HAWKS AT TIMBERWOLVES
Dec. 26, 2016, 8 p.m., Target Center
Starters
Hawks (15-15)
Dennis Schroder
Kent Bazemore
Thabo Sefolosha
Paul Millsap
Dwight Howard
Injury report: Out – Tiago Splitter (right hamstring strain); Probable - Dwight Howard (back tightness), Tim Hardaway Jr. (right groin injury)
Inactives: Splitter, Hardaway Jr.
Timberwolves (9-21)
Ricky Rubio
Zach LaVine
Andrew Wiggins
Gorgui Deng
Karl-Anthony Towns
Injury report: Out – Nikola Pekovic (right ankle)
Inactives: Pekovic, John Lucas III
Officials: Zach Zarba, Brent Barnaky, Dedric Taylor
From the Hawks
The Hawks are coming off a 109-108 road win at the Nuggets Friday, overcoming an eight-point deficit in the final two minutes. … They have won four straight on the road. … Dwight Howard, Kyle Korver and Tim Hardaway Jr. will all return after missing games. … Paul Millsap is averaging 20.8 points over the past nine contests. … Howard can move from 17th to 14th on the all-time NBA/ABA rebound list with 15 rebounds.
From the Timberwolves
The Timberwolves are coming off a 112-100 loss at the Thunder on Christmas Day, their second straight defeat. … They have won three of the past four meetings against the Hawks in Minnesota. … They are just 6-13 when scoring 100 or more points. … They have committed more turnovers than the opposition in nine of the past 10 games.
TV; Radio: Fox Sports Southeast; 92.9 FM
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