re: Atlanta Hawks headed to the playoffs

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However, I've heard some old-timers say the '98 game against SF was deafening

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FWIW, for several reasons, I think this was the biggest win in franchise history and there were a whole lot of factors that went into that crowd being so loud. Mostly, the Falcons had never won a divisional round game to that point and the 49ers had beaten our asses like a rented mule twice a year for most of the last 20 years prior to 1998.