Atlanta Hawks: Three suprises in the East which may help the team this season
The Atlanta Hawks have the same record as the Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets had a tremendous offseason, they added Patty Mills who has been pretty good off the bench. The problem is that they are without one of their big three with Kyrie Irving missing the first part of the season thanks to his stance on being vacationed against COVID-19.
This should have meant that the Nets were able to rely more on James Harden to run the offense. This is a role that he is accustomed to having been the main man with the Houston Rockets for so many years prior to coming across to the Nets.
The Nets have been very hot and cold, they have not been able to get any momentum going as they have not won more than one game in succession. Their season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks was an embarrassing loss.
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The other part of this story is that the Nets have split their first four home games 2-2. They have two more in the six-game stand with the last one being against the Hawks. Given the other game is against the Pistons, meaning that if they continue by the numbers, the Hawks should take this game.