Before the acquisition of Ersan Ilyasova in February, Mike Muscala finally got his shot as the third big for the Atlanta Hawks, after three previous seasons buried in the depth chart under guys like Mike Scott, Elton Brand, and Tiago Splitter. With Splitter injured and Scott facing uncertain legal trouble and a sharp decline in his on-court play, Muscala got the call in the first half of the season, averaging 21 minutes per game through the first 39 games of the season.
Muscala came through in those minutes, shooting 51.