NBA Update: Warriors and Hawks Advance

Both of this season’s surprising conference top seeds, the Golden State Warriors of the West and the Atlanta Hawks of the East, advanced to the conference finals with wins on the road in “game six” victories last night.

The Hawks ended a streak of 15 straight quarterfinal series losses by overcoming a (2-1) series deficit, and eliminating the Washington Wizards.

The last time the Hawks made it this far was 1970 when they lost to the L.A. Lakers in the Western finals. Yes, Atlanta, a city far to the east of this country, was in the West Conference/Division at that time.

The Warriors also overcame a (2-1) series deficit and advanced to their first Western Conference Final since 1976, eliminating the Memphis Grizzlies.