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Game preview: Hawks close season against streaking Sixers at Philips Arena

102715 ATLANTA: -- A new Hawks logo is painted on the tunnel wall leading out to the court for the first regular season basketball game "home opener" on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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102715 ATLANTA: -- A new Hawks logo is painted on the tunnel wall leading out to the court for the first regular season basketball game "home opener" on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com
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April 10, 2018

When/where: 7:30 p.m. today, Philips Arena

TV: Fox Sports Southeast

Stream: Fox Sports Go

Radio: 92.9 The Game

Injuries: Hawks—Kent Bazemore (knee), Malcolm Delaney (ankle), Jaylen Morris (ankle) and Dennis Schroder (ankle) are out.

Sixers—Joel Embiid (oribital/concussion) and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (knee) are out; Ben Simmons (ill) is questionable.

What to watch for

The Hawks (24-57) are concluding one of the worst seasons in the franchise’s history. Only three Hawks teams in 68 previous seasons finished with fewer than 25 victories: the 2004-05 Atlanta Hawks (13-69), the 1951-52 Milwaukee Hawks (17-49) and the 1953-54 Milwaukee Hawks (21-51).

The Hawks are tied with the Mavericks and Magic for third in the draft lottery standings. The Mavericks host the Suns (20-61) tonight, and the Magic conclude their season Wednesday against the Wizards.

The Sixers (50-30) have won 14 consecutive games, tying the franchise record set during the 1982-83 season. They could be without Rookie of the Year candidate Ben Simmons, who missed today’s shootaround because of stomach illness.

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