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Hawks face Heat in summer league play

By Chris Vivlamore
July 15, 2015

The Hawks (1-2) finished the preliminary round of the Las Vegas Summer League as the No. 14 seed and will play the No. 19 seed Heat today. The game will be at 6 p.m. (ET) at Cox Pavilion.

The Hawks are guaranteed at least two more games in the seeded portion of the tournament.

With a win, the Hawks will play the No. 3 Nuggets on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. (ET) With a loss, the Hawks will play the loser of the No. 12 Warriors versus No. 21 Kings on Friday at 4:30 p.m. (ET).

The Hawks defeated the Warriors and lost to the Nuggets and D-League team in preliminary play.

The tournament culminates with the championship game on July 20.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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