NBA is continuing with 12 games on a Wednesday night. Atlanta Hawks made a noise in the offseason by acquiring Dejounte Murray. Now Atlanta has got 2 very good guards and they are going to be the cornerstones of the team. Atlanta is going to host Houston Rockets which is not going to be competing this season for anything but the 1st draft pick and the opportunity to draft Victor Wembanyama.

These are 2 different teams that are going to open the season. Atlanta is going to compete for the playoffs as with the addition of Murray their guard position is excellent. The best thing is that either 1 of them can be on the floor all the time! Last season Murray was phenomenal in San Antonio and while his stats should lower this season because of playing together with Young, while Trae will be on the bench Murray will be able to showcase his best basketball and what's important - teammates here are better than in Spurs.

In the summer, the Rockets showed that they are thinking about the future as Christian Wood was traded to the Mavericks and almost no one from the trade is going to play for Houston. The green light is given to the 2nd year player Alperen Sengun but Clint Capela is 1 of the best shot blockers in the league and his backup Onyeka Okongwu is a very similar type of player so the young Sengun shouldn't cause any problems.

Last season Hawks proved that they are the home team as 27 out of 43 wins were captured in front of their fans. On the other hand, the Rockets were terrible last season which gave 3rd draft pick Jabari Smith and Houston managed to win only 9 times outside the home arena. For the Rockets, Jae'Sean Tate is going to miss the game and he was considered to be a starting five player so already in the first game rotations will be a little different.

If the game would be played in Houston, I would understand this spread. I think this game could very early get ugly and the Hawks run away. Murray is going to cause problems for either Kevin Porter or Jalen Green but Young is better offensively and will get buckets every single time. Rockets will allow their guards to do anything they want and that could cause major problems.

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NBA将继续在周三晚上进行12场比赛。亚特兰大老鹰队在休赛期获得了德约特·默里，引起了轰动。现在老鹰有两名非常优秀的后卫，他们将成为球队的基石。亚特兰大将主场迎战休斯顿火箭，这支火箭本赛季除了争夺状元签和签下维克多·温班山的机会外，不会争夺任何东西。

这是两支不同的球队，他们将在新赛季开始。随着穆雷的加入，亚特兰大将为季后赛而战，他们的后卫位置非常出色。最好的事情是他们中的任何一个可以一直在地板上!上赛季穆雷在圣安东尼奥表现非凡，而本赛季他的数据应该会下降，因为他和杨一起打球，而特雷将坐在板凳上，穆雷将能够展示他最好的篮球，重要的是——这里的队友比马刺更好。

今年夏天，当克里斯蒂安·伍德被交易到小牛队时，火箭表明了他们在考虑未来，而这笔交易中几乎没有人会为火箭效力。二年级球员阿尔佩伦·森贡得到了许可，但克林特·卡佩拉是联盟中最好的盖帽手之一，他的替补奥涅卡·奥孔武是一个非常类似的球员，所以年轻的森贡应该不会造成任何问题。

上赛季，老鹰队在球迷面前取得了43场胜利中的27场，证明了他们才是主场球队。另一方面，火箭上赛季表现很糟糕，第三顺位新秀贾巴里·史密斯被选中，火箭在主场之外只赢了9场比赛。对于火箭来说，杰肖恩·塔特将会错过这场比赛，他被认为是首发五人球员，所以在第一场比赛中轮换将会有一些不同。

如果比赛在休斯顿举行，我就能理解这种差距了。我认为这场比赛很可能一开始就会变得很难看，然后老鹰就会跑掉。穆雷会给凯文·波特或贾伦·格林制造麻烦，但杨的进攻更好，每次都能得分。火箭将允许他们的后卫做任何他们想做的事，这可能会造成重大问题。