Paying the price for a big win
Zaza Pachulia and the Hawks soared Monday night over the Heat in Miami. Now all they have to do is produce an encore Wednesday night at home.
MIAMI - Mike Bibby got cracked in the nose and poked in the eye.
Josh Smith got the skin on the side of his face scratched off in three places.
Joe Johnson finished the game hobbling and was later spotted with his right foot in a bucket of ice before he was sent off to get examined to determine the extent of the damage.
Everyone saw Zaza Pachulia’s right eye, darkened around the edges by an unidentified flying object (or an errant elbow) that he doesn’t remember connecting.
Even Hawks equipment man extraordinaire Zac Walsh went down during the game (food poisoning) and was reportedly left behind at a local hospital to recover.
Oh, yeah, the Hawks paid the price for their monumental 81-71 Game 4 win at AmericanAirlines Arena a couple hours ago.
They paid dearly.
And they’d gladly do it again and again and again, if it means snatching back home court advantage in their first round playoff series against the Miami Heat every time.
Things got physical Monday night and the Hawks rose to the challenge, leading from start to finish in a wild game that could eventually define their season.
Obviously, there’s plenty of work still to be done.
But none of it would be possible without what on Monday night.
“Well, it’s 2-2 in the series and you say that we have the home court advantage now,” said Pachulia, the Hawks’ Game 4 hero, “but we did have home court advantage after Game 1 and everybody thought we were going to win two games at home. But we lost [Game 2] at home. We still have to win two more games. We have to use our advantage and play the same way we played [to win Game 4].”
If that means sacrificing their bodies again, so be it.
“Well, it wasn’t obvious when it happened,” Pachulia said of his black eye, “and it happened in Game 3. I just felt it burning during the game and then I touched my eye and it was already swollen. But watching the tape I think happened on the rebound when me and James Jones were fighting for it. It happens, though, I look like Rocky Balboa.”
Pachulia set the tone with his rugged play early. And the Heat felt it, particularly Heat center Jermaine O’Neal, who couldn’t push the bigger Pachulia around the way he did Al Horford in Games 2 and 3.
“He was tough down there,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Pachulia. “He was pretty much doing everything in traffic. Bodies were flying. Loose balls, he seemed like he came up with every one of them. He had a major impact on the game. Eighteen rebounds … he played very well.”
Well enough to help the Hawks’ bench crew outscore the Heat’s reserves a whopping 25-2. This after being outscored 37-20 in Game 3.
“They made all the plays,” Jones said. “Zaza was the guy who every time they needed a big play, he made it. Whether it was a rebound, a tip or a layup, he was the momentum breaker tonight and i think he kind of sealed our fate.”
NOT THAT THE HAWKS DIDN’T TRY and give this one away with their inexplicable power failure just before halftime.
Leading by 21 points (44-23) with 4:37 to play before the break, the Hawks watched the Heat go on a 19-2 run to pull to within four points, 46-42 at halftime – and that includes those crazy four-point plays in 11 seconds by Jones to energize the crowd and frighten Hawks fans around the globe.
But the Hawks never surrendered their lead. They kept their composure in a hostile environment, showcasing a mettle and maturity that had been lacking previously.
“We played defense like we did in Game 1,” Smith said. “We just got after them the whole game. We took control of the game from the tip and we had to do that to get the fans out of it early. Fighting through adversity shows the character of this team. That was a big win for us.”
BACK-TO-BACK wins for Wade’s team produced back spasms for the Heat superstar Monday night.
That might explain his 9-for-26 shooting effort, and yes, it was as dismal as it looked on the stat sheet. But how bad was Wade’s back if he could find a way to launch 26 shots?
As bad as his back was, the Hawks’ defense on Wade was that sound.
“We just switched off the pick-and-rolls,” Johnson said. “We even had our [centers] out there guarding him at times.”
Now comes the hard part, doing it again Wednesday night in Game 5.
