The Atlanta Hawks led by Huerter's 27 points and Young's 21 won race-7 in Philadelphia (96-103, series 3-4), advancing to the second conference finals in the last 50 years of their history. Danilo Gallinari was decisive with 17 points and a fundamental recovery on Embiid in the last minute of play, winning the first race-7 of his career and becoming the second Italian after Belinelli to reach the conference finals. Sixers disaster, with Simmons in the dock When the Hawks had a record of 14 wins and 20 losses in early March, deciding to sack manager Lloyd Pierce and promote Nate McMillan, few would have bet on their qualification without worry to the playoffs and no one on their journey to the conference finals.
Let alone winning an away game-7 as they had never been able to do in their history (0-9, worst record in the NBA). And yet, incredibly, that's what happened