On a cool April Wednesday, with just over a week remaining in the 2023-24 regular season, the Atlanta Hawks (35-40) were back on their home-court to square off against the Detroit Pistons (13-62).
For the Hawks, a win would see them move neck-and-neck with the Chicago Bulls for the 9-seed in the Eastern Conference standings while a loss would drop them to a game behind the Bulls with six games left to play for each team.
As Chicago owns the tiebreaker* against them, the Hawks would need to have a better record than the Bulls in order to secure home-court advantage in a 9/10 Play-In matchup, giving every remaining game a bit more importance.