I'm playing on ATLANTA. This is the first of three meetings between these teams, over the next nine days. They'll meet again, at Miami, on Friday. Knowing that the Heat are much better on their home floor (12-4 compared to 13-11) than on the road, the Hawks know that they need to take care of business on their home floor. While the Hawks have really struggled over the past month or so, they're better than those results suggest and they're finally, slowly, getting healthy. Tonight, it's the Heat which will arguably be impacted more by missing players. While they didn't get the result that they wanted, I liked the improved defensive effort from the Hawks last game. Interim coach Jent noted: "I thought overall our defense was good. The transition defense, when can keep people out of transition, we give ourselves a chance. We didn't give the Clippers a fast-break basket in the first half ..." The Hawks won by 15 the last time that the teams played here. I see them digging deep and coming away with a much needed victory, picking up the cover along the way.