Wizards look like they will be sleeping for a while longer...
and conversely HAWKS looking hungry and eager to beat up on a sad wiz team..
Last month, the Atlanta Hawks were unable to make it into Washington D.C. due to a winter storm.
They are facing a different kind of challenge heading into the rescheduled matchup.
The Hawks will try to avoid losing three straight for the first time in more than two months when they visit the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
Atlanta (40-23) is making its first trip to the nation's capital this season after the originally scheduled matchup Feb. 6 was postponed because of a blizzard which left two feet of snow in the area.
Atlanta would have gone into that meeting on a two-game winning streak, but heads into Thursday's contest having dropped two in a row. The Hawks have been held to fewer than 100 points in both of the road losses after averaging 115.3 points during a four-game winning streak. They are coming off a 99-98 loss at New York on Monday.
This is a critical stretch for Atlanta, which is trying to catch Boston for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks' next three opponents all have losing records.
The last-place Wizards (21-40) have lost four straight and six of seven. They've averaged 84.2 points over the last five games and struggled offensively again in a 96-88 loss to Houston on Tuesday.
Nick Young and Andray Blatche each scored 18 points, but Blatche was on the bench the final 4 1/2 minutes when Washington cut the lead to six in the final two minutes. He had five turnovers and was 9 of 22 from the field.
•• HAWKS (-7) @ Wizards ••
and conversely HAWKS looking hungry and eager to beat up on a sad wiz team..
Last month, the Atlanta Hawks were unable to make it into Washington D.C. due to a winter storm.
They are facing a different kind of challenge heading into the rescheduled matchup.
The Hawks will try to avoid losing three straight for the first time in more than two months when they visit the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
Atlanta (40-23) is making its first trip to the nation's capital this season after the originally scheduled matchup Feb. 6 was postponed because of a blizzard which left two feet of snow in the area.
Atlanta would have gone into that meeting on a two-game winning streak, but heads into Thursday's contest having dropped two in a row. The Hawks have been held to fewer than 100 points in both of the road losses after averaging 115.3 points during a four-game winning streak. They are coming off a 99-98 loss at New York on Monday.
This is a critical stretch for Atlanta, which is trying to catch Boston for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks' next three opponents all have losing records.
The last-place Wizards (21-40) have lost four straight and six of seven. They've averaged 84.2 points over the last five games and struggled offensively again in a 96-88 loss to Houston on Tuesday.
Nick Young and Andray Blatche each scored 18 points, but Blatche was on the bench the final 4 1/2 minutes when Washington cut the lead to six in the final two minutes. He had five turnovers and was 9 of 22 from the field.
•• HAWKS (-7) @ Wizards ••
