Andrew Schlecht

One of many, many memorable moments for Luka this week.

In the second of two games against the Rockets,

Luka had 10 points and three assists just in the final five minutes of the game, almost single-handedly ending what had been a very close game.

Then in Miami on Thursday night, Luka dropped 60 in a win, while LeBron tied Celtics legend Robert Parrish for most regular season games played.

Over this eight-game stretch, Luka is averaging 33-9-7 while shooting 42% on over 14 three-point attempts per game.

That's crazy.

Luka is now only 10 threes behind Conn Knipple for most threes made this season.

That's crazy.

And he's moved into second-best odds for MVP this week, jumping both Jokic and Wemby.

Now, the Lakers' eight-game winning streak is certainly impressive, but it is not currently the longest winning streak in the NBA.

It's not the Thunder either, who have won 10 in a row and will do anything, including contesting shots with their shoes to hold off San Antonio for the top spot in the West.

Yeah.

No, the longest winning streak currently is the Atlanta Hawks, who continued winning this week, pushing their streak all the way to 11 games as they've marched up the East standings.

Boyd, buoyed, buoyed.

Buoyed.

Yeah, when I wrote that word, I was like, I'm not going to be able to say that in the moment.

I know I'm going to look at the way it's spelled and screw it up.

Buoyed by three game losing streaks for both the Magic and the Heat, the Hawks have jumped all the way up to sixth in the East and are only a game and a half back in Toronto for the five seed.

The Hawks' most impressive win this week was over fellow East Standings rival Orlando.

Atlanta got up by as many as 29 in the game before winning 124-112, led by Nikhil Alexander-Walker, who had a career-high 41 points that included nine three-pointers.