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Trae Young drops 31 PTS and 15 AST in Hawks 130-124 Win vs. Pistons

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Trae Young drops 31 PTS and 15 AST in Hawks Win vs. Pistons

Dejounte Murray's 32 points and 10 assists leads Hawks Win at Pistons in their first In-Season Tournament game.

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Dejounte Murray drops a double-double in Hawks Win at Pistons

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Shorthanded Hawks Defeat Pistons in Overtime

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The Atlanta Hawks have locked up the number one seed in the East and have made it clear that they're using the final month of the regular season to experiment and get some bench players minutes, regardless of what it does to their record.

Here's what fans had to say about Tuesday's game:

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Bigger Goals In Mind As Hawks Focus On Rest

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Key To Hawks vs. Pistons May Be Finding A Way To Patch Up Point Guard Spot

Atlanta Hawks fans may not have gotten the result they wanted, but it certainly didn't dampen their enthusiasm for the regular season or their experience at Philips Arena.

Here are our favorite tweets and Instagram posts from Saturday:

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Fans React To Detroit Game, Look Forward

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6 Questions As The Hawks Return Home To Face Detroit

Preseason play continues for the Atlanta Hawks with three more games this week.  The focus continues to be ironing out the kinks as players get more comfortable with each other and Coach Bud's system.

Details:  7:30 p.m. (ET) | American Airlines Arena | No TV, 92.9 The Game

The Miami Heat have a new-look roster.  The obvious void is four-time MVP LeBron James, but the Heat will have to fill a few other spots as well.  Shane Battier and Ray Allen are gone, so it's safe to say Miami won't be as deep this season either.  That's the bad news.  The good news is they had a decent enough offseason, bringing in guys who should help them stay in the arm's race for a Eastern Conference playoff spot.  Luol Deng is a very good two-way player, which means the Heat retain a lockdown defender at the wing position.  Josh McRoberts fills the frontcourt void, giving Miami five guys in the starting lineup capable of stretching defenses beyond the three-point line.  They also added Danny Granger, who joins Chris Anderson and Norris Cole to form a potent second unit.

Details:  8:00 p.m. (ET) | United Center | No TV, 92.9 The Game

The media loves the Chicago Bulls as one of the favorites to win the East, and why not?  The addition of Pau Gasol and the return of Derrick Rose to full strength to join Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler should give Chicago one of the most dangerous starting lineups in basketball.  They've always been deep, but Tom Thibodeau might have his best bench yet with the addition of guard Aaron Brooks, European forward Nikola Mirotic, rookie Doug McDermott and a year of experience for Tony Snell.  The Bulls have swept the season series from the Hawks two straight years (7-0 total) and figure to give Atlanta fits again.

Details:  7:30 p.m. (ET) | Philips Arena | No TV, 92.9 The Game | Buy Tickets

There's rejuvenated hope in Detroit with Stan Van Gundy taking over Basketball Operations and Coaching duties.  So far in Training Camp, players have been saying that they like his ideology, which is a great start.  They have talent, but many wonder how consistently they'll be able to score.  Josh Smith, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond are all talented players, but none can really stretch a defense.  Brandon Jennings can get hot but is streaky, and projected shooting guard starter Kentavious Caldwell-Pope shot under 40 percent from the field last season.  If Van Gundy is to have success with the kind of system he used in guiding Orlando to the NBA Finals in 2009, he'll need his players to knock down perimeter shots.  They did acquire some bench shooting with D.J. Augustin, Jodie Meeks and Cartier Martin.

IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN, BUT WE HOPE IT DOES...

Al Horford vs. Joakim Noah on Thursday night.  It's unclear if Horford will be ready to play by then, but how cool would it be to see him play his college frontcourt mate in his first game back?

IT PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN, BUT WE HOPE IT DOESN'T...

John Jenkins will cool down.  It would be great if he kept up his 77 percent shooting and 60 percent shooting from three-point range, but the law of averages says you have to be human at some point, so yea.

Pero Antic:  Still healing from a broken nose, he should be close to returning.Kent Bazemore:  He played in the team's open practice, which means he should be just about cleared.Al Horford: Similar to Bazemore, he's been playing 5-on-5 for about a week now.  His return is close.

Atlanta will likely have everybody available by the end of the week, provided there are no setbacks.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Coach Bud remain cautious, especially with Horford and Bazemore.

Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of the Hawks' first game at the old Omni.  They beat the Knicks 109-101 on Oct. 15, 1972.

For the second straight season, Kyle Korver is assisting the Atlanta Mission with a sock drive benefiting the homeless. Drop-off sites around the city for “Socktober” will be at Atlanta Mission (165 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30318) and Women’s Premier Fitness (4961 Lower Roswell Rd., Marietta, GA 30068). Socks will also be collected at the Hawks-Pistons preseason game on 10/18 at Philips Arena. The first 50 fans to donate at the game will receive a pass for a postgame meet &amp; greet with Korver.