The Atlanta Hawks will meet the Utah Jazz Monday night in an NBA game live streaming online free from the Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City at 9:00 PM ET
Atlanta All-Star, Paul Millsap makes his return to Salt Lake City on Monday night, Atlanta will try to avoid its seventh straight loss overall and 15th in 16 games.
After spending his first seven seasons with the Jazz, Millsap signed a two-year deal with the Hawks in July. Playing in the weaker Eastern Conference, he's become an All-Star for the first time while averaging a career-high 17.5 points.
The Hawks (26-35), however, suffered a big blow when the power forward went down with a right knee contusion late last month. He'll try to keep working his way back after totaling 30 points on 11-of-26 shooting in two games since missing the previous five.
"It's going to be an exciting game," Millsap said. "First game back there. I can't wait to see a lot of familiar faces and see what type of reaction I get. Hopefully we go out, we bust through, and get a win."
Those have been tough to come by lately, even though Atlanta is finally as close to full strength as possible. On Saturday, Jeff Teague made just 1 of 2 free-throw attempts with 1.2 seconds left in a 109-108 loss to the Clippers.
As it desperately tries to hold on to the East's final playoff spot, Atlanta looks to salvage a victory in the finale of this six-game trip. It has dropped its last 10 on the road, the team's longest drought since losing the final 13 in 2006-07.
The Hawks have allowed an average of 113.2 points on 50.7 percent shooting -- including 42.2 percent from 3-point range -- in the first five on the trip. However, they limited the Jazz to a 37.3 field-goal percentage while shooting 52.3 percent in the first meeting.
Northwest Division-worst Utah (22-41) had averaged just 86.0 points over a five-game losing streak before ending the slide with a 104-92 victory at Philadelphia on Saturday.
"It's a win, man," coach Tyrone Corbin said. "The young guys got a chance to finish a game that was close."
Corbin's club now seeks its third straight win at home, where it has gone 11-6 since Dec. 27. The Jazz, however, have dropped their last three home matchups with the Hawks after winning the previous 15.
This game will be live streaming online at nbalivestreamfree.net/
