The big news going into tonight's game is that Marvin Williams and Al Horford, barring anything unforseen, will be in street clothes. It's not a tremendous break for the Hawks, but I'd rather rest the two of them tonight with the hopes they could play on Sunday than risk making their injuries worse. Al didn't do anything during shootaround today, but Marvin worked out his wrist a little bit, and appears to be recuperating.

We know that Mo Evans will start in Marvin's place, but the big surprise tonight might be who takes over for Horford in the middle - Solomon Jones.

That may seem a bit surprising given the way Zaza Pachulia has played in this series, but I think the coaching staff likes the energy Big Z brings off the bench, so they will keep him in that role for the time being, and I imagine he'll still end up with a pretty healthy amount of minutes tonight either way.

Having Solo in the line-up creates an interesting situation for Game 6. With the way the Heat have been trying to establish Jermaine O'Neal early on in games, Solo's length could potentially limit his effectiveness, provided Solo can stay away from the referee's whistle. Al Horford has struggled to do that in this series, but Solo doesn't have the height disadvantage working against him, so hopefully that will help. JO uses a lot of fakes and spins, so it will all be about discipline and sound defensive positioning for the Hawks big man.

Solo vs JO aside, tonight's game will be determined, as pretty much the entire series has been so far, by how well the Hawks defend Dwyane Wade and the offense he creates for Miami. Bob Rathbun said it on one of our podcasts this week, and it rings so true: the entire Heat lineup draws their emotional cues from Wade and how he plays. If he starts missing early, the entire team's shoulders seem to sag a bit. When he gets it rolling, they all perk up.

A lot has been made about the physicality of the series so far, and each game has seen just a little bit more nastiness between players on both sides. That is to be expected in any lengthy playoff series, and I do think the refs will be aware of it tonight and pretty quick on the trigger with the foul calls.

All the more reason it becomes immensely important for the Hawks to play aggressively from the get go tonight. Winning Game 6 here wasn't going to be easy no matter who played for Atlanta - the fact that two starters are down certainly makes the task that much harder. But the Hawks aren't up 3-2 because of some fluky shot or crazy bounce of the ball; they have a chance to end this series tonight because they are the better team, and I think that's still the case even without Marvin and Al.

Tune in tonight on FS South HD or on ESPN for all the action starting at 8:00 ET, and feel free to join me on the Hawks twitter page for live analysis as the game goes on.

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