Twenty-four years ago, the Hawks became the first NBA team to play in the Soviet Union when they topped the Soviet Georgia All-Stars 85-84 in an exhibition game. The event helped to promote the game in Eastern Europe and disproved the long-standing theory that in Soviet Russia, basketball plays you.
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