Hoopinion: Sixth Man of the Year Face-Off Game Thread: Atlanta (28-14) @ Houston (24-19)

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TIP-OFF: 8:30pm (EST)

TELEVISION: SportSouth

CHAT: Daily Dime Live

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Rockets

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.

HOUSTON INJURY REPORT: Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady are out.

BY THE NUMBERS

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
ATL (off)	89.9	1.135	49.9	21.3	28.2	13.5
HOU (def)	91.6	1.084	50.3	27.6	26.3	15.8

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
ATL (def)	89.9	1.075	50.7	28.1	27.0	16.2
HOU (off)	91.6	1.087	49.1	21.4	27.6	15.6

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Houston -1, 197.5 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Red 94

PREVIOUSLY, THE HOUSTON ROCKETS...lost 104-97 at home against the Bulls on Saturday night. The night before that, they beat the Spurs 116-109 in San Antonio. The Rockets have split their last 14 games, rank 15th in the league in pace, 14th in offensive efficiency, and 16th in defensive efficiency. They're fascinating not in their something-other-than-averageness* but that they're average despite having more salary committed to two inactive players than the rest of the roster combined.

*Maybe Trevor Ariza is but that's a fascination with how below average he's been offensively. He's a bad quarter from seeing his TS% drop below Chuck Hayes's.

The Hawks beat the Rockets 105-103 in Atlanta on Novemeber 20th.

Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.

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