For a time during Atlanta's 107-98 loss to the woeful Toronto Raptors, it felt as if the full house at Philips Arena was whisked away back to the eighties, where offense ruled and defense was purely optional.

In fact, save for a miserable last six minutes of the game, where the Hawks destructed amidst a flurry of Raptors' circus shots and their own incapabilities, it was an energetic, spirited contest in which both teams hammered back and forth at each other, shooting over 50% for the majority of the game.

However, in the end, it was Toronto that stayed hot longer, making the plays down the stretch where Atlanta could not.