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Twitter reacts to Hawks’ fourth-quarter comeback to beat Cavaliers

By John Buhler

Apr 9, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) looks to pass against the Atlanta Hawks in the second quarter at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 9, 2017; Atlanta, GA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) looks to pass against the Atlanta Hawks in the second quarter at Philips Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Hawks overcame a 26-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Cavaliers 126-125 in overtime. Here’s how Twitter handled it.

It’s been an incredible last 72 hours for the Atlanta Hawks. They beat the Cavaliers on the road at Quicken Loans Arena on Friday night, 114-100. That was a game Atlanta rested four of five starters after playing the rival Celtics on national television the night before.

Atlanta clinched its tenth straight Eastern Conference playoff berth on Saturday thanks to a Bulls’ loss to the Nets. Then, the most ridiculous thing you will ever see on the hardwood happened in Atlanta on Sunday against the same Cavaliers team.

The Hawks entered the fourth quarter of a certain defeat down 26 points to the best team in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland shot lights-out from three against Atlanta like the normally do. Things were looking pretty grim for the Atlanta faithful at Philips Arena.

Well, Atlanta would go on to pull of the one of the craziest come from behind victories in NBA history. The Hawks would score 44 points in the fourth quarter, capped off by a Paul Millsap three-pointer to send it to overtime at 111.

Atlanta would struggle to score in the first few minutes of overtime, but once LeBron James fouled out, things went all the way in Atlanta’s favor. The Hawks would go on to win the game 126-125 to improve to 42-38 on the season. Cleveland drops to 51-29.

With this win, Atlanta won the season series 3-1 over Cleveland. Keep in mind that this is the same Cavaliers team that swept Atlanta out of the Eastern Conference Playoffs the last two years. Should they meet up this May, maybe Atlanta could upset Cleveland in a potential Conference Semifinals or Conference Finals matchup.

Twitter went completely off the rails with the Hawks’ come-from-behind win and the Cavaliers’ painful collapse.

So we’ve got Gucci Mane and Hassan Whiteside being impressed by the game, people blaming the Cavaliers’ collapse on the referees and Skip Bayless going full on CAPS ATTACK!!! with his thorough analysis of this improbable upset.

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It should be noted that Atlanta’s 26-point comeback is only one point different of their NFL brethren Atlanta Falcons’ 25-point debacle at the hands of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI. This Hawks comeback happened on Masters Sunday in Augusta and only a few days after I-85 caught on fire and collapsed randomly. Weird stuff keeps happening to Atlanta in 2017. It hasn’t even been four months. Slow. Down.

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