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ATLANTA — After the Hawks blew out the Wizards on Wednesday, forward John Collins went on NBA TV and declared that his team can beat anybody. I get that Collins was feeling good after his team won three consecutive games and secured a spot in the play-in tournament. There’s nothing…

Might not the Hawks surprise us all and pull out the upset over a still dangerous but lesser version of a Miami squad?

The Boston Celtics will find out their first round opponent on Tuesday as the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks face each other in the play-in.

From Lukas Reichel to Luke Richardson, this loss-laden Hawks season has still produced plenty of pleasant surprises. But other areas — like the overall offense — haven’t been so pretty.

CHICAGO — Jarred Tinordi is old school when it comes to analytics.

Mitch Duncan and Jake Kolodjashnij will play their first games of the season for Geelong against Hawthorn on Monday, with Rhys Stanley also back from injury.

ATLANTA — The 76ers, at least some version of them, arrived Friday evening at the State Farm Arena.

BOSTON — As they finish out the regular season this weekend, the Celtics have nothing to play for in the standings. They’re locked in to the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Kurashev has shown flashes of greater potential, but all three of his NHL seasons have ended up being virtually the same. As a 23-year-old pending restricted free agent, the big mystery is: Has he reached his ceiling yet?

The Canucks slipped past the Hawks 3-0 on Thursday, scoring once off Seth Jones’ stick. Goals like that have been extremely common this year against the Hawks, who remained tied for last place.

Wednesday morning felt better than Sunday morning for Toews, who will make his third consecutive appearance Thursday against the Canucks and who anticipates making four more during the season’s final week.