NUGGETS AT HAWKS
Feb. 8, 2017, 7:30 p.m., Philips Arena
Starters
Hawks (30-22)
Dennis Schroder
Kent Bazemore
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Paul Millsap
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hamstring strain), Thabo Sefolosha (left groin strain)
Inactives: Tiago Splitter, Thabo Sefolosha
Nuggets (23-28)
Jameer Nelson
Gary Harris
Wilson Chandler
Kenneth Faried
Nikola Jokic
Injury report: Out – Danilo Gallinari (left groin strain), Emmanuel Mudiay (low back pain)
Inactives: Danilo Gallinari, Emmanuel Mudiay
Officials: Ed Malloy, Mark Ayotte, Scott Wall
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 120-95 home loss to the Jazz on Monday. … Dwight Howard has a .833 field goal percentage (20 of 24) over the last three games with two double-doubles. … Tim Hardaway Jr. is averaging 22.7 points with a .585 field goal percentage and a .471 3-point percentage over the past three games. … Without Howard, Hardaway and Kyle Korver, the Hawks beat the Nuggets in December by scoring the last nine points of the game, all from the free-throw line.
From the Nuggets
The Nuggets are coming off a 110-87 home win over the Mavericks on Monday. ... They have lost seven of their last eight games at Atlanta, and are 3-22 on the road against the Hawks since the 1989-90 season (lost 14 straight from 1989-2004). … They have scored 120-plus points in seven of their last 14 games. … They have a 115.9 points per game average, second in the NBA.
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