A team can get lucky in one game. Hit a lot of contested shots or catch a team on the back end of a back-to-back and/or nursing injuries and you can run away with a win. However, a seven-game series in the NBA Playoffs is a prize fight. You might win a round here and there, but usually, it’s the totality of all the punches that will eventually determine the winner.
Atlanta’s 11-11 record under Quin Snyder doesn’t exactly exude a ton of confidence heading into the postseason and even beating Miami in Miami in the play-in tournament might say more about the Heat than it does about the Hawks.