Atlanta Hawks at Bucks Game 4: Mind Game

used to be play at home back to back nights with off day to travel only. That was much better

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The Chicago / Boston series is good, feels like playoffs. Also Utah and Denver is played well.

Go Hawks

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Am I the only Haws fan left after Saturday’s game?

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man i thought them hawks looked like limp noodles saturday…smoove be all mopey, going slower than a caterpillar in a cabbage patch, you know what im sayin?

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Somebody needs to explain to Josh what the difference is between was and were.

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Lol these player and coaches comments are a joke.

Smoove says that we should play to not fall down by 20 — what ever happened to BEING UP EARLY and CONTROLLING games?

Woodson said if we don’t win tonight we should just try win 4 games. THERE IS NO URGENCY WITH THIS DAMN TEAM. NO ONE IS TAKING MILWAUKEE SERIOUSLY AND THEY ARE SHOWING IT IN THESE COMMENTS. GUYS ACT LIKE WE CAN JUST FART AROUND ON THE ROAD AND JUST WIN AT HOME

HOW CAN THE OWNERSH!@ NOT NOTICE THIS GARBAGE? OH WAIT, THEY ARE BROKE, HATE EACH OTHER, AND DON’T CARE EITHER EXCEPT FOR MICHAEL MORONSON JR.

GOD DAMNIT

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Great article MC, but I’m tired of the talk now. Show up on the road & win in a hostile road environment. Show us Hawks fans that you’re mentally tougher than what we’ve seen out of you the last 3 yrs. I’m so sick of seein these lackluster efforts on the road.

-REEady to Roe!!!

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I fully expect Zaza to have a little MMA audition tonite on the court. Kevin Garnett flashback.
On Sat, nobody looked tough or prepared for playoff battle-ready, basketball. We set a tone with high-flying and speed in Games 1 and 2, but not hard-nosed, grinding, no layup PLAYOFF basketball.
Tonight is the night to see if we understand that concept or are going the “run-n-gun offense /can’t pound it out” route. Warren Moon and Houston Oilers, send help. We see where that got them :rolleyes:

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MC,

In my opinion, this game should be huge from the players point of view. Because if they win, they should feel better about their chances when it comes time to win a road game against Orlando (since we dont have home-court to fall back on in round 2).

But if they lose, then in the back of their minds, whenever they play in Orlando, they will tighten up and not respond well to adversity.

And I disagree with Woody. It doesn’t take a great team to figure out how to win on the road. Nobody is expecting the Hawks to win a game 7 on the road. We just expect them to give themselves a chance to win in the fourth against a team who is without 2 of their best players (Bogut and Redd).

However, these Hawks have been resilient all year, and whenever they seem out for the count, they always bounce back. So win or lose, I expect a much better effort from the Hawks tonight.

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MC-
When teams lose by 20 it not a player thing… it’s a coach thing. I know all the arguments about players have to make shots but when you come into a game and play with no focus and no game plan… it’s coaching. You ignore what works and let your team play however they want it’s coaching. If players, that are in, don’t follow the game plan (if you had one) take them out. You come out of timeouts and the team still does not execute. That’s coaching. The pick & roll with bibby and/or crawford with horford had been working the entire series. they should run that play in the ground but the don’t. If your players are not accepting your coaching its time to change the coach. Same excuses, same reasons, same results.

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From Merrian-Webster Dictionary the definition of a Coach:

Coach- One who instructs players in the fundamentals of a competitive sport and directs team strategy

Does that describe Woody?

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I hope we win tonight…and clinch in 5 as you predicted before the series MB. We could really use the rest before the next round…Spinning our wheels in the first would signal a short 2nd round exit in my opinion.

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MC rather than MB, My mistake.

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“The great teams, they figure it out eventually and we are not there yet,” Woody said. “We are still learning.”

this speaks volumes.. how much time do you think is needed Woodson? lobbying for a little extended(sion) time? no excuses sir. your players seem to feel the time is now, as if they know what it takes, are you guys not on the same page? what are your expectations…

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Man, I don’t think I’ve ever been moved to comment on grammar by a player but that is tough to read.

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Marvin is completely, utterly lost and useless. MC, I know you weren’t covering the team this past offseason, but who in the hell were we bidding against when we gave him an absurd 5 year contract.

