The Brooklyn Nets play host to the Atlanta Hawks at Barclay's Center on Wednesday.

The Hawks (4-3) were one of the surprises of the NBA when they reached the Eastern Conference Finals last year, and results have been so-so this year. They enter this matchup losing three of their last four games but still sit north of .500. The thing they need to figure out is what to do with their wings. De'Andre Hunter has really struggled in the starting lineup, while Cam Reddish has thrived off of the bench. That doesn't even include Kevin Huerter, who received a DNP on Monday for an unknown reason. Those three guys were all huge for this club in their run last year, and it's a wonder how this will play out. In any case, they need production from all three of those guys to get back to where they were last year, but that appears to be an uphill battle at the moment.

The Nets (4-3) have struggled to figure things out without Kyrie Irving, but a 4-3 record is nothing to be concerned with. They actually enter this matchup winning three of their last four games, with the only loss coming against the Miami Heat. That's a Miami team that looks like the best team in the east right now, and it's encouraging to see James Harden and Kevin Durant play so well in that stretch. The next step is to get more from the role players. Guys like Joe Harris and Blake Griffin have struggled, and they need more from those starters if this team wants to reach its championship goals. LaMarcus Aldridge is the one silver lining, though, coming out of retirement and giving this team 15 points a game off the bench. If he can return to his All-Star form, Brooklyn might be the team we all expected to see at the beginning of the season.

These teams have traded off wins and losses in their last four meetings, with Brooklyn winning the season series last year, 2-1. Before that, the Nets won 11 of their previous 12 games against the Hawks in this series.