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Hawks hosting Dress Like Craig Sager Night for Game 1 vs. Cavs

Jayne Kamin-Oncea / US PRESSWIRE

Longtime "NBA on TNT" sideline reporter Craig Sager, who has been battling leukemia for over a year, was able to take breaks in his latest round of chemotherapy at Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center to attend Games 5 and 7 of the Rockets' second-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers.

It's unlikely Sager will be able to attend Game 1 of the Atlanta Hawks' first-ever Eastern Conference Final - against the Cleveland Cavaliers - on Wednesday, but the Atlanta faithful will have a chance to pay homage to Sager, who resides in nearby Braselton, Ga.

Admittedly, it's going to be tough for fans to scrounge up garb that even approaches the retina-stinging sartorial ludicrousness Sager has become famous for.

But it's a lovely sentiment regardless, and if attendees make even a modest attempt to follow suit (pun intended), it should make for a seriously colorful scene inside Phillips Arena.

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