Hawks All-Stars

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The 2015 NBA All-Star Game featured three different players who made at least 5 three-pointers, bringing the total number of players who have accomplished that feat in an All-Star Game to 11.

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Trivia: Players With 5 Threes In An All-Star Game

Four Atlanta Hawks players appeared in the 2015 NBA All-Star Game Sunday, and all 4 put on a show.

Fans were enjoying the game and had good things to say about Atlanta's contingent:

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The Atlanta Hawks will have a presence at the 2015 All-Star Weekend unlike anything the NBA has ever seen from a single team at that event.  Here is where you can find all of your Hawks representatives in action:

Sprint NBA All Star Celebrity Game - 7 p.m. ET on ESPN

NBA TV's Kristen Ledlow, an Atlanta resident, will be participating.  Click here for a full list of participants.

BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge - 9 p.m. ET on TNT

Hawks second-year phenom Dennis Schröder will play for the "World Team" against the U.S. group of rookies and sophomores.  Hawks assistant Kenny Atkinson will coach the Internationals.  Click here to see the full rosters.

State Farm All-Star Saturday Night - 8:30 p.m. ET on TNT

Degree Shooting Stars:  Hawks legend and Vice President of Basketball Dominique Wilkins will once again team with the WNBA's Swin Cash and Miami Heat's Chris Bosh to attempt to win the event for a third straight year. Friday, Paul Millsap entered the contest as well, as he will team up with Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and WNBA star Elena Delle Donne and attempt to slow down the Wilkins-Bosh-Cash juggernaut. Click here to see the full participants and rules.

Taco Bell Skills Challenge:  Hawks All-Star point guard Jeff Teague will compete in the Skills Challenge for the second time in three years.  This year's format is an 8-man bracket, and Teague will face Orlando's Elfrid Payton in the first round. Dennis Schröder will also make his debut in the competition, drawing Toronto's Kyle Lowry on the opposite side of the bracket.  Click here for a list of participants and rules.

Foot Locker Three-Point Contest:  In what could be the most loaded three-point field ever, Hawks sharpshooter will look to prove that he's as good as his potentially record-breaking 2014-15 season is shaping up to be.  Korver will compete against the likes of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Wesley Matthews and more.  Click here to see a list of participants and rules.

Atlanta head coach Mike Budenholzer and his staff will coach an East All-Star team that includes 4 Hawks - Al Horford, Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague.  Click here to see the rosters.

Atlanta mascot Harry The Hawk has been selected to represent the team at several NBA events throughout the weekend.  Hawks organist Sir Foster will also be on the keyboard during several live events.  Be sure to tune in to TNT all weekend to see both of them as well.

To follow everything Hawks players, coaches and staff members are doing in New York City, be sure to check out Hawks.com or follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  Join the conversation by using the hashtag #ATLStarWeekend.

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The 2014-15 Atlanta Hawks are one of only 8 teams in NBA history to have 4 players selected as All Stars in the same season.

Can you name the 32 players in this group?  Good luck!

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Trivia: NBA Teams With 4 All Stars

ATLANTA -- Kyle Korver, the NBA leader in 3FG% (.528), 3FGM (160) and FT% (.920), has been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, and Korver will join teammates Al Horford, Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague in competing in the 2015 All-Star game on Sunday, Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Korver will replace Miami’s Dwyane Wade, who is unable to play due to injury. This marks the first time in franchise history Atlanta has had four All-Stars, and the eighth time in NBA history.

“We would like to thank Commissioner Silver for selecting Kyle as an All-Star. He is an integral part of our team and we are extremely proud that Kyle will be able to join his teammates Al, Paul and Jeff in being recognized this weekend,” said Head Coach Mike Budenholzer. “This is a positive reflection on all of the work the entire team, coaching staff and organization has put in this season.”

Korver is averaging 12.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 33.2 minutes (52 starts), and is second in the NBA in effective FG% (.707) and fourth in +/- ratio (+461). He has scored in double-figures 37 times, including six 20-point outings. He has made four-or-more three’s in a game 22 times.

The Hawks are currently a Conference-best 43-10 (.811), the best start in franchise history, including a 36-4 mark (.900) over the last 40 contests. Atlanta is currently on a 13-game win streak against Eastern Conference opponents, a franchise record. The Hawks earlier this season won 12 straight against Western opponents, also a franchise mark. From 12/17-1/17, the Hawks won 19 consecutive games, a franchise best, also tying the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.

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Kyle Korver Added to NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Squad

ATLANTA -- NBA three-point percentage leader Kyle Korver will take part in the 2015 Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, while All-Star Jeff Teague will participate in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge and Hawks legend and Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins will defend his crown once again in the Degree Shooting Stars. All events will be part of the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at All-Star 2015 on Feb. 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.

The NBA leader this season in 3FG% (.532), Korver is second in 3FGM (149), while he ranks second in FT% and 15th in FG%. In 49 games (all starts), Korver has averaged 12.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 33.1 minutes, hitting at least four three’s in a game 20 times this season.

He’s also second in the NBA in effective FG% (.707) and fourth in +/- ration (+436). He has scored in double-figures 35 times, including six 20-point outings. He previously participated in the three-point contest in 2004 and 2005.

Named to his first All-Star game on Jan. 29, Teague is averaging 17.0 points, 7.5 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 31.4 minutes (.467 FG%, .862 FT%), and has played in 46 games (45 starts). He ranked tied for sixth in the NBA in apg, 13th in spg, 17th in A/TO ratio (2.80), t21st in FT%, 21st in FTM (187) and 35th in ppg.

He was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played 12/29-1/4. Teague previously participated in the skills challenge in 2013.

The Hawks are leading the Eastern Conference with a 41-9 (.820) record and finished January with a 17-0 mark, becoming the first team in NBA history to go 17-0 in a calendar month. Atlanta recorded a franchise-mark 19 straight wins from 12/27 – 1/31, tied for the fifth-longest streak in NBA history. Atlanta owns a Conference-leading 24-3 home record, and an NBA-best 17-6 road mark. Atlanta is 34-3 (.919) over its last 37 contests. Korver and Teague joined teammates DeMarre Carroll, Al Hoford and Paul Millsap as the Kia NBA Eastern Conference Players of the Month for January.

Wilkins, along with Degree Shooting Stars teammates Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat and Swin Cash of the New York Liberty, are the two-time defending champions of the event.

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