Why didn’t we just wait for somebody else to offer him and then match if it was worth it like we did with Josh Smith? I just don’t understand why we have give 7.5 mil per for 5 more years when he hadn’t proven anything and in fact seemed to be regressing each year. That was just an awful move by Sund. As I have said before, imagine where this team would be had we taken a smarter/cheaper route like Delfino or Barnes to start at the 3 for us. Both would have provided more veteran leadership and toughness then we can even hope for from Marvin Williams. I cannot believe we will we be stuck watching him for 4 more seasons after this one.

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LC YOU ARE WRONG. SUND IS A GENIOUS GM. HE RESIGNED ALL OUR CORE PLAYERS! MARVIN IS THE #2 OVERALL PICK. HE HAS ATHLETICISM AND GREAT POTENTIAL

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Relax. Hawks in 5. This team has a built in destruction factor…It can’t be changed…They’ll still win.

One comment on iso Joe…..First of all, I’m a fan of Joe, big fan. Secondly, the way he sets himself up to launch a shot or get free or dribbles through his legs or feints….this type of maneuvering really doesn’t set him up to make razor sharp passes to cutting teammates…ie., the best time to throw the ball might be when it’s between his legs. It’s not like he’s standing still with the ball over his head looking to dish it off….just not the way he plays…..dont’ know what to do about this.

Go Hawks!

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the hawks need to be like the cavaliers were yesterday cause the cavaliers were up 2-1 before coming into game 4. they knew they needed the win and didn’t need to tie the series so instead they came out and put the bulls away i say the hawks need to do that and realize that they can close this series out wednesday night if they win tonight so that needs to be their motivation and if you’re down by 5 pts play because the game ain’t over until all 48 minutes are played!!

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Why do I feel the heat for saying relax? It’s because psychically I know you’ve all been through what I’ve been through for years…..great potential and unexpected steep dropoffs and people can’t comprehend it…..well don’t vibe me…I comprehend it, and right now it’s okay, Hawks should take tonight’s game by playing defense
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“It’s got to feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football with Lucy holding. This would be the time you finally kick the dang thing only to have her pull it away again and ending up on your back feeling like a simp. Heck, I wasn’t sure where I was going with that but it’s actually not a bad analogy for Game 3, huh?”

Game 3 was more like if Lucy pulled the ball away, watched you fall on your azz, pulled out her gat and shot you in the balls.

I’m not predicting a winner for tonight, but whoever wins will win by less than 10 points. I think the Hawks have enough dignity to keep this game close. At least, I hope so.

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Sund is a genius. Thank God he didn’t extend Woody’s contract. I say this is the night….lose and there’s no contract…win and we can talk about it. Keep the carrot in eyesight, but out of reach. This is a must win situation regardless.

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Just keep your eyes tonight on #5 folks. Keep your eyes on #5.

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Truth Serum,

” I would also mention about the Hawks shyness away from committing “Hard-Fouls” that is so customary during a playoff series”;

Something we both agree on…

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LET GO HAWKS LET GO HAWKS.

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Last night, the Spurs big 3 all struggled, but they found a way to win.

I would like to see Crawford get it going. And I would like to see Al play well. I think if those 2 play well, then we wont have to rely on Josh so much…

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Mike Woodson = World’s Worst Coach. The Hawks will win NOTHING with this guy as “coach”.

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just make your move quick Al and you’ll be fine…

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I have no faith in Crawford right now. As much as people have been bagging on Marvin, he can at least say that he’s shooting and playing better than Crawford.

Woody talks about trying to get him going tonight. That’s all well and good. We need him to get going. On the flip side, don’t alow that dude to jack up those wild shots he likes to take.

All of that Hot Sauce dribbling crap ain’t worth a damn in the playoffs. Nobody is going to “oooo” and “aaaaah” for his azz on the road. He just needs to play solid basketball, without all the theatrics. Make his open shots and take people off the dribble when he knows he has the advantage.

But if he’s cold again, Woody CANNOT extend his minutes.

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NorthCyde

Why diss J-Cross now? Man, we need that dude to do his thing, if his “behind the back” cross over puts his shot in rythm ALL season? Don’t stop now! That’s his game – That’s how he rolls – That’s what he do!

He’s not the reason we have lost that one game – man, that’s on everbody! Especially the front – line & post play & defense dude.

Come on, everybody – Let’s get on board & Let’s Go!

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lets get it..

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Yea look at that bad D.