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Fuffar
April 28th, 2009
9:34 am
EAST ATLANTA FAN… Race does not matter on this topic, I am not black or White, Mike Woodson is not a good X and O coach. Other then the isolation JOE play there is not much else the Hawks run. We do not score any easy points during the course of the game.
smartguy
April 28th, 2009
9:34 am
I would trade Joe Johnson so fast. He’s a decent player with an expiring contract, so that should have some good value this offseason. And oh yea,
FIRE WOODY!
SouthAfrican09
April 28th, 2009
9:37 am
How can Joe be tired? He had like a week off before the playoffs started. ARGH
Astro Joe
April 28th, 2009
9:38 am
Najeh, regarding the late night/early morning comments about scheme. At this point, coaches are not installing new schemes. There may be a wrinkle here or there but essentially, it’s about execution and energy. Game 2, the Hawks came out like they had won the series in the first game. That’s not a result of a bad scheme. And the Heat made 15 3s and the Hawks missed 11 free throws. That combination led to a 15 point Heat win. Poor energy, Heat got crazy hot and Hawks choked at the line. Game 3, Heat had two massive runs. Hawks cut it to a basket in 2nd quarter and gave up something like a 25-2 run. Same thing happened in the 4th quarter. But that whole game, the Hawks looked heartless. Again, I don’t think it was scheme.
Let’s take a less emotional view of this (for Hawks fans). The Heat last night in the 4th quarter. Was Spoelstra’s scheme wrong to run pick and roll with Wade throughout most of the 4th quarter? Well, I’m pretty sure that Spoestra didn’t tell Wade to constantly shoot 20 footers over Zaza’s outstretched hand. I’m guessing that play had several other options other than taking a very, very difficult shot. Maybe our defense blew-up those options or maybe Wade just screwed up. If I were a Heat fan, I wouldn’t blame the coach for running that play repeatedly, I’d blame the player for making bad decisions with the ball in his hand. I think Wade shot his team out of the game. That’s on the player, not the coach. I’m guessing that play is probably their version of iso-Joe, the bread and butter of their offense. It probably has worked more often than not throughout their successful season. It’s not a bad scheme, it was just REALLY poorly executed last night by Wade. Maybe Spoestra should have pulled the plug earlier on that play, maybe he sat there thinking “surely D-Wade is going to take Zaza off the dribble and either get to the rim or find an open teammate”, so he waited and waited and waited. Again, maybe he should have pulled the plug earlier. But I personally blame his MVP candidate for poor decision making.
At some point in this series, there will be a tight game at the end when scheme will matter. Which play do we run? Who’s on the floor? Which defense do we deploy to stop a crucial possession? Should we double? Do we foul immediately? But every game was been a double-digit margin of victory. IMO, this series has mostly been about energy and execution… so far.
kwooden1
April 28th, 2009
9:42 am
Two things I missed:
1) Give Woody credit for putting Mario and Solo in early. I think everyone was surprised when Mario rolled to the basket for a nice lay-up. And this shows that +/- stat is just stupid. Solo is -15 because of the 4 point plays by J Jones? One foul was his but what about the other 11 points!!
2) JJ’s a jumpshooter: Wade, Lebron and Kobe are finishers. Joe keep playing your game and passing out of the doubles.
Keep using the bench Woody!
GO HAWKS!!!
LOL-i-gagger
April 28th, 2009
9:43 am
And Joe has had a week off DURING the playoffs!
nunna yo biznezz
April 28th, 2009
9:45 am
east atlanta fan,
im black,and im more on woody because he is A brother..
HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!
BUT HE DOESN’T!!
he should know how to go to a josh smith,and to stop the long jump shots that he is missing most of the time..
he should know that his players are tired and his bench should have been playing more because of the good talent that he has with them..
thats why sund didn’t make any trades before the deadline..woody has his team,and sund is sending him that message because he did stand pat and didn’t add any more pieces to ths team..
crackbaby
April 28th, 2009
9:47 am
I hope D-Wade and the rest of the Heat keep looking to the refs to bail them out. Looked like a bunch of cry-baby soccer players. This ain’t the World Cup.
Easy for Fat Charles (Barkley) to say JJ “can’t be your best player.” TNT didn’t show one Hawks game all season, so he hasn’t seen the team play.
