We can see the huge difference between the Atlanta Hawks' and the Cleveland Cavaliers' offensive styles.

We know that how good Tristan Thompson has been. A month later, nothing's changed. Or has it?

Thompson has been even better for the Cavs as of late. In a series-ending Game 6 in Chicago, Thompson had his best game of the playoffs (according to BasketballReference.com's Game Score). Thompson earned a score of 15.0 as he contributed 13 points and grabbed a total of 17 boards -- 6 of those being offensive. But that's nothing new -- Thompson's been a beast on the boards. In his first playoff appearance Thompson is 9.4 total rebounds and 3.9 offensive rebounds per game with an Offensive Rebound Percentage of 14.1%.

However, in this series Thompson won't be schooling the undersized Celtics frontcourt, and he will he be taking advantage of what appeared to be a spent Bulls frontcourt. defensive impact in the playoffs.

Mozgov struggled at times, particularly with foul trouble in Games 3 and 4, in the previous series with the Chicago Bulls. But even then he tallied three games of at least seven rebounds and two with three blocks. Against the Celtics, though, Mozgov averaged eight rebounds and three blocks per game, which has contributed to his Block Percentage of 6.7% and a Defensive Rating of 100. But will Mozgov even get the chance to affect the series?

The Hawks might just have the right guy to neutralize Mozgov and his strengths. Al Horford has proven that he can stretch defenses with his outside shot. He's great on the pick and pop with both Teague and backup point guard Dennis Schroder and the numbers agree.

In the playoffs, Horford is taking over 35% of his field goal attempts from 16 feet to just inside the three point arc and he's making 38.7% of those. That, coupled with Horford's ability to crash the glass and score down low, has Horford shooting over 49% from the floor. I'm not sure Mozgov will be comfortable enough to get out on the perimeter and defend Horford's versatile offensive game.

The Other Guys

This might not be a direct matchup on the floor, but it is a matchup of two guys likely to come off their respective teams benches and play the most minutes from it. Though they do it in different ways, both Schroder and J.R. Smith are offensive spark plugs off the bench for their teams and will be looked at to take on a role as such in this series.

J.R. Smith lives on the perimeter and loves hitting threes from the outside -- and why not? He's been pretty good at it in a Cavalier uniform. In the regular season Smith shot 39% from the three, scoring 12.7 points per game. In the playoffs, his percentage might be down just a bit (35.1%) but he's still averaging 11.3 points per game and was extremely effective in the Chicago series. In four games, Smith put up 12.8 points on 50% shooting from the floor and 44.4% shooting from three point land.

Schroder is effective in a completely different way. He hasn't developed a consistent jumper from the outside, so he does most of his damage on the aforementioned pick and roll or pick and pop. In just 19.8 minutes per playoff game, the point guard has 10.1 points per game while taking 41.7% of his field goal attempts from 0 to 3 feet, finishing on 62.5% of those attempts. But Schroder's passing may be his best contribution to this Hawks team. Schroder's averaging 4.3 assists per game and assists on 37.7% of his team's field goal attempts while on the court.

Which player will show up big for his team? Which player's style will be most effective in sparking his team's offensive attack in this series?

Who will win their individual matchups? Who will outplay their counterpart and give their team a much-needed advantage? We'll see soon enough with Game 1 tonight in Atlanta.