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          Don't look now, but the Atlanta Hawks are primed to make
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 |  a playoff push off the strength of their current ten-game
 stretch, and of course, the superb performances of point
 guard Trae Young.NBALeaguePa s: Sign up to unlock live
 out-of-market games (7-day free trial)The Hawks (25-26)
 snapped the scorching Suns' 11-game winning streak,
 winning in Atlanta, 124-115. Young led the Hawks with 43
 points (16-of-25
 https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-
 jersey/joe-mauer-jersey from the field) and five a
 sists.Atlanta are 8-1 since Jan.17.During this current
 ten-game stretch, they've managed to take down the
 defending champion Milwaukee Bucksand theMiami Heat, two
 teams considered as Eastern Conference favorites.It was
 only a couple of weeks ago that the Hawks season was
 already being written off, but led by their All-Star
 point guard Young, who was last week named NBA Eastern
 Conference Payer of the Week for the second time this
 season, Atlanta is now looking like a viable threat
 heading into the second half of the season.Been a problem
 43 PTS | 16/25 FG | 6/11 3PM  Atlanta
 https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-
 jersey/nelson-cruz-jersey Hawks (@ATLHawks) Young won the
 Player of the Week honors for helping lead the Hawks to a
 4-0 record in that time span while averaging31.3 points,
 ninea sists, and fourrebounds on shooting splits of46.4
 percent from the floor and 47.6 percent from beyond the
 arc. Hebegan the winningstreak with twodouble-doubles,
 giving him 21 for the season, which ranks fourth among
 all guards and second in the East behind James
 Harden.After his explosion against the Suns, Young was
 asked whether he considers himself the best offensive
 player in the league."I don't nece sarily think about it
 often  I focus on my team and try to win but if you look
 at it, I definitely feel like it's hard to guard a player
 like me who can get teammates involved and score on my
 own," Atlanta has been average at home this season,
 entering this game with a 14-12 record, while the Suns
 came in with the best road record in the league at 19-4,
 to go along with their The team with the second-best
 rating, however? The Atlanta Hawks, a team that can
 https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-
 jersey/harmon-killebrew-jersey  put numbers on the board,
 even with a not 100 percent healthy Young.When you look
 at Atlanta's season there are some eerie similarities to
 last season's run to the Eastern Conference Finals.Last
 season, under then-head coach Lloyd Pierce, the Hawks
 were once again languishing with asub-.500 recordnearing
 the midpoint of theseason. Sitting in the 11th seed with
 a 14-20 record, it was looking like the Hawks would mi s
 the playoffs for a fourthconsecutive season, sothe
 franchise decided to move on from Pierce and installed
 Nate McMillan as interim head coach on March1.The team
 immediately went on an eight-game winning streak once
 McMillan was appointed - their longest of the season.The
 Hawks posted a 27-11 regular-season record under McMillan
 and earned the No. 5 seed in the NBA Playoffs.
 Atlantabeat the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers
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 jersey/logan-morrison-jersey in the first two rounds of
 the playoffs beforefalling to the Milwaukee Bucksin six
 games in the Eastern Conference finals.It marked only the
 second time in their Atlanta history the Hawks played in
 the conference finals.The Hawks' succe s during this
 current run isn't all due to Young, however.The reserves
 have played a ma sive part, especially guys like Onyeka
 Okongwu, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Danilo Gallinari. Against
 the Suns, Bogdanovic and Gallinari combined for 23 points
 off the bench.ICE. CLUTCH.  Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) The
 Hawks, at least in recent seasons, have had a top-ranked
 offense. Last season, they were ninth in the league in
 offensive rating. This season, .On the defensive end is
 where they've struggled in 2021-22.For the season,
 they're ranked 27th in the league indefensive rating,
 however, over the course of this ten-game stretch, .I
 felt like the only thing that was keeping us from where
 we want to be was really the defensive end, . Were able
 to score 130, 140, but other teams against us are doing
 the same thing, which doesnt always give us a great
 chance  https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-
 twins-jersey/justin-morneau-jersey to win.""I feel like
 we kind of just throw the dice or throw the penny and by
 doing this now, by improving defensively, were giving
 ourselves a better chance to win. When you keep a team
 under 100 points, especially for a team as good
 offensively as us, its huge. Thats what its going to come
 down to."The Hawks are surging, and not a moment too soon
 either, according to head coach Nate McMillan.We still
 have injuries and trying to get guys back, but were
 playing basketball that gives us a chance to win games
 now."The Hawks will travel to face the Toronto Raptors,
 who are on a four-game winning streak of their own, on
 Friday.
 
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 John Short, Jr
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