Give credit to Coach Woodson – he had the team ratchet up the D and take the ball to the rack. If we settle for jump shots, we lose (and that’s what happened at the end of the 1st half)… Smoove, JJ & Flip need to drive the ball and get to the rim or dish it.
Go Hawks!
doc
April 28th, 2009
9:48 am
kwooden they make it a great win by their next step. if they dont win then it was a “nice” win is all i am saying. it gets them one more shot to do what they should bea able to do. if they lose this series it is back to the drawing board with the same stigma to hurdle over next year if they want to go to the top.
it should be all hands on board at this point. you too marvin, if it didnt inspire you to play then we know more about you today than we did all season tomorrow. they are in a war. if they dont have that mentality and we as fans dont see to it that we are there to support that kind of effort then we fall down again and talk about how nice it was to win a game in miami to get that hump off our back only to realize the hill is much bigger. they have the capability to do it.
nice win, make me believe it was a great win by winning two more out of the next three. no moral victories now as a four seed playing a five if you lose. sorry, dont accept it. we can and will look back next week and say it was a nice yearif we dont advance and i will be the first to say it, very entertaining, but truth be told it wont be a great season unless they get to the next series.
only josh has been able to say it thus far. that is why i like what he has to offer over everyone else, he KNOWS what is at stake here and no one else from the basg, to the gm sund, to the coach, to the “star” can say it except josh. they can say it is incomplete but that doesnt mean anything except maybe next year. the time is now. it is the frigging nba playoffs.
tgardner
April 28th, 2009
9:49 am
I watched every minute of the game last nite and I will tell you ZAZA rules!!!!!!!! I have often said he is really the best at going after the ball on defense. Come home hawks and show’em what we can do!!! By the way, where were all the critics of Mike Woodson when the Hawks were so sucky? Mike keep up the good work, but SMILE when the guys do something good!!! That scowl is really getting old.
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
9:50 am
I type in gray because I have an inferiority complex and I love hogging this page with stupid posts that no one reads. I wish I was Sekou, but I am not, and I know people get pissed off when they see I post.
cityofdecatur
April 28th, 2009
9:50 am
instant gratification want it now fire woodson STOP. focus on something else this man has guided (though he drives us crazy) this team to improvement EVERY year. when he has 2 down years call him out as for now (this almost a white man member of the tribe) says WOODSON IS THE COACH go woody GOHAWKS!
nunna yo biznezz
April 28th, 2009
9:50 am
south african09,
joe johnson is in the top 3 nba players rankings in minutes played this season..i think he is 1st..
he was playing playoff minutes all season long..
now it may be a mental drain than a physical one
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
9:55 am
I type in gray because I have an inferiority complex and I love hogging this page with stupid posts that no one reads. I wish I was Sekou, but I am not, and I know people get pissed off when they see I post..
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
9:56 am
My butt is sore.
Mike is back
April 28th, 2009
9:57 am
I meant Mo…my bad…Mo Evans.
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
9:58 am
I am the most arrogant and narcissistic person on here.
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
9:58 am
Randolph Morris REALLY gets me hard.
ATL Fan
April 28th, 2009
9:59 am
Huge win. Bibby has really stepped up like a veteran leader should. Joe has struggled, but it’s only a matter of time before he goes off, especially now that Miami is forced to focus its defensive attention elsewhere (Bibby, Josh, Flip… hell, even ZaZa!).
Josh had a couple of big hustle plays last night, and I was happy to see it… but he is KILLING us with these outside shots. Woody & Co. have tried to hammer it home to him that this is NOT going to help us win.
Again, I love Josh and he’s a big reason why we’re here, but we were fortunate that his haphazard, ill advised long range jumpers taken at horrible times didn’t sink us last night. In a close game those poor decisions will kill us.
I’m predicting a close game 5 with a (assuming he isn’t hurt) classic world-beating performance from JJ, somewhere in the neighborhood of 29/7/7. The dude is a maniac and this human streak won’t last.
