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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #47 Jeff Teague
Image Courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr Resume: 15.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists (8th in league), 1.7 steals (career best), 30.5 minutes, 46% FG, 34% 3PT, 86% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 53-20 (7-2...
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Season's Change: The Atlanta Hawks Lose a Battle, but May Win War in the End
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . At least it didn't happen in Atlanta. Atlanta Hawks fans saw their season end seven-games quicker than they hoped when the Hawks went down 4-0 to LeBron James...
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Cavaliers vs. Hawks Game 3: Wacky Delly
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr . As things looked promising for the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, things only got even worse as Al Horford 's ejection became the harbinger of...
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Cavaliers vs. Hawks Game 2: 2 Painz
As disappointing as Game 1 was for the Atlanta Hawks, Game 2 proved to be even worse as they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 94-82. Their chances of coming back to...
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Cavaliers vs. Hawks Game 1: The Treachery of J.R. Smith
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA. Though the Atlanta Hawks had home court advantage, they faced an aggressive albeit injured Cleveland Cavaliers team. Still, a few late mistakes and a bad injury resulted in a...
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NBA Playoffs: Legacy Watch
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr . We're down to the NBA's Final Four -- a foursome that is equally as predictable as it is surprising, if that makes any bit of sense -- and that...
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Hawks survive more Pierce heroics
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . Rough week, Washington. First the Capitals choked on a 3-1 lead over the Rangers and were eliminated from Stanley Cup contention and now the Wizards have been eliminated...
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The Greatest NBA Playoffs Shots of the 2000s: Part I
Screen capture courtesy of NBA/YouTube. Last Friday in my NBA Playoffs Stock Watch column (which will be making it's return next Friday), I mentioned the idea of possibly running a column on the Greatest Playoff...
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You Can Call Me Al - Horford Drags Hawks to Series Lead
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Twenty-three points. It's not necessarily eye-popping stuff. Eleven rebounds isn't exactly a stat that jumps off the page. Five blocks? Yeah, that's interesting, but remember we've got Anthony Davis...
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Atlanta Hawks Take 3-2 Lead with Win over Brooklyn Nets
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Atlanta Hawks won Game 5, 107-97 versus the Brooklyn Nets to take a 3-2 series lead back to The Barclays Center for Game 6, on Friday at 8...
