The Atlanta Hawks are becoming the hottest ticket in town. Just ask Lionel Hollins. The suit for the Brooklyn Nets got a personal welcoming to our city gridlock, inching his way to the arena only an hour before tip off. When riding a 16 game win streak, the most hellacious bumper-to-bumper seems relaxingly benign for once. Good for the fans too who used all the angst and energy saved up from the ride over to project during the game, as the Hawks now own the longest win streak of the season and increase their ongoing franchise-breaking win streak to 17 games. Joe Johnson makes yet another lukewarm return to the A, knowing there is so much more at stake this go around. The Hawks astronomical ascension has been to the Nets detriment. Jay-Z couldn’t watch the throne. The media mogul’s empire has been lackluster and the shares are out as well, snatched up faster than Brooklyn’s playoff standing, who are currently on the outside looking in. Hence why JJ isn’t looking so cool. His iconic transfer came with a few caveats, namely the switch of draft picks for the Hawks if the opportunity prevents itself. Johnson couldn’t do it all and we as a franchise would like to personally thank Brooklyn for their own donation for the Tank for Atlanta fund. After a sluggish first quarter, the Hawks pace quickened and the execution got more crisp. The starters were at their usual best, all cogs in our methodical machinery. Teague makes the operation hum, flanked by DeMarre’s other-worldly defense and Trillsap’s 5-tooled game that has been the most consistent production season long. Horford’s unparalleled shooting consistency proves why he is the team’s backbone and Korver’s fire touch proves why he’s a backbreaker for the opposition. Through it all, our four All-Star hopefuls put on one magnificent last hurrah before rosters are announced later tonight. And this was in front of a national ESPN audience to boot. The three with the best cases all notched double doubles (the good kind, D-Rose), paced by Paul’s 28 and 15 buoyed by consistency from the charity stripe. Korver made a considerable push with 5 three pointers, hoping his torching flair can snare him a seat with the final 12. But if not, we’ll see him shine with the other sharpshooters in what is being mentioned as the most highly anticipated three point contest to date. Lets run the stats. Here are the number of games that the five participants have hit 4 or more from deep this season: JJR-13, Steph-13, Wes-15, Klay-17, and Kyle-19. Threezus! Man, that’s gonna be fun! HAWKS FLY TOGETHER!

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