Finally, the refs were atrocious. Anyone who thinks (among endless examples) Bibby actually committed a foul on that second magical 4-pt play, or who missed O’Neal doing the fox trot in the lane without dribbling, needs to have his head checked. Let’s hope we get the same home cooking tomorrow night.
GO HAWKS!!!
Hawks73
April 28th, 2009
10:00 am
Finally some fight in our Hawks! Guys like Pachulia are HUGE in a tight playoff series and here are the reasons.
1.) He is willing to do whatever it takes to win
2.) He will provide the “heavy lifting” that is needed down low
3.) He will enforce the paint with hard fouls even if he is a little sloppy sometimes
Again, more reasons why BENCH play is so critical to any teams playoff run. You have to have these guys in crunch time to uplift the team when the other guys are spent or having off nights. The difference win or lose will be the bench. Let’s hope we can pull out two of the next three.
Reality
April 28th, 2009
10:02 am
Damn man Wade was not himself and sucked last night. The whole Heat team did, besides James Jones.
Gotta give the Hawks a lot of credit for bouncing back and playing well. Josh Smith’s blocks were game changers. I had Zaza nightmares last night, that Effin punching bag. Flip finally had a good game, he killed it last night.
So we got a series now….but if Wade is not right, the Heat are not winning….it’s that simple.
I feel like I did after Game 1….down and uncertain, but still hopeful. We’ll see what happens, but the Heat blew a golden opportunity to basically seal the series last night. Atlanta stole back homecourt advantage, and now the Heat have their backs against the wall.
RickNole
April 28th, 2009
10:07 am
That last 4 min of the 1st half was unbelievable. To think that some teams can go several season and not have a 4 point play, but the Heat got 2 within 11 seconds?? I mean come on people what a f’ing joke.
Never the less the better team won last night. The Hawks wont choke again at home. Time to close this thing out.
Big ups to Who Cares….? for blogging today and not being like fake azz fans who only post when their team wins.
O'brien
April 28th, 2009
10:11 am
Great win for the Hawks. And my game ball goes to Zaza. 18 rebounds Plus he had some tapouts as well.
Kudos to Woody for getting Solo and Mario some PT. Coincidence or not, when Mario gets PT, the Hawks usually play better.
I liked when Bibby told Josh to stop complaining and play ball. The guys on TNT said one problem with Josh is he never feels like he committed a foul. And they’re right. Josh complains too much. However, I sure wish JJ would complain to the refs some more.
The consistent theme with the Hawks when they win is they all talk about playing together. Why can’t they/don’t they do it more consistently, I dont know.
Anyways, we must win tomorrow night.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2009
10:12 am
To quote the greatest TV show ever “you and aunt Bee are having fried chicken. I’m having crow.”
I said Heat in 5. I said the series was over. I said no coaching=no wins. I apologize for not believing they could do it.
I hope it can be done 2 more times……………………
Rod from College Park
April 28th, 2009
10:15 am
Doc,
Placing all your hopes and dreams for this team on Marvin injured or not will leave you in deep depression. I’ve been trying to tell you guys this all year. You know why he is injured? No basketball player over 6′6 inches tall can continously fall when he goes to the basket. Both injuries this year (back and wrist) came because he can’t stay on his feet when driving to the lane. I hope he does show up, so you can see how useless he really is. I would take James Jones over him now. Another player added to the list.
Big Ray
April 28th, 2009
10:16 am
I type in gray because I have an inferiority complex and I love hogging this page with stupid posts that nobody reads. I wish I was Sekou, but I am not, and I know people get pissed off when they see I post..
Westurd
April 28th, 2009
10:17 am
Reality, I’ve enjoyed your posts…..I thought you would have run for the hills after game 1, but here we are game 5 tomorrow night all tied up. I think the series is still up for grabs but the biggest advantage we have is we got a full team of players where you my friend only have one man (whos has done a lot of crying this series).
As a HAWKS fan I loved seeing some roll players (ZaZa & West) come in early to add some energy and muscle. I hope Woody realizes the impact they had on the game early on. As long as ZaZa keeps using his face as a punching bag, and J Smoove keeps throwing O’neals shots into the third row we will pull it out.
