in the Bobcats, I'm just going to make it short and simple. Atlanta by 10.

 

I hope the Hawks take this one, I say hawks by 5 in overtime. Expect a big game from Josh Smith, and Tyronn Lue while Walker and drobnjak will stink it up.

 

Hey Buckets, I think that Peja has been doing pretty good though. He only played 28 minutes last night and he got 20 points. That is what you call putting in the minutes.
Hawks are killing the Bobcats 80-62 and we just started the 4th qtr.

 

What an exciting game this will be....

No seriously, I think the Hawks will win this one. I think it will be a good battle on the boards, maybe the edge to the Bobcats with Emeka, Primoz, and Wallace. I think Harrington and Walker will be too much for the Bobcats. Josh Smith makes some spectactular blocks and dunks in this one to help the Hawks come out with a win.

 

As much as I would love the Bobcats to win this, I have to agree with CUSA on this one. Hawks will win, won't be a blowout though, Bobcats are very capable of pulling an upset, as they are doing alot better people perdicted them to be.