The main difference between playoff basketball and the regular season variety is the familiarity teams develop with an opponent over a seven-game series. The rate of success (wins) is largely dependent upon which team makes the best adjustments from game to game to outsmart their opponents. After the Hawks were able to hold serve with two double-digit wins over the Wizards in Atlanta, it was up to coach Scott Brooks to counter those adjustments and protect his home court in D.C.
Most of the tweaks came on the defensive end, and all it took was a good film session, according to Brooks.