Its also easy to get down on Joe right now but as a HAWKS fan we did pull out the W and will all the attention on Joe our other guys destroyed it last night.
You have to love the intensity J Smoove brings to the post season. He is showing leadership and heart which we despertely need.
Get it done HAWKS!!! See you in the Highlight Factory Wednesday
Astro Joe
April 28th, 2009
10:18 am
Najeh, regarding the late night/early morning comments about scheme. At this point, coaches are not installing new schemes. There may be a wrinkle here or there but essentially, it’s about execution and energy. Game 2, the Hawks came out like they had won the series in the first game. That’s not a result of a bad scheme. And the Heat made 15 3s and the Hawks missed 11 free throws. That combination lead to a 15 point Heat win. Poor energy, Heat got crazy hot and Hawks choked at the line. Game 3, Heat had two massive runs. Hawks cut it to a basket in 2nd quarter and gave up something like a 25-2 run. Same thing happened in the 4th quarter. But that whole game, the Hawks looked heartless. Again, I don’t think it was scheme.
Let’s take a less emotional view of this (for Hawks fans). The Heat last night in the 4th quarter. Was Spoelstra’s scheme wrong to run pick and roll with Wade throughout most of the 4th quarter? Well, I’m pretty sure that Spoestra didn’t tell Wade to constantly shoot 20 footers over Zaza’s outstretched hand. I’m guessing that play had several other options other than taking a very, very difficult shot. Maybe our defense blew-up those options or maybe Wade just screwed up. If I were a Heat fan, I wouldn’t blame the coach for running that play repeatedly, I’d blame the player for making bad decisions with the ball in his hand. I think Wade shot his team out of the game. That’s on the player, not the coach. I’m guessing that play is probably their version of iso-Joe, the bread and butter of their offense. It probably has worked more often than not throughout their successful season. It’s not a bad scheme, it was just REALLY poorly executed last night by Wade. Maybe Spoestra should have pulled the plug earlier on that play, maybe he sat there thinking “surely D-Wade is going to take Zaza off the dribble and either get to the rim or find an open teammate”, so he waited and waited and waited. Again, maybe he should have pulled the plug earlier. But I personally blame his MVP candidate for poor decision making.
At some point in this series, there will be a tight game at the end when scheme will matter. Which play do we run? Who’s on the floor? Which defense do we deploy to stop a crucial possession? Should we double? Do we foul immediately? But every game was been a double-digit margin of victory. IMO, this series has mostly been about energy and execution… so far.
WHO DIED....?
April 28th, 2009
10:18 am
I TOLD YOU ALL HEAT WIN WOULD IN SIX GAME AND WE GOING TO IS ARE WIN THE SERIES DWYANE WADE NOT DID NOT GET STAR SUPE RT REATMENT AND THAT WHY IS LOST WE
brent a.
April 28th, 2009
10:19 am
Basically, the Hawks played pretty to very well for 44 minutes of this game.
Thankfully, the other 4 minutes didn’t do them in.
Go Hawks! Go Lakers!
EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FAN
April 28th, 2009
10:21 am
ITS FUNNY HOW A BLACK HEAD COACH IN THE SOUTH GO FROM 8TH SEED IN 2008,TO 2009 4TH SEED AND ALL THE WHITE FAIR WEATHER FANS WANT HIM FIRED.
IF THIS WAS A WHITE HEAD COACH YOU WHITES WOULD NOT BE SCREAMING FOR THE WHITE COACH TO GET FIRED POINT BLANK.
ITS RIGHT IN YOUR FACE THE BLATANT RACIST WHO WANT TO FIRE A MAN FOR DOING A GOOD JOB,ONLY IN THE SOUTH YOU CAN HERE CRIES FOR A BLACK HEAD COACH TO BE FIRED FOR IMPROVING HIS TEAM 4 SEEDS THE NEXT SEASON,8TH SEED TO 4TH SEED IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THESE RACIST MCCAIN-PALIN SORE LOSERS HATERS.
WHO DIED....?
