Alex Speers

I think we were celebrating planes.

My point is, special game nights have come a long way.

This is shaping up to be a memorable night for all, especially for the fans who show up to this game without realizing it's Magic City Night.

Imagine getting tickets for just a random Hawks game in March.

And it's Magic City Night.

What a treat that will be for everyone.

The other team the Bucs could pass to get into the play-in would be the Charlotte Hornets, who have won three in a row, back on track after losing three of their previous four.

Similar to the Hawks, it was some dumb fun this week against a trio of tanking teams, with Charlotte winning the three games by a combined 73 points.

The highlight of the week came in their Thursday night game against the Pacers.

Rookie Khan Kanipal hit eight threes in the game, which gave him 209 threes for the season, breaking the rookie record previously set by Keegan Murray just a few years ago.

The next big game for Khan and the Hornets will be next Wednesday when they travel to Boston, the first meeting between these two teams this season, and who knows, a potential preview of a first-round playoff matchup?

Now moving over to the West...

It was not a great week for the Lakers.

Rough week for the Lakers.

They lost three in a row.

First, they could only manage 89 points against the Celtics in L.A., lost that 111-89.

They followed that up with another home loss, this one a one-point loss to the Magic after a late bucket from Wendell Carter Jr.

Then, to end the week, the Lakers went to Phoenix and lost to a Suns team who was missing Devin Booker and Dylan Brooks, their top two scorers.

The Lakers were down by 12 with under six minutes left.

They tie it up with 108 on an Austin Reeves three with just a minute left.