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The Atlanta Hawks will open their first-round playoff series on Sunday in Indiana against the Pacers. Times have yet to be announced.
Still waiting for times, but this much we can tell you. Hawks-Pacers Game 1 will be Sunday, April 21.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) April 18, 2013
The Hawks and the Pacers split four games during the regular season. Neither team will enter the playoffs with a ton of momentum. The Pacers lost their last three games and were just 5-5 over the final ten. The Hawks dropped their final two games and lost six of ten to end the season.
This will be the sixth straight appearance in the playoffs for Atlanta who lost in the second round three consecutive seasons from 2009-2011. The Hawks suffered a first-round defeat last season at the hands of the Boston Celtics. Indiana will be making its third straight trip to the postseason.
We will update this as soon as the rest of the schedule becomes available.