Hello, Philips Arena.
The Atlanta Hawks finally return home on Friday evening and old friend Paul Millsap greets his former squad as a member of the Denver Nuggets. The home team will be aiming for a streak-busting win after four consecutive losses but, more than anything, it will simply be refreshing to see basketball played on the floor in a friendly venue.
While Atlanta’s struggles are well-documented in this space, the visitors are also scuffling. Denver sports a 1-3 record that includes a shockingly bad offense to this point and, in the case of Millsap, the veteran power forward certainly does not fully resemble the player that left the Hawks.