Analysis: New Jersey - Atlanta, odds and tips

Only Washington Wizards have a worse match balance than New-Jersey Nets. They will have a possibility to improve the results on Monday night in the match against Atlanta Hawks…

Classification and team condition:
NBA Championship is gradually accelerating. New-Jersey Nets (1-6) will host Atlanta Hawks (4-2) in Prudential center. It will be a match of 14 with 4 team of the Eastern Conference.

Potential and team situation:
New-Jersey started the season with a victory in Washington and then was defeated 6 times in a row and fell down to the last but one place in the East. Avery Johnson – the team coach didn’t think of such further developments. The popular “small general” has enormous problems in the lineup. Lately the main players: Williams, Brookes, Hamfris have been complaining for injuries. The whole three of them are Net’s leaders who score 45 points in a match in average – 50% of the general sum of points of the whole team. As far as their performance is under question so far confident we can say that we won’t see Brooke Lopes – the best basketball player of the last season in the match. Hawks are one of the unpredictable clubs in NBA. Larry Drew has been year after year creating this team step by step and now we can see the results. Hawks may have no famous names except McGrady but it has a team. Each player has certain task which he tries to fulfill. For example: Jeff Teague is responsible for passes (4.7 passes). Joe Johnson (16 points) and Tracy McGrady (10 points) are responsible for ending of moves, Horford is a heavy forward and Marvin and Smith ensure game in the air. Such tactics brings effect so far, since Hawks won an away match against Miami Heat this season (92:100).

History of meetings:
This season New-Jersey Nets will meet Atlanta for the third time already. Two previous matches ended up with the win of Hawks (70:106 and 105:98).

Tips and grounds:
Hawks have already fought against Nets twice this season and both matches were dictated by Atlanta. Hawks show the best disposition if to speak about rebounds and throws from distance. Larry Drew’s reserve players also show a good condition. It seems that the third match between these teams will be of the same scenario.

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