The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the East’s elimination play-in game on Friday, and this will face the No.1 seed Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Game 1 is set for Sunday. Below is the series schedule followed by three things to watch as the Hawks try to pull an upset and start a second straight surprise postseason run.
Series Schedule
Game 1: Hawks @ Heat, Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 2: Hawks @ Heat, Tuesday, April 19, TBD, TBD
Game 3: Heat @ Hawks, Friday, April 22, TBD, ESPN
Game 4: Heat @ Hawks, Sunday, April 24, 7 p.m. ET, TNT
*Game 5: Hawks @ Heat, Tuesday, April 26, TBD, TBD
*Game 6: Heat @ Hawks, Thursday, April 28, TBD, TBD
*Game 7: Hawks @ Heat, Saturday, April 30, TBD, TNT
*If necessary
Featured Game | Miami Heat vs. Atlanta Hawks
I wrote about this after Atlanta’s play-in victory over Cleveland on Friday: Can Young create enough offense to account for his really bad defense and still leave the Hawks as a big positive during his minutes? I say big positive, and not just a positive, because Miami outclasses Atlanta everywhere on the court … except for Young. He’s the best player in this series. Or at least he’s capable of being that. But the Heat, depending on how you feel about John Collins and whether or not he actually plays, probably have the next four best players in Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro, so Young’s splits need to be significant.
This will be difficult with the way Young plays defense. Atlanta was better covering for him in the second…
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