It’s been four weeks since the Atlanta Hawks posted back-to-back wins, but that is what the team was looking to do when they took the floor in Boston on Friday night. It would be a tall task of sorts despite the win they managed against the Celtics on Wednesday night. The home team returned to the lineup Kemba Walker and Daniel Theis, two starters from last year’s conference finals team, that didn’t play on Wednesday.
Entering halftime, the Hawks trailed by 25 points and it seemed all but certain that Atlanta wouldn’t be able to mount any sort of real threat.