698 days have come and gone since Al Horford was in the playoffs. If it sounds like a long time, it is. But you learn how to get by. Last year, without him, the Atlanta Hawks leaned on Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague. It took a game 7 for the Indiana Pacers to get rid of the eighth seeded Hawks. Ironically, it was on that same exact date only a year earlier that Al Horford would last taste the playoffs.
May 3, 2013 was a raucous Friday night in Atlanta. The Pacers shook off the crowd though and led for 40 minutes to finish off a close out game six.