The Hawks’ Twitter Account Had Some Fun With Lakers Fans Stuck In The Past

The Atlanta Hawks hosted the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night in a game neither team probably was interested in winning. Phillips Arena had a good amount of Lakers fans in attendance to see Isaiah Thomas fling a pretty impressive turnover to a Hawks defender, but the Lakers still came out on top, 123-104.

The real game was happening on Twitter, though, as the Hawks social media manager scoured the arena for Lakers jerseys in attendance, in hopes of finding someone wearing a current player’s uniform.

It started with a simple tweet, setting up a long thread of photos taken inside the arena on Monday night.

What followed was a long series of “nos.”

There were more than a few Kobe jerseys, which is to be expected.

There were quite a few retired jerseys in attendance.

The point, in case you’re missing it here, is that there aren’t many players on the current roster worthy of a jersey purchase. But they eventually found themselves a winner, with the help of rookie Lonzo Ball.

There was, of course, some backlash online.

The Hawks have their own problems. They’re dead last in the Eastern Conference and have had trouble drawing fans of their own. But seeing a bunch of purple and yellow in the stands probably wasn’t fun, and this was a decent way to cope with it all. Hawks fans seemed to appreciate it, at least.

https://twitter.com/isaiah_paige/status/968297183404527616

But perhaps the Hawks should take some advice from an earlier promotion that resulted in marriage, and encourage fans to love one another. We all have our down years; it’s what makes the good ones that much more special.