Even on stormy nights at the tail-end of a season, Hawks can still soar and Nets still whip whilst hanging from Barclays Center baskets. Today, both happened simultaneously, as the Atlanta Hawks rose above Brooklyn Nets, putting the ball through the hoop over and over again until the buzzer blew and scoreboard reflected a 133-109 final score.
Brooklyn never led and trailed by as many as 32 at one point, putting up one of their most wretched shooting performances of the season just a few days too late to reap any lottery-related silver linings. Trae Young and the No.