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Northcyde didnt have any faith in Crawford to begin with hes knocked him from the start and lurked in the background all season throwing his jabs . Now he compares Crawford who has played 3 games in the past two weeks to Marvins ineptitude.

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No matter how far we go this year, Coach W wont be back- he’s done a great job, but it’s just time for a change. I believe that story being reported on Yahoo! Sports about he and Larry Brown.

I still believe we can make it to the finals however….

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The rotations on the outside shooters is pretty much the only thing you can complain about right now.

Well, that and the jumper Josh just took.

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Bibby may not be quick or good at defense any more, but that man has BALLS. The kind of balls you need, for example, to shut the opposing fans up when you diss their city knowing they are going to boo the hell out of you.

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Like Sekou just tweeted, the Bucks are keeping the Hawks out of the paint to start this game — difference is, the Hawks are actually moving the ball today and getting rhythm jumpers instead of creating shots one on one. Rhythm shots >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out of rhythm shots.

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Marv is horrible

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Geez, Marvin.

I’d rather see hot sauce dribbling than that flailing…

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Whose hairbrained idea is it to throw a lob like that to Bibby? Stupid pass play!

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Hawks are playing like Game 2: Measured & Methodical! Hawks WIN by 10.
Skiles making adjustments early – trying to cool off our shooters – namely BIBBY.

But, I like our pace, energy and we don’t look tense. Bibby is smiling & we’re SWANGING that rock from side to side tonight.

Now, let’s make a RUN & put some distance on these fools! Bucks look tentative!

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That last switch was unnecessary they dont have the inside players to need to switch why not just flat out double Ridnour and force him to have to pass to Ersan Ilyasova 17 ft from the basket ?

Crawford was in a position to actually recover but instead had to go to the big due to the switch sometimes its just not necessary

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MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

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Delfino?

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Josh being punked. This team sucks

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This is one way to exploit the switch defense: make their bigs guard your guards…

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Hawks defense is slacking, and the offense ain’t good enough to keep up. You can’t give teams rhythm jumpers when they have the crowd behind them.

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Y’all forget so quickly how Josh stuffed him in the last game? Delfino looks good because when we’re not switching, Marvin is pretending to guard him.

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Good play by Jamal. The easiest, most surefire way to take the crowd out of it is by getting to the free throw line. Not just once, either.

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Big Ray it doesn’t matter wat happened in the Last Game. This is now. Josh has talked major sh.it and hasnt backed it up. Stop defending him so damn much.

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Perhaps ZSA ZSA could have given Josh a TOUR of Milwaukee since he played there.

We have GOT to put a body on Delfino! He screamed at his hand, “You HOT Man! – You HOT!” (LOL!)

But, Delfino will NOT put this team on his back! He can score 50 & his team will lose if we shut down Salmons & Jenny.

This game will be won in the 4th!

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Jamal put himself in that position by gambling, but it was a crappy foul

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Bibby is doing what Jennings did in Game 3. Way to knock down your shot man.

As for my Crawford comments . . you dang right he gets dissed now. He’s our 2nd leading scorer and we need him to show up. JR Smith in Denver is missing in action for the Nuggets too. All I know is if JJ were playing like he is so far, the JJ hate would be on level 10 on this blog.

drmaryb . .. I’m not a fan of the “tricky dribble” if he’s doing it just to be doing it. His play sometimes reminds me of how Jason Williams used to play in Sacramento . . when his nickname was “White Chocolate”.

J Will was exciting to watch, but they needed a more steady floor leader. That’s why they traded for Bibby. And Hubie Brown took all of that flash out of J-Will’s game while in Memphis, and made him a much better PG.

So that’s what I need from Crawford in the playoffs.

More substance . . . less flash.

By the way, I played those 5 numbers you listed today in Tennessee’s Pick 5. I’ll see how Ms. Cleo-ish you really are, if those numbers drop or not.

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Crawford looks real good so far.

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You could tell that one was droppin when it left his hands

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Damn, this is one of those days I wish the fascists at Comcast didn’t take away my free picture-in-picture. Magic-Bobcats looks like a good one too.

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Nice shot Josh, shut the crowd up.

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I think Josh was just as suprised as me that went in!! LOL.

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lmfao…..flying duck

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wow.. this guy has a looooong way to go..

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OMG. Okay, I don’t want to hear ONE more complaint about Josh running the ball up the court after watching what Marvin just did.

