Coming off two impressive and emotionally charged wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics in the past week, the Sixers now head to Atlanta to face the Hawks on Saturday.

Now, the Hawks are 25-48 and are already eliminated from playoff contention in the Eastern Conference. This is the definition of a trap game.

The Hawks also beat the Sixers 123-121 on January 11. That’s a game the Sixers haven’t forgot about.

“It’s the NBA,” said JJ Redick. “Everybody can play. Everybody can beat you on any given night. They already beat us this year. They beat Utah. They’re a good basketball team. We’ll have enough energy tomorrow.”

A real business like attitude from JJ Redick in terms of getting ready for a team like the Hawks tomorrow after 2 emotional wins over Milwaukee and Boston #Sixers pic.twitter.com/MWkghOYjQF — Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) March 22, 2019

On that January 11 night, the Sixers didn’t have Tobias Harris just yet. With Harris this new starting lineup, they’re 7-1 with the other regular starters so this is a new team the Sixers will put in front of the Hawks.

Harris also will make sure nobody underestimates this Hawks team.

“Their record may not show it, but they’re a good team,” Harris said. “Since All-Star break, they’ve been playing pretty good basketball and they’re coming off a win vs. Utah. They’ve been playing good ball, don’t get it twisted.”

To Harris’ point, the Hawks are 6-9 since the All-Star break including a 117-114 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday led by their impressive rookie, Trae Young.

“That’s a young team that’s up and coming,” he added. “They have a lot of young, electrifying players.”

Harris also understands where teams are at down the stretch of a long 82 game season and how you have to be on guard.

“Every game that we play, you have teams that are getting ready for the playoffs and you have teams that different guys are getting opportunities to showcase what they have so you have to respect every opponent and be ready for every team you go against,” he finished up with.

The Sixers and the Hawks square off at 7:30 p.m. EST on Saturday night from the State Farm Arena.