April 28th, 2009
10:25 am
YOURE RIGHT EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FANS. TORONTO FIRED SAM MITCHELL AND DALLAS FIRED AVERY JOHNSON (BOTH OF WHOM TOOK THEIR TEAMS FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS, ONE TO THE FINALS) BECAUSE THEY WERE RACIST!
EVERYBODY IS RACIST!
WE ALL HATE BLACKS.
HECK, WE CLEVELAND SHOULD TRADE LEBRON FOR CHRIS QUINN BECAUSE THEY’RE RACIST. LET’S GET RID OF JOE AND JOSH SMITH
Westurd
April 28th, 2009
10:28 am
East Atlanta Hawks Fan………..your an idiot!
No matter what color skin a coach may have there will always be talk about firing them. Yes we have gotten better over the seasons but Woodys record as the HAWKS coach is still 153-257. Thats a 100 game swing. Imporvement is one thing….motivating players, running plays and schemes, getting the most out of a young team, X’s and O’s are even more important. Woody has quited a lot of naysayers this year but with such a athletic young group could we not be getting more out of them with a better “teacher” in place?
MannyT
April 28th, 2009
10:29 am
kwooden1,
No stat is perfect, but +/- does tell a reasonable story. The only time that the Heat put together a serious run was late in the 2nd quarter when they almost caught up. Mario & Solo were on the court for most of that run. It was the only time that Solo got in the game so he didn’t have the benefit of the Hawks runs to improve his +/-. Mario got a little time earlier when the Hawks played well so his number is a little better.
Look at the other side of the deal. Who showed up the most in this game–Zaza & Josh. Their +/- numbers were the best at +20. It doesn’t say what they did or how they did it. It only says they were on the floor for the good times.
BWAF
DC hawks fan
April 28th, 2009
10:31 am
East Atlanta Hawks Fan is the reason so many people get tired with the city of Atlanta…stop blaming everything on race. While I miss Atlanta, I won’t miss people like you. It is 2009…time to get over the whole race issue.
WHO DIED....?
April 28th, 2009
10:35 am
YOURE RIGHT EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FANS. TORONTO FIRED SAM MITCHELL AND DALLAS FIRED AVERY JOHNSON (BOTH OF WHOM TOOK THEIR TEAMS FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS, ONE TO THE FINALS) BECAUSE THEY WERE RACIST!
EVERYBODY IS RACIST!
WE ALL HATE BLACKS.
HECK, WE CLEVELAND SHOULD TRADE LEBRON FOR CHRIS QUINN BECAUSE THEY’RE RACIST. LET’S GET RID OF JOE AND JOSH SMITH..
STRETCH
April 28th, 2009
10:37 am
Man did the zebras work the Hawks over or what?!
David Smith
April 28th, 2009
10:40 am
Our players should have more secret meetings from now on if it leads to results as this. I was happy to see the intensity return to this team after that debacle in game 3 and,hope we can continue to build momentum and win the next two games. Zaza was huge in this win though he will probably never be an offensive force, his hustle on defense is something i want to see more out of his mates.
HawkFan from WayBack
April 28th, 2009
10:42 am
Overall I was not impressed with either team. Something was wrong with Dwade the whole game, and he did not play to his normal level. If he did, the hawks would have lost. ZaZa was awesome, Bibby, Flip, Evans and Josh, played well but that was it. I’m not sold on the coach but had a great game. In the first qtr and 2nd qtr he kept it at a great pace (exception: last 3 minutes of 2nd qtr, which Bibby made a couple of bonehead plays, but he’s usually gold) I thought Woodson did a good job with substition as well, playing the players who were hot, and keeping others out of foul trouble. He should have pulled Joe Johnson out for being lazy when the stole the ball from him in 1st and 2nd qtr. With that said a win is a win, so go Hawks!
STRETCH
April 28th, 2009
10:43 am
Man i wish the “brothers” that are so full of hatred stop for a minute and get with the rest of us “brothers” i realize that it’s not about PEOPLE’S RACE, but its about the PLAYOFF RACE!
Stop the stupidity please!
tiger woo
April 28th, 2009
10:48 am
WHO DIED….?
