Atlanta Hawks Have Nothing Left to Prove Until NBA Playoffs Begin

March 7th, 2015 by Ethan Skolnick Leave a reply »

ATLANTA — The creativity was on display prior to the contest, not only in the highlights shown, but in the way they were presented, appearing as 3D images exploding off the surface of the Philips Arena court.

It was the most spectacular and spell-binding of all the tributes to Dominique Wilkins, the Hawks' all-time signature player. And that includes Thursday's statue unveiling in front of the building, and Friday's halftime speech, in which Wilkins referred to the current team as representative of his beloved adopted city. 



"So you keep rooting," Wilkins requested of the Atlanta fans. 

That's what the current Hawks incarnation richly deserves, after all, even if it is more renowned for its cohesion and precision than its soaring and slamming. That's because if Atlanta keeps playing the way it did Friday, handling the Eastern Conference contending Cavaliers 106-97, it will likely stake a claim as the best squad in the city's NBA history, including the dozen on which Wilkins starred. 



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