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The Cavs are having a rough start to the season. So are the Hawks. Both teams are banged up and looking to boost morale with a victory.<\/p>\n
Surviving injuries<\/p>\n
Right now, the Cavs\u2019 injury report is loaded. This could change once we get closer to tip-off, with key players like Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill currently listed as questionable. But even if all three of those guys were able to suit up \u2014 Darius Garland and Max Strus remain out.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Hawks will be without Trae Young, who suffered a knee sprain last week. Young is the driving force behind Atlanta\u2019s offense. They don\u2019t run the same when he isn\u2019t behind the wheel.<\/p>\n
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Cleveland has struggled to score early this season. A big reason for that is the injuries. There isn\u2019t enough shot creation to make up for the loss of this many starters. Tonight\u2019s game versus Atlanta could be another grind.<\/p>\n
Jaylon Tyson<\/p>\n
One Cavalier who has stepped up in light of the injuries is Jaylon Tyson. He\u2019s strung together a pair of excellent games, serving the Cavs on both ends of the ball. He scored 19 points against the Boston Celtics and 18 points most recently versus the Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n
Tyson\u2019s game is still very much a work in progress. He plays with energy, but this isn\u2019t always channeled into winning plays. His defense over the last two games has been more focused, while he has finally found a bit of a groove offensively.<\/p>\n
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Winning despite injuries will require multiple players rising to the occasion. If Tyson can step up again, along with a few other players, the Cavs will be in a good position to win.<\/p>\n
Getting to the rim<\/p>\n
Kenny Atkinson commented <\/a>on Cleveland\u2019s lack of rim pressure after their loss to the Raptors. It\u2019s been hard to generate clean looks in the paint due to all of the injuries that have piled up. But one thing is for sure: the Cavs have to find a way to get to the basket.<\/p>\n Cleveland currently ranks 19th<\/a> in three-point shooting and 29th<\/a> in field goals within five feet. That\u2019s not going to lead to many wins. It\u2019s always possible they can break the spell by catching fire from deep, but a strong night in the paint would be just as encouraging.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Keeping Evan Mobley involved seems like the obvious solution. Mobley found success attacking the basket against Toronto. But there will need to be more than just Mobley scoring in the paint. Jarrett Allen, Larry Nance Jr. and hopefully someone from Cleveland\u2019s backcourt will all need to play aggressively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers are hoping to avoid losing three straight games as they host the Atlanta Hawks today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,75,305,193,791,864,576,7107,677,1178,2286,7481,2988,872,6,1166,476,494],"class_list":{"0":"post-384236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-boston-celtics","13":"tag-cleveland","14":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","15":"tag-darius-garland","16":"tag-donovan-mitchell","17":"tag-evan-mobley","18":"tag-fanduel-sports-network","19":"tag-hawks","20":"tag-jarrett-allen","21":"tag-jaylon-tyson","22":"tag-keaton-wallace","23":"tag-larry-nance-jr","24":"tag-max-strus","25":"tag-nba","26":"tag-sam-merrill","27":"tag-toronto-raptors","28":"tag-trae-young"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115481574610972701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}