Hawks-Lakers Set Philips Arena Attendance Record

Sunday's Hawks vs. Lakers matchup at Philips Arena drew the highest single-game crowd for a Hawks game in Philips Arena's nearly 10-year history (20,148).

Following are the top three regular season Hawks marks at Philips Arena:

20,148 vs. Los Angeles Lakers (3/29/09) 20,098 vs. Boston (4/12/08) 20,073 vs. Washington (11/1/01)

Sunday was also the club's 11th sellout this season, extending the total for the most the Hawks have recorded in a single season at Philips Arena, topping the eight from each of the last two seasons.

The Philips Arena mark for any Hawks game (including playoffs) is the 20,425 attracted for last year's First Round playoff game 6 contest against Boston (5/2/08).

The Hawks own the NBA record for the highest single-game attendance, when 62,046 fans packed the Georgia Dome for a 3/27/98 meeting with the Bulls.

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Hawks Clinch Second Straight Playoff Berth

Despite losing to San Antonio on Wednesday night, Atlanta clinched a playoff berth as a result of losses by Charlotte, New Jersey and Milwaukee.

Last season, the Hawks pushed the eventual NBA champion Celtics to seven games in the first round.

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Josh Smith: It Feels Good To Prove People Wrong

The Hawks have clinched a rare winning season and are closing in on their second straight playoff berth, something that many doubted they could accomplish.

"It feels good to prove people wrong as a team and as an organization," said Smith, who is one of only a few people that were around when Atlanta won 15 games five seasons ago.

"You get tired of being told you're not good enough or you can't do something. And that's all anybody had to say about us for a long time. So to be in this position now, with a chance to not only make the playoffs but also a chance to snag home court advantage and put up the best season this city has seen in years, it means a lot.

"It shows you just how much we've grown as a group. Myself and Joe [Johnson] and Marvin [Williams] and some of the other guys that have been around the last three or four years, we've gone from the bottom to where we are now and it's a good feeling."

Via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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