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You hear how quiet the crowd is now compared to the first quarter? All it takes is for the Hawks to focus long enough to put one run together for them to take the crowd out of it. Let’s see if they have the ability to do that.

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why is it that we still are not going inside??

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Nice to see Zaza shoot it with confidence.

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Hawk n the Ham ,

Yeah, and that potential turned into ill-used kinetic energy…LOL

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same ref..

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Big Ray

I hope you could hear my sarcasm in that text.

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Hawks looked like nerves were bothering them that entire sequence. Mo was more jumpy than usual falling for that head fake and picking up that foul, and Josh and Zaza seemed too eager to make a play instead of letting the game come to them, trying to go up among those trees without getting in a good position to score.

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Nique could get em up thats for sure..

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Zaza, the whole reason you are in the game is to get those rebounds. BOX THE F-CK OUT.

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Za Za you gotta hit dem defensive boards a lil harder than that..

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Another good play by Crawford, the Hawks’ best player at getting to the free throw line. The more the Hawks spend time at the line in this game, the more they take the crowd out of it, and the better their chances of winning.

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Nique called out the switch

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Thats why woody needs to go. Terrible defensive strategy

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BIG shot by Mo. Hawks needed that badly.

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More terrible defense R U F UCKIN SERIOUS

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Jennings burns Zaza, Bibby, Crawford… of course there’s a #0 jersey on the bench somewhere with no scorch marks…

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Pathetic perimeter defense. Jennings is quick, but that is absolutely pathetic. This is where our defensive issues start, and you can blame the switch defense, or you can blame the players on the perimeter (guards!). Either way…..

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lmao Josh with the handles

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Man if losing this series is the only way to make sure Woody is not here next year I’m all for it.

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Josh self destructin

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what happened to the traps Woodson was running to Jennings and Salmons at Phillips?

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Watch the dang replay, it’s NOT a charge!

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bigdave ,

Good question.

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“That was NOT a charge, Ilyasova did not have position, and Josh never extended his arm. ”

Home team is going to get those calls every time with the crowd behind them. Josh has to know better. He was clearly forcing the issue when he had nothing.

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Joe “Where’s Waldo” Johnson

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He’s playing smart basketball Najeh. That’s all I want out of Crawford.

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Where are all those overly optimistic Hawks fans now. The ones who always tell me “theres nothin too worry about, we’ll crush the bucks”

Ya’ll don’t know sh.it

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The Bucks have more confidence than the Hawks, and more “bounce” in their step

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Did you see that last defensive possession of ours?

Bibby didn’t even try to rotate and help JJ out.

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Joe could be waking up. Whether you like ISO Joe or not, Horford is out of the game, and nothing else is working…

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We need to Joe and Jamal to go back to up and chuck ways of the regular season . We look like a totally different team from the regular season.

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Joe making plays…now if we can just match it on defense and stop letting Ilyasova get layups like he’s in pre-game shootaround.

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Unlike what some people on this blog think, Salmons is not as good as Joe Johnson. But here’s what he does better than Joe — every time he drives inside, he tries to draw contact, and he’s able to score despite drawing the contact. Joe is strong enough to score after contact, but too often he just tries to put up floaters that don’t get him foul calls.

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Time for Jason Collins to hit one of those patent ‘flat-footed-3′.

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put mario west on the floor for a little while, atleast he can match the bucks “intensity” maybe it will rub off on the guys on the court with him. The Hawks seem so lifeless.

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Delfino the superstar LOL

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No hand in face + rhythm jumper = 3 points for Milwaukee. Is it that f-cking hard to just put your hand in the air?

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Another good pass by Joe.

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Big 3 by Mo! Perimeter players have been solid in this game, at least on offense.

Big Ray, I’d rather have an aggressive Josh and Al on the floor in the 4th than a passive Josh and Al on the floor now. I don’t blame Woody for keeping them on the bench.

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SUPER MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As if the Hawks weren’t fouling enough, here comes Mario West.

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Joe playing PG right now..

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Joe’s had the hot hand, but he was dribbling too much that time.

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Again switchin d

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lmao@mario

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I’m sure Teague would have not only turned that over, but also fouled Jennings for an 8-point play or something.

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Another Bucks run, fueled by Joe’s gaffe…

How the devil does Crawford draw more fouls in these situations than Joe does? Maybe it’s the refs…

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Joe WILL close this game! We don’t NEED him now! Joe is playing “Ropey-Dope” like ALI in his PRIME wearing down George Foreman!

