The show begins tonight at 8 pm est in Cleveland, Ohio; where the Atlanta Hawks travel up there to try and do something they haven’t been able to do in recent years. That’s to beat LeBron James and the Cavaliers in a 48 minute basketball game. The Cavs were one of the teams that made a few changes at the NBA trade deadline. This will be the first opportunity the Hawks get a chance to see the new-look Cavaliers.

You know that the Hawks would like to get Cleveland’s number, especially with the playoffs coming soon. For Atlanta to advance to the NBA Championship Series, they will likely have to go through Cleveland to get there. It was these same Cavaliers that ended the Hawks NBA championship dreams last year, by knocking Atlanta out of the playoffs in 4 games. You have to figure out how to beat a team one time, before you can even think about winning a 7 game series with them.

The Atlanta Hawks have much more talent than the Cavaliers do. They haven’t managed yet on how to streamline all of that talent, so you have the 5 most productive guys on the court and all of them working for the same goal. The one on one play that Atlanta does each night is the part about their style that forces them to lose against competition that is near their level. The same offense takes place in Cleveland too and often LeBron is just a one man show not getting his other teammates on the floor involved. The Hawks need to learn how to work together as a team and they can beat this Cavs team easily.

Don’t Take the Charge!

You can’t hold your ground when LeBron James decides to drive to the rim. The NBA referees have already proven they are not going to call James on a charge. In the past, the Hawks defense has done a great job beating Lebron to a certain spot on the floor. Time after time we only see this good defense result in a block call and you must get away from this mindset when you play against the Cleveland Cavaliers. If LeBron wants to come inside and drive the ball to the hoop, just foul him and foul him hard. He’s not that great of a free throw shooter and he can’t beat NBA teams from the foul stripe. This will aslo frustrate him and the man can only take so many hard fouls. He will learn his lesson if you will keep the hard fouls up; when he penetrates into the lane. He’s going to get tired of getting punished on his drives and he will become a permiter player. His jump shot isn’t consistent enough to beat you that way either and this is the road map for success when the Hawks or any other NBA team plays against King James and the Cleveland Cavs.

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