With five weeks left in the 2024-25 regular season, the Atlanta Hawks are 30-34, with the team holding a slender, half-game edge over both Miami and Orlando for the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference standings and sitting five games behind Detroit, who currently* hold the 6-seed.
*as of Sunday afternoon
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Yet, while postseason basketball is all but guaranteed for Atlanta*, I don’t believe the goal over their next 18 games should merely be to secure a shot at the 7-seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
*Philadelphia, the 11-seed, have lost nine of their last ten games and sit eight games behind Atlanta in the Eastern Conference standings.