To get there, to win a Game 7 on the road for the first time in franchise history, they needed another heroic performance from a rotating cast of heroes. On this night, Kevin Huerter answered the summons, scoring a team-high 27 points to lift the Hawks' to a 103-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
"We call him 'K'Von' in Atlanta," John Collins said in a jubilant postgame interview. "K-apostrophe-V-O-N. He was great tonight. Amazing. We couldn't ask for much more from Kev."
The list of possible heroes shortened significantly over the course of the series.