whoever said we don't play the hawks tough is ignoring our matchups with them this year. Obviously we beat them once, and a second game we started the 4th quarter with a 5 point lead and it was a two point game with 20 seconds remaining and our ball.
We did lose one to them was never a good game at 14 points. However, they have lost 14 games all season and the only team they have lost to twice is Toronto.
You could make a really reasonable argument that no team besides Toronto has played them as tough as the Celtics.
Now this doesn't really mean anything if we play them in the playoffs and they have superior talent, probably an extra gear we don't have etc. However, lets stop the nonsense that we haven't played them will this year cause we have.