LeBron, usually let his teammates get OFF – before he takes over too! Its not ISO-JOE time yet.

OMG! Down by 6 & J-Cross almost had a 4 point play! Dang!

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I can’t believe we are only down 4 on the road in the playoffs, where Horford and Smoove weren’t playing in the majority of the 2nd quarter.

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well I guess the end of the half turned out alright considering woody sat 3 of our starters for the better part of the 2nd quarter with 2 fouls

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“How the devil does Crawford draw more fouls in these situations than Joe does? ”

I think he pulls the Reggie Miller trick of flailing his arms and legs when he shoots so that some errant hand may accidentally hit him. Joe doesn’t really do much of that.

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PJ Carlesimo> Woodson

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Poor Zaza.

He was left out on the floor the entire 2nd quarter with nothing but guards to play with. I wonder why there was no defense? Hmmmmmmmm.

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Sick to death of Delfino dancing and shouting out there. He’s 6 of 8. Mo can’t seem to stick with him and Marvin is anything but a defensive stopper for us (or much of anything else, really).

Ugh…tired of our defensive gaffes..

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Maybe Coach W will try a zone instead of switching D, which is killing us.

I still say the Hawks have got to become more tuff in the paint. If someone drives toward the basket a body or hard foul needs to be the norm……

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anyone thinking Woody is going to change his defense is kidding themselves

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To be completely real, I don’t think we are going to get many quality minutes out of Smoove in the 2nd half. He was way too eager to make big plays in the first half, too amped up, and ended up picking up 2 early fouls as a result, and I don’t think the Hawks can count on that changing in the 2nd half. Having Horford out there will be key because he has the quickness to stay with opposing guards momentarily when he’s switched on them, and he can knock down mid range jumpers with more regularity than Zaza. But more than anything, I think the Hawks need a big half out of Joe to win this game. They need him to play like the clear-cut best player on the floor. He’s been good so far, but he is capable of playing even better.

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Barkley said Hawks were 1-9 in its last road playoff games, with an avg loss of 18 points. That’s unbelievable!

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“And why no Joe Smith when Smoove & Horfy were on the bench?

Woody had Bibby + 3 SGs & Zaza out there.”

Bucks don’t play more than one true big man at a time. If Joe Smith is out there he’s going to be on the perimeter guarding Delfino, and then the Hawks will be getting burned even worse than they are now.

The switching D kills the Hawks whenever Zaza is in because he’s not even close to quick enough to keep players like Salmons and Jennings in front of him. With Smoove on the bench it’s even worse because there’s no second line of defense when those players eventually get to the hoop. When Horford returns to the game, matching him up on those perimeter guys isn’t an ideal matchup either, but Horford has the quickness to at least keep them at bay momentarily and force them to take jump shots.

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last night on ESPN they said that margin was 20+ in those road playoff loses.

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MATCHUP ZONE dependent upon whose on the floor at the time and in situations with those bigs we simply need to get our hands up and double the ballhandler .

they are expecting the switch hand are operating off the switch forcing them to give it up and to try and force guys like

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Kurt Thomas
Ersan Ilyasova
Dan Gadzuric

to be scorers. It really is that simple .

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The switching D kills the Hawks whenever Zaza is in because he’s not even close to quick enough to keep players like Salmons and Jennings in front of him. With Smoove on the bench it’s even worse because there’s no second line of defense when those players eventually get to the hoop. When Horford returns to the game, matching him up on those perimeter guys isn’t an ideal matchup either, but Horford has the quickness to at least keep them at bay momentarily and force them to take jump shots.

True. The only problem is that we can’t count on “others” to cover the guys who are cutting to the basket. This is why Milwaukee scores like they weren’t the league’s second worst shooting team. Because we continue to play 3 or 4 on 5 most defensive possessions.

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lmao easy lay up again

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For the love of god, get Marvin off the court.

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Another overeager play by Josh Smith burns the Hawks defensively.

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Beautiful move by Joe. I’m hoping to see him heat up.

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Bibby finally rotates….

And Marvin fails to cover Bibby.

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Marvin took his own sweet time getting his hand up into Delfino’s face. Again.

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Thank you Bibby. Big shot.

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Kurt Thomas looks like someone’s dad get him out of there.

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Marvin got out-hustled for that rebound.

I’d take Mario West over him on the floor at this point.

