For better or worse, the Hawks (20-47) finally know their 2019-2020 season has come to a close, unable to finish out their final 15 games.
Since they were more than six games out of playoff contention (14th out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference) when the season was suspended March 11 due to the coronavirus, they became one of the eight teams excluded from the NBA’s plan to restart the season July 31 in Orlando, which has been approved by the Board of Governors and the Players Association. The tentative start date for the 2020-2021 season is Dec.