The Atlanta Hawks advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in the same manner as the Cleveland Cavaliers, by winning 8 games. Yet the Hawks are rarely mentioned with the same hallowed glow. The Hawks are reduced to an anecdote or a quick afterthought. Oh, them. That team that won 60 games. That group of guys who won 19 games in a row. Large segments of the national media corps consider the superstar deprived Atlanta Hawks an inferior roadblock to another LeBron James coronation.
Already the enduring narratives of the Cavs-Hawks series are set in stone. Will Jeff Teague be aggressive?