Game 39 Hawks at Raptors (Throwback Night!)

It's a battle for the East. Though the Wizards are sitting in the second spot a tight race still exists between the East's top 4 teams with the Raptors at 3rd and the Hawks sitting at number one. (Chicago has the 4th slot). Atlanta are looking for some redemption against Toronto and the Raptors are looking for a return to form with DeRozan back in the starting 5.

• At 31-8 the rolling Hawks have the best record in the East and are tied with the Golden State Warriors for most wins in the league. Quite a far shake from the 7-6 team the Raptors beat back in November
• Recently the Hawks have rested a few players in games against Boston and Philadelphia. Expect none of that business tonight as these two teams will be going head to head at full strength
• It is Grievis Vasquez's birthday as a fun note! The best gift he could receive today will be a notch in the win column. No doubt

Song Of the Day

"Anger As Beauty" - Hawksley Workman

Hawksley Workman is a Canadian singer/songwriter/producer who got his start writing love poems in character for the Toronto Star before becoming a well known artist across the country. "Anger as Beauty" is off of my favourite record of his, 2003's Lover/Fighter. It was recorded near his home town in the Muskoka region of Northern Ontario, not far from where I grew up. Tonight anger will be beauty for both Raptors fans and Hawks fans. Anger is a passionate emotion and can generate the type of energy a team needs to overcome it's foe. Let's hope it's a good one for both sides!

Purple jersays!!!