The Houston Rockets head to Georgia to take on the Atlanta Hawks in the second game of a back-to-back for both teams. Atlanta was in Boston last night while the Rockets were at home against the Spurs.<\/p>\n
Atlanta has already made their big move for the trade deadline, sending Trae Young to Washington for C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert. The move paved the way for Jalen Johnson to become the alpha in Atlanta and the Hawks seem ready to build around the young star. After a tough start to the Johnson Era in Atlanta, the Hawks had won three straight heading into Boston. The Hawks have been scorching from deep as of late, and that has been Houston\u2019s kryptonite at times. Sometimes, the NBA really is just a math problem.<\/p>\n
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My assumption is that Tari Eason and Dorian Finney-Smith will be held out tonight since it\u2019s a back-to-back. With the injury to Steven Adams, Houston will be pretty thin if those two wings are unavailable. Expect plenty of Jae\u2019Sean Tate minutes.<\/p>\n
Tip-off<\/p>\n
7pm CT<\/p>\n
How To Watch<\/p>\n
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Injury ReportRockets<\/p>\n
Steven Adams: OUT<\/p>\n
Fred VanVleet: OUT<\/p>\n
Tari Eason: GTD<\/p>\n
Dorian Finney-Smith: GTD<\/p>\n
Hawks<\/p>\n
Kristaps Porzingis: OUT<\/p>\n
Zaccharie Risacher: GTD<\/p>\n
N\u2019Faly Dante: OUT<\/p>\n
The Line (as of this post)<\/p>\n
Hou -4.5<\/p>\n