In a lot of ways, the Hawks find themselves in the same spot that they occupied this time last season: needing a strong stretch run to help them meet their season's goals. They succeeded in making a late-season push last season, and Bogdan Bogdanovic played as big a role as anyone.
After April 1 last season, Bogdanovic averaged 22.0 points per game while shooting 50.6 percent from the field, 49.5 percent from three and 88.9 percent at the free-throw line. The Hawks went 17-5 in the games he played in, and he connected on a stupendous volume of threes: his 101 threes after April 1 ranked second only to Stephen Curry over the same period.