Sad news: He admitted to himself that, as a top Atlanta Hawks player, he had not suffered such a horrific injury since the beginning of his career.

Sad news: He admitted to himself that, as a top Atlanta Hawks player, he had not suffered such a horrific injury since the beginning of his career.

The Atlanta Hawks are preparing for their final season at home after a torturous double-overtime loss to the Miami Heat. The Hawks’ hopes of overturning their one-game lead to the Bulls for the No. 9 spot in the Eastern Conference are fading.

Is Trae Young Going to Play Tonight Against The Hornets?

Trae Young missed Friday night’s game against Miami, but there are rumors that he might make a comeback against the Hornets. This is according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Since it’s a back-to-back game, the Hornets may choose to rest their players as they have no particular edge.

Even though they produced one of their better defensive plays in the game before against the Heat, it had little effect on improving their defensive numbers.

The Hawks are ranked 27th in field goal percentage allowed, 28th in points per game (PPG) allowed, and 28th in three-point percentage allowed.

The Hawks are ranked 28th in terms of effective field goal % allowed and 25th in terms of points allowed per 100 possessions, according to Cleaning the Glass.

Is Dejounte Murray Playing Tonight Against The Hornets?
Dejounte Murray, who played a strong 29-point triple-double against the Heat in the previous game and has been playing a lot of minutes for the Hawks, will take the court against the Hornets. Murray has been taking up the offensive slack when Young is out.

Atlanta is ranked sixth in points scored per game, twentieth in field goal %, seventh in three-point attempts, eighteenth in three-point percentage, seventh in free throw attempts, first in offensive rebounds, and sixteenth in turnovers going into this matchup.

They are ranked 11th in turnover %, 5th in offensive rebounding percentage, 16th in effective field goal percentage, 10th in Cleaning the Glass points per 100 possessions, and 13th in free throw rate.

In 18 games against the Hornets over his career, Trae Young has averaged 21.3 points, 9.8 assists, and 3.2 rebounds.

In his 15 career games versus the Hornets, Dejounte Murray has averaged 15.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 5.1 assists per game.