There’s a new player in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Atlanta Hawks jumped out of the play-in picture and into sixth place, overtaking the Magic and Heat. They are now only 1.5 games behind the Raptors.
The Hawks took advantage of a relatively easy schedule with several games against Portland, Milwaukee, Dallas, and Brooklyn. They haven’t lost a game in March yet and are on an eleven-game win streak that catapulted them right into a close race for the fifth and sixth seeds in the Eastern Conference.
One player has stood out especially during the Hawks’ playoff push: Nickeil Alexander-Walker.