HAWKS POSTCAST: How The Houston Rockets Exposed The Atlanta Hawks Before The Game Even Started

A battle of unbeatens met on Saturday in a season home opener at State Farm Arena during an exciting weekend in Atlanta. The Atlanta Hawks welcomed Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets where H-Town dominated A-Town from jump ball where one particular position vacancy was exposed.

Houston took Atlanta's infectious defense, electric crowd energy, transition offense and confidence out of the game from the tip resulting in ATL appearing to work harder for its converted baskets (albeit with a lid on the rim from distance and the charity stripe), primarily in the first half of a game that the end result was never in question despite 4th Quarter efforts.

How evident has it become that the need for a prototypical Center needs attention at the position?

Is Atlanta in trouble when offense become stagnant and looks toward relying on Aaron Wiggins' contributions to save the day?

Which adjustments should Atlanta make to revenge results on Monday in H-Town?

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