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The real preseason finale lands Friday in Dallas, where the Hawks signed Giorgi Bezhanishvili, waived Isaac McKneely and figure to rest the main rotation — 3-1 and ready for Opening Night next week.
With nearly every regular sitting, Jock Landale, Zuby Ejiofor and Kobe Johnson carried the Hawks past Oklahoma City 113-110 to finish preseason 3-1, right before the real debut in Orlando.
Lu Dort and Aaron Wiggins get their first crack at Oklahoma City on Monday night at State Farm Arena in the preseason finale, with the real Hawks debuting in Orlando on Oct. 21.
Jalen Johnson dropped 20 on 8-of-12 and hit the big ones late, and the Hawks survived a shot-drought night from deep by going 28-of-30 at the free-throw line in a 119-117 road win at Indiana.
C.J. McCollum and Aaron Wiggins returned, and the deep rotation that got cooked Monday outscored San Antonio 103-77 after a 20-39 first quarter to even the preseason at 1-1.
Rookie Kingston Flemings started in place of C.J. McCollum, the starters looked like a real defensive unit for one quarter, and then the second unit got wrecked in a 132-123 preseason-opening loss to the Grizzlies.
Atlanta tips off its preseason Monday night at State Farm Arena against the Grizzlies — the first real look at a rebuilt roster headlined by Lu Dort, C.J. McCollum, Dorian Finney-Smith and the young core.
Atlanta's preseason starts Tuesday at Vanderbilt with 17 players needing to become 15, a new veteran guard in C.J. McCollum, and a young core headlined by Trae Young and Jalen Johnson trying to prove the Lu Dort pivot was worth it.
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