If you watched the Atlanta Hawks game on Friday, you noticed the team was wearing blue and green throwback uniforms.
The team even changed its Twitter profile to match the color scheme.
It was a fun way to remember when the team wore those colors in the early 1970s. There was only one problem — the timing was a bit off.
The Seattle Seahawks use a very similar blue and green color scheme. And, it just so happens the Seahawks play the Atlanta Falcons in the playoffs. On Saturday. In Atlanta.
The Hawks have had the event planned for months. The matchup between the Seahawks and Falcons was only set a week ago. That didn’t keep fans from noticing the similarities.
I find it odd the @ATLHawks switch colors to green and blue and share the same name as the @Seahawks the same weekend they're in ATL.
— Walter John (@JHENNEBAUL) January 13, 2017
@ATLHawks that's some bad timing to play on those throwback colors tonight fam #TrueToAtlanta
— Stefan (@Steffnov) January 13, 2017
@ATLHawks seahawks colors? #NotVeryTrueToAtlanta
— Kenny Fadeley (@Kfade22) January 13, 2017
No, the Hawks aren’t rooting for the Seahawks. No, the Hawks didn’t lose a bet with the Sonics. The colors will be back to red in no time, well before kickoff between the Falcons and Seahawks on Saturday.
@shaunemmons We agree. But we had this planned long before the bracket played itself out. Go Falcons!
— HaWWWWWWWks (@ATLHawks) January 13, 2017