Markelle Fultz, Wendell Carter Jr's Status Revealed for Today's Game vs the Hawks

Atlanta comes into tonight's game 28th in PPG allowed, 30th in field goal percentage allowed, 19th in three-point attempts allowed, and 27th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, the Hawks are 26th in points allowed per 100 possessions and 30th in effective field goal percentage allowed. They are arguably the worst defense in the NBA.

The Magic come into the game 19th in PPG, 16th in field goal percentage, 28th in three-point attempts, 26th in three-point percentage, 1st in free throw attempts, and 20th in rebounding. The good news for the Magic is that Paolo Banchero seems to be emerging into a star and has been playing really well as of late. 

The Hawks come into the game 3rd in PPG, 18th in field goal percentage, 6th in three-point attempts, 17th in three-point percentage, 6th in free throw attempts, and 8th in rebounding. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 6th in points per 100 possessions, 16th in effective field goal percentage, 10th in turnover percentage, 3rd in offensive rebounding percentage, and 9th in free throw rate.

Trae Young is coming into this game averaging 17.7 PPG and 11.1 APG (2nd in the NBA). He has been one of the NBA's best guards this year and had 41 points the last time he played the Magic. Both he and Dejounte Murray are going to have to deal with this tough Orlando defense and Young is likely to be guarded by Suggs, who is having a great season on that end of the floor.

Clint Capela and Jalen Johnson could play huge roles today given that Orlando is not a great rebounding team. 

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