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Delfino is the ONLY buck to make a three tonight

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Good hard foul by Joe. Hawks need more of that. They need to win the toughness battle.

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We are not looking good tonight.

We’re working hard for every bucket we’re getting.

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I woulda punched him in the nutz

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Again, don’t blame Horford.

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Those are the kind of fouls I like to see from the Hawks, preventing a 3 on 1.

That being said, 3 Bucks were off and running. Where was the Hawks?

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SMH

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Josh just stopped running Pitiful

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HAWKS HAVE NO HEART

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there you go Joe-i bet he will think twice if he tries to go to the basket the next time….

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somebody need to lay jennings on his ass

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Iso-Hawks

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What kinda shots are these. Pass the ball.

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Bad shot by JJ

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1-on-1 (actually like 2 that time) contested jumper..again

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Marvin is terribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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It’s about time the refs called that one…

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I really think if they put Zaza in against Kurt Thomas we will see a fight, and that will be a good thing. I want to see more Zaza.

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Marvin Marvin Marvin.

Good pass by Josh. Crawford has to knock those down

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lmao

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The story of games 1 and 2 were how they couldn’t matchup with our frontcourt…

What the hell are we doing up here?

Gaurd-dominated b’ball.

Marvin Williams, you’re horrible.

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Hawks need to put Jennings on his AZZ. How the hell do you allow that to happen.

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lol Bucks makin it look easy
this cant be real

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You see J.Smith just watch.

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I seriously can’t believe Josh was 2nd on the DPOY votes. He sucks if it ain’t a block.

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Bigdave,

Yeah, but they are victims of the same disease Portland is enduring: a big man who can’t stay in uniform.

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Big Ray

You nailed it. Jennings definately reminds me of a young A.I.

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If we lose by 20 again, I’d fire Woody on the spot. Let an assistant finish out the season. Cant do any worse.

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if the hawks lose im off this wagon…this is just pathetic

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Finally, another good defensive possession, but can we string them together? We haven’t, so far.

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Bibbster has the hand. Do NOT, take him out Woody.

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i mean hawks are just watching jennings drive the ball with no communication

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I’m feeling the Jennings-Iverson comparison, but Jennings already has a better feel for the point guard position than Iverson ever did. And I say that as an AI fan.

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Key shot from Bibby again. Keep it up Bibby. We will need some more of it in the fourth.

Magic leading the Bobcats by 3. LAbout 9 minutes left in the game…

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Our front court was too worried about finding something to do in Milwaukee.

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fear the beard

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Man Josh is just getting dominated LOL

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i hope we get some bench playing time in,if not,we’re gonna have some tired legs in the 4th!!!

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see now why switch there why not just straight double Salmons

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ZaZa = layup drill session comin soon for the bucks

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Ray..

id take Bogut in cast and suit any day.

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good stuff

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Whassup fellas! Marvin is a bust!

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WTF

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Josh is losing it ….

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now they just taking 3s trying to catch up stead of running offense

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Man the Hawks are gonna lose

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2 bad games by Horford on the road.

And a breakdown on defense again.

I wonder what our offense will look like in the fourth…

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Can ZaZa box out

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One Buck vs 4 Hawks in the area, and we can’t come up with a board?

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Sekou tweets, “Bucks are schooling the Hawks with simple ball movement.” No kidding. Skiles has embarrassed Woody the last two games.

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SWALLOWED

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Salmons would have drawn the foul. Hate to say it but it’s true.

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That is what we are talking about when it comes to the Hawks and their ISOs. We have very little ball movement, so everybody just stands around and watch JJ goe 1 on 5

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Game over.

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Za Za ’s play has been bench worthy. just not giving anything on the defensive glass..

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I’m switching to the Braves. Tell me how this one turns out. I’d be surprised if the Hawks lose by less than 20.

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lol im done with the hawks good luck to all the players in their future

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I’ve been with this team all year-season ticket holder section 114-If we lose this game I’m out and will go only when LA, ORL, CLE come to town!

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The way the Bucks are playing, homecourt advantage means little more than “we could win a grind out game if we had to.” But to grind it out, you have to be able to play effective, stifling defense for stretches at a time.

We aren’t doing that.

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I hope we don’t have one of those patent Hawks 12 point 4th quarter type performances now.

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Kurt Thomas on his way to a double double OMGLOL talk about being ashamed …..