April 28th, 2009
10:18 am
I TOLD YOU ALL HEAT WIN WOULD IN SIX GAME AND WE GOING TO IS ARE WIN THE SERIES DWYANE WADE NOT DID NOT GET STAR SUPE RT REATMENT AND THAT WHY IS LOST WE
…………………………………………………………..
OK – Didn’t somebody say last night that Heat fans don’t make excuses?
EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FAN
April 28th, 2009
10:49 am
Don’t mind me – I am an idiot!
Dan
April 28th, 2009
10:57 am
I’m placing a bet right now that EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FAN is a white guy.
Reality & WHO DIED…?, props for showing up. I have to say, though, I noticed that Power Crowd bailing with about 3-minutes to go. Didn’t get in the Hawks head last night…
Can’t wait for tomorrow’s game. I love the NCAA tourney, but NBA playoff basketball is f’ing great!
Atl Resident
April 28th, 2009
10:57 am
Damn, how we get to all these racist comments, anyway back to this series, bottom line…if Pachulia can rebound and score like he did in this game four we can get ready for a shot at Lebron James & Co., team needs he him to defend as well as rest of team, they probably better off without Marvin Williams now and next season he’s not helping at all, and Woodson just needs to make sure all this gets done….I wouldn’t mind seeing Hawks vs. Cavs the thought might not be a bad idea….this team would do better than Detroit
doc
April 28th, 2009
10:57 am
did someone let one of the falcon fans loose on this blog. sorry dude dont hate and wont or cant take the bait. your own brothers have pointed out how ludicrous you are and are seen as the same ilk as those that wear white hoods. sorry, just what it is, you and they are the low life that hold us all back, the human race. i have never had any respect for either of your type. yes, you can spout until you go away. i can scroll. that is what freedom is on a blog. i suggest it to many here as rational thought never crossed his mind ever.
doc
April 28th, 2009
10:59 am
rod just read your comments, lol.
Reality
April 28th, 2009
11:02 am
Thanks Westurd, I’ve enjoyed my time here on the blog through the ups and downs. It’s turning out to be an odd, unpredictable series.
From a Heat fan prespective last night was baffling. Like did the entire Heat team get wasted and go out till 6 in the morning on Sunday night? I don’t get it.
And Wade…something was clearly wrong with him…he had complete dead legs….and dead brain. Just weird. And extremely frustrating. My friend was even joking that Wade was trying to throw the game. At times it really seemed like it.
It was a very strange game because Atlanta did not play very well either. It didn’t seem like the gameplan was that different, just more tenacity and focus. Their bench was HUGE, but the starters did nothing special- just what they had to do, although Josh Smith’s blocks on JO were game changing.
Hawks vs. Heat 2009 – a.k.a the Bi-polar series.
AND FOR THE ONES WHO ARE BRINGING UP RACE RIGHT NOW, YOU YOURSELFS ARE THE REAL “RACISTS” AND YOU KNOW IT. STOP MAKING EXCUSES, STOP BEING PARANOID, START BEING RATIONAL.
26belly
April 28th, 2009
11:04 am
STRETCH,
Nuff said! You stated the truth as fact!
EAST ATLANTA HAWKS FAN probably has a ugly, fat-obese girlfriend that compensates for the blond, blue-eyed girl that dissed him back in high school!
Reality
April 28th, 2009
11:06 am
Dan, the Heat gave the crowd nothing last night. And if you noticed, when James Jones went on his 4-point play barrage the crowd went ABSOLUTELY NUTS. It got really crazy, and if only the Heat could of rode that better.
But unfortunately, the crowd was stunned by Dwyane Wade’s uncharacteristic horrible performance, as well as the rest of team’s lackluster play.
SlimG
April 28th, 2009
11:11 am
I’m a white guy, and think Woodson is the best coach we have had since Fratello. He’s improved this team every year and taken us from nobody to a real threat. Without Marvin, our hands are really tied on the offensive end. Our defense won this game last night. That’s all Woodson. We didn’t play D before he arrived. Stop all this racial bias guys it’s stupid.