Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs at Atlanta Hawks

Not so long ago, Spurs-Hawks was a good game. At one point, Atlanta was considered the “Spurs of the East” because Mike Budenholzer had spent seventeen seasons as an assistant coach in San Antonio under the tutelage of Gregg Popovich. He took over as head coach of the Hawks in 2013 and immediately began a turnaround taking Atlanta from 38-44 in his first season to 60-22 good enough for 1^st on the Southeast division, eventually being swept by the Cavaliers who eventually won the championship. Had a dirty play by Matthew Dellavedova not injured sharp-shooter Kyle Korver, who knows what might have become of those 2015 Hawks.