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And to all the people who call us fairweather fans. No thats not it. We’re sick of seeing this team underachieve all the damn time.

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wait a minute.. Jennings AI?

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Magic up by 7 in the fourth. With 6 minutes to go, it looks like they might close it out tonight. If the Hawks lose, we will have at least 2 more games to go, while the Magic will be resting…

That being said, there is 12 minutes of basketball to go. I would like to see the Hawks come out with some defensive intensity, and some ball movement. Lets finish strong.

Please, Hawks. No offensive drought in the fourth…

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YEAH LET’ S KEEP SHOOTING JUMPERS

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FIRE WOODY

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good luck Joe. on tired legs.

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We don’t need 3’s!!! Drive the ball!!! Crawford & Johnson are going to shoot us right out of this!!! Oh yeah, did I say move the ball?!

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Where is that fool Samuel with his Woody coach of the year Bulls.hit.

WHERE IS HIS AZZ?

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Can Zaza just not box out?

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I wonder, if Philips Arena is half empty in Game 5, would the Hawks lose that too? Youth is not an excuse anymore, after three playoff series, for being this rattled by a hostile crowd.

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another great switch by deadwood!

FIRE WOODY

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Woodson stubborn dummy.

and if you like him you are just as foolish.

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And we’re still switching on defense? Okay, I’m done.

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88-76 after missed free throw and nique says we could cut it down to 3!!

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The Bucks are drilling the hawks.

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More indecision/confusion on the switch defense. This ish ain’t working.

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HEY WOODSON DO U EVER PLAN ON CALLING OUT THE PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM WHO DO NOTHING? LIKE MARVIN !@#$ING WILLIAMS?
JESUS THIS GUY HAS 2 POINTS AND IS MAKING 7.5 MILLION A YEAR.

I CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS !@#$

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this team is pathetic

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“How is it that a team who has the worst shooting percentage in the league during the regular season can’t miss all of a sudden?”

Like Chuck says, everyone in the NBA can play.

Nobody is going to miss open rhythm jumper after open rhythm jumper if you keep allowing them to take them.

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yo,even after all of this crap with the non calls,and the way they exploit our switching defense,WE’RE ONLY DOWN BY 10 AT THIS TIME OUT..

LETS FACE IT..THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COME BACK IS THAT WE HAVE TO PLAY GREAT DEFENSE AND WE GOT HOT..BECAUSE YOU KNOW WOODY IS NOT GONNA ADJUST..

SO,YEA,I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE

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As if the boo birds weren’t already having enough fun.

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Rathbun can’t believe we’ll come back

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LOL rathbun STFU

one more run hahahahaahaha

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Man even niques azz can see the switchin D is bad

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How does Smith only have 4 fts

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nice rebounding

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There’s really no explanation for this one. It’s not like the Hawks have had struggles beating the Bucks in Milwaukee this season. They lost a heart-breaker there by 2 points back when the Bucks had Bogut and won the second meeting there convincingly. Now, all of a sudden they can’t figure it out. This makes no sense.

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straight d.. no switch = miss.

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JOSH!! LETS GIVE IT UP YOU HAD MO ON THE WING!!
THIS WILL BE THE TURNING POINT EVERYBODY,I THINK THIS IS NOW GONNA BE HAWK BALL THAT WE PLAY THE FINAL 7:00

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Can we do better than 1 on 1

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get rid of woody. his contribution is the iso joe offense & switching defense. if it takes losing to milw
so be it we cant beat a better team anyway.,woody has to go

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AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

WHY THE JUMPERS!!!

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Dammit man, why are we taking these quick shots.

And Mo Evans of all people taking them?

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I DIDN’T KNOW MO EVANS IS OUR GO-TO MAN NOW

CAN WE PLEASE GUARD THE SCREEN & ROLL?

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and he wont admit his boy woody is ruining the franchise even as we speak

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no worries Scott.. so is your opponent… trying to steal baskets that arent even there… my goodness… what? no faith in our half court sets? this is the playoffs… you will need to have something to go to when you need a bucket. o, well i guess you can give it to a tired Joe…

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this guy woodson is not a coach he is a clown

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On another note, Delfino’s getting that jumper over Jamal at the top of the key 24/7. He didn’t knock that last one down, but that’s too easy. Jamal has to step out on him a bit more.

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Orlando is about to close out the sweep.

Assuming the Hawks make it to Round 2, that series is going to be U-G-L-Y, and Woody ain’t gonna have no alibi.

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MO EVANS!

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Man mo has missed every shot

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wtf when u have your man in the air u make him foul u!!!!

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Damn Mo is a jinx lol

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They get a fresh 24 for that?

We never had possession of the ball.

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how’s that not a travel?

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GAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Man, GTFO.

They actually managed to p!ss me off tonight.

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Something told me Delfino was gonna delieve the dagger(s) late

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There we go. We’re done. Beaten by simple ball movement again. And this time it’s Joe who didn’t rotate over. That’s right. JOE…

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The hawks are bunch of overpaid thugs.

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WTF IS MO DOING? MAKE A GODDAMN SHOT U IDIOT

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Game was over when they let Gadzuric punk them twice at the end of the 3rd quarter.

If you really thought this testicularly challenged team was going to make up a double digit deficit on the road in one quarter, you haven’t been watching the last two games.

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IS ANYONE ON THIS TEAM GONNA GET A TECH IN THIS SERIES? OR A FINE?

OR ARE WE GONNA TAKE IT LIKE THE SOFTASS B!TCHES WE ARE

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Bucks should have never got a fresh 24 seconds and Woody never even complained about it! Damnit! He watched the whole play it was a loose ball

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Hey “J-Smoove”

now you get to go back to Atlanta and hang out at your gang banger clubs

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“Beaten by simple ball movement agai”

IT WASNT EVEN BALL MOVEMENT. DELFINO WAS OPEN THE WHOLE PLAY. U DONT NEED BALL MOVEMENT TO SEE THAT. GOD DAMNIT

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WE CAN GO ON A RUN..THEY LET US BACK INTO THE GAME AND WE WENT FOR QUICK SHOTS AND MISSED THEM..
IF WE MADE JUST 3 OF THEM WE’D BE DOWN BY 3 NOW..
WE MIGHT BE COMING HOME TIED 2-2

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“If the Hawks played the Bucks on a NEUTRAL court, I’m not sure the Hawks would win…”

If the Hawks played 80% of the teams in the league on a neutral court I’m not sure they would win. I think the ASG needs to start putting the fans on the payroll, since we seem to be this important to the team’s success.

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so easy to get what you want against this d..

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Damn! Jenny – on – the – Block!

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So how does Orlando match up against the Bucks?

(C’mon Hawks)

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this team pisses me off so much…unwatchable

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The Oscar goes to….Kurt Thomas

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WHY DO WE SWITCH ON EVERY PICK

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lmao@kurt thomas flop

PURE COMEDY!!!!!!

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INSIDE – Peanut Butter. OUTSIDE – Jelly!

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2 STOPS…2 3s

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Hawks within 5. Can they pull it out?

That was a foul on Bibby though. Come on ‘Nique

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so we are supposed to believe Bibby can knock him over?

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That’s two for Kurt Thomas, and screw David Stern’s midget ass. I won’t get fined for this:

YOUR REFS SUCK

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lol, what an obvious flop that was…

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Kurt the Jerk Thomas

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HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO WITNESS THE BUCKS SUCCESSFULLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US SWITCHING EVERYTHING BEFORE OUR MORON OF A HC REALIZES IT’S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE?

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Kurt Thomas was salary cap filler in the Richard Jefferson trade, and now he’s playing a key role in a playoff series. You think the Hawks couldn’t use a tough, hard-nosed, immovable object like him in the paint?

This is where having an uncreative second-rate GM comes back to bite you in the azz. How hard would it have been to find a way to pick him up in that deal? You think he wouldn’t help the Hawks guard Dwight Howard?

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lol@that “I aint even get to play” look on Teague’s face

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“Josh is >>>>than Horford as a power forward.”

Both of them have played like sh-t in these last two games.

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FIRE WOODSON!

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nba stands for….fixed games

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F I R E W O O D Y

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Heh. Can you see this series going to 7 games now?

What’s the reason for it? Why can’t the Hawks beat an obviously inferior team on the road?

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FIX!

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can we fire woody before game 6?

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big ray…this is not a team, no chemistry, never had it, never will

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NOBODY GO TO GAME 5 PLEASE

LEAVE THE ARENA EMPTY

NOT EVEN THE KEYBOARD GUY

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Let me guess. Hawks are going to show up in Atlanta and play with energy like they are the best team ever? Gotta win on the road to be champs ya punk A’s!!!

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