The Atlanta Hawks will run out of talent before they run out of nerve.
Their inexperience can wind up being an enemy but not right now, and the Milwaukee Bucks are the latest victim on the Hawks’ road playoff tour, stealing their third consecutive Game 1 — this time in the Eastern Conference finals.
If there’s one thing about them, they don’t scare — and the longer the games go, they scare you. It’s confidence meeting poise meeting a whole lot of gamesmanship and showmanship on a stage that usually requires the most buttoned-up approach.