1.   As big a deal it is that the NBA All-Star game travels to Atlanta next year, it is just as significant that the Hawks get ready for it.

2.   But the closer the Hawks get to the top, the more tainted they are by outrageous lapses at home early this season.

3.   Hawk got both votes and smiled as her torch was extinguished.

4.   Hawk got respect from the outlaw types by skating better, earning championships, and landing tricks nobody else had executed.

5.   The hawk will get hungry and move on.

6.   The hawks got the thrill of victory and were then slipped some steak tartare after Davis pocketed the partridges in his game bag.

7.   When the April unemployment numbers were released, the inflation hawks got their usual jitters.

8.   The Hawks also get a player in Kukoc who can step right into their starting lineup alongside Brevin Knight, Jason Terry and Lorenzen Wright.