Atlanta Hawks: 4 players who can still heat up during the postseason

Atlanta Hawks. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
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Atlanta Hawks player who could heat up No. 1) Danilo Gallinari

The sharpshooting big man, Danilo Gallinari has been a little hit and miss in the offseason. He has had two games where he has scored 21 points and one game where he has scored 12 points. In the other four games, he has scored nine points or less including the one-point effort in Game 5 against the Knicks.

This has led to him averaging 11.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 23.6 minutes per game. He has been shooting the ball very inconsistently as well, going at 37.5 percent from the floor, 38.9 percent from deep, and 93.8 percent from the line.

If the Hawks are going to make a serious push for the finals, they need Gallinari to put it all together on a nightly basis. In the third game of the Knicks series, Gallinari went 4-of-4 from deep, then in the second game of the 76ers series, he went 5-of-9. He went 8-of-8 from the line in the fourth game of the Knicks series. He needs to put it all together in one and every game.

As one of their most experienced players, Gallinari needs to step up and be the veteran the Hawks paid big money to. He needs to hit his shots, especially from beyond the 3-point line.