Warriors-Hawks Preview

For two teams with no division titles over the past two decades, the Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors facing off in February wasn't a matchup anyone marked on the calendar a few months ago. Both teams ran off the longest winning streaks in franchise history en route to the top of their respective conferences, leaving the NBA's best record up for grabs Friday night when the Warriors try to hand the Hawks their first home loss in six weeks. Golden State coach Steve Kerr, though, tried to downplay the showdown's significance. ... I think we're all looking forward to it." Kerr's club had the league's top record nearly all season, thanks greatly to a 16-game win streak which went into mid-December, but was overtaken last week with Atlanta (41-9) having reeled off 19 consecutive victories.