Hoopinion: April 9th Open Thread: Toronto (38-40) @ Atlanta (49-29)

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TIP-OFF: 7:30pm (EDT)

TELEVISION: SportSouth

CHAT: Daily Dime Live

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Raptors

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: Joe Johnson and Jason Collins are both listed as day-to-day.

TORONTO INJURY REPORT: Chris Bosh is out. Hedo Turkoglu is listed as day-to-day.

BY THE NUMBERS

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
TOR (off)	91.7	1.129	51.9	24.8	25	14.7
ATL (def)	88.9	1.084	49.7	28.1	27.3	15.6

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
TOR (def)	91.7	1.148	51.4	31.5	26.9	13.8
ATL (off)	88.9	1.131	50.4	21.3	28.1	13.2

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Raptors Republic

PREVIOUSLY, THE TORONTO RAPTORS...lost 115-104 to the Boston Celtics in Toronto on Wednesday night. It was Toronto's third straight loss.

The Hawks have won two of three from the Raptors this season including the previous meeting in Atlanta, a 146-115 victory on December 2nd. The teams split the two games in Toronto with the Hawks winning 111-89 on December 11th and the Raptors winning 106-105 on March 17th.

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

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