Atlanta Hawks: Video: Josh Smith lifts Hawks past Celtics

Professor Smoove.

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good job MC!!!

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The “big glasses” look is awful. Do not understand why that is becoming so popular. It just screams “I’m trying really hard to look cool!”

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YEAH U GUYS MAY HAVE WON GAME 1 LAST NIGHT BUT UNDERSTAND THIS YA BUNCH OF FAKE PARQUEE FLOPPING DIVA CHEAP SHOT ARTIST’S EXCUSE ME MUDDER CAN’T PLAY A GAME BY MYSELF WITH OUT THE OFFICIALS HELP WHEN THE DUST SETTLES AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT THE SERIES WILL BE AN EVEN STEVEN 1-1 HAHAHAHAH GET USED TO IT REAL FAST U KNOW IT’S COMING CELTICS IN 6 GAMES YA BUNCH OF USELESS OVERATED CHEAP SHOT FAIRWEATHER FANS HEY HOW’S HOCKEY SEASON GOIN FOR YA GUYS OH YEAH THAT’S RIGHT U HAVE NO MORE HOCKEY TEAM IN ATLANTA ANYMORE BECAUSE U HAVE THE WORST FANBASE IN AMERICA U GUYS WILL ALWAYS BE FOREVER KNOWN AS THE NBA’S STEPPING STONE GO CELTICS

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Here are a few comments I have received here on the blog concerning Boston’s comeback and how we had an ‘ugly’ win down the stretch:

” Rondo’s inexcusable actions cost the Celtics a real chance to win this game. I don’t care how much the Hawks led by… if they didn’t foul Josh on that play but instead tied him up, very strong possibility the Hawks lose this game. That’s what we call a squeaker.”
i_am_soulstar
April 29th, 2012
11:54 pm
I didn’t even think we played well besides that hot start in the 1st. Way to not give the game back though. JJ played was Ray Charles out there tonight. Hopefully, he knows the Celtics won’t play that horribly every game in the series, and he steps his game up.
Rusty
April 30th, 2012
12:28 am
This team gets bad press as we always get big leads & tend to blow them which often happens because JJ wants to play iso so he can get his points & LD s poor. Substitutions &bad coaching.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 30th, 2012
12:38 am
“One thing about tonight’s game: it is a little bit of fool’s gold. Pierce isn’t going to throw up that many bricks every game. Allen will be back. Kirk isn’t going to play this well the whole series. Teague, and to a lesser extent Josh, are not going to make outside shots at the rate they did.
The one aberration going the other way is Joe’s terrible shooting night; Joe will get better. But if the Celtics make half of those jumpers in Game 2, the Hawks are not going to win again playing the way they did, even if Rondo doesn’t play.
During those dry spells, the Hawks have to find a way to get better shots. Can’t rely on bailout 3s from Kirk to save bad possessions. I am glad they won and they played great defense, but they have to find a way to get good shots more consistently against Boston’s D. A lot of that is on LD to read the Celtics D and design plays that will get players open more often.”

From our OWN fans, we get negative comments about how we gave up a good lead, how Boston had the chance and probably would have won had not Rondo got ejected, and how Joe Johnson ugly shooting night and his turn-overs cost us to lose the lead..blah BLah BLAH!! If I’m not mistaken, did NOT the Hawks come back (just like Boston did last night) from a 12 or 14 pts definct against Boston the 1st game we played them here in Atlanta by Ray Allen’s flying 3’s to ONLY LOSE BY 3? (Boston losing by 9 last night) Did NOT Joe Johnson score 25 BIG points to ALMOST win it for the Hawks that night?( Rondo/KG ALMOST won it for Boston last night), Did not Teague make a bad/stupid decision to jack up the airball 3 when the ball should have CLEARLY been in the HOT HANDS of Joe Johnson’s that night which may have tied the game? (Rondo’s stupid/bad decision cost them the game on last night)..a whole lot of similarites there. Boston did the same crap at losing a big lead in the 4th to us after a great comeback by Joe but our poor poor Hawks ALWAYS seem to get punished as if we just stumbled up again into the playoffs as if this isnt our 5th CONSECUTIVE season making it, WITH LIMITED PLAYERS AT THAT..all im lefted with is, WOW, WHAT A SHAME, NO LOVE FROM THE FANS!!

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drmaryb.(*_*).
April 30th, 2012
9:55 am

“Having said that, great win and Hawks should be up 2-0 heading up to Beantown with Rondo sitting out at least 1 game.”
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The Hawks beat tne C’s with Rondo, so, why do we need Rondo gone to beat them again?”

I totally agree..I feel the same about Ray Allen..He played that 1st game but we only lost by 3..Im not afraid of a full crew of the Celtics. But who I am afraid of are the ref’s. If a full healthy Hawks and a full healthy Boston plays w/o the ref’s giving it to either team, I say HAWKS win series!! I’m not getting all caught up in Boston PAST champ rings..The Celtics can play just as dumb and stupid just like our Hawks.

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Imagine if Josh ran up on a referee the way Rