Today in the NBA, the Hawks welcome the Warriors in what should be an entertaining match at the Philips Arena. If you plan to watch Atlanta Hawks vs Golden State Warriors live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Atlanta vs Golden State match preview.
Atlanta Hawks vs Golden State Warriors
The Hawks go into this one with a 61% winning record, and naturally as favorites over the Golden State Warriors. Larry Drew will be sure to keep an eye on the Golden State streak (W 3), but the key against Warriors will be containing Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry and Andres Bierdins. The Hawks point differential is 1.9 this season (good for number 10 in the NBA), and better than the Golden State Warriors’s average losing margin of -4.3 in the 2010-2011 NBA season.
Playing on the road, the Warriors will need to play to their strengths and their 39 field goals made per game is their strongest statistical attribute (and 2nd best in the whole league in that area). Keith Smart’s team is 12-18 this season and today will hope to improve their 4-12 record away from Oracle Arena.
Atlanta have been dominating their opponents this season in the 3 point field goal percentage departement, with a 4.7 3 point field goal percentage differential advantage over their opponents on average over the season. Their 19.5 personal fouls average per game is 4th best in the NBA, and that will be an area that Keith Smart and his coaching staff will want to balance out today if they want to dampen the Hawks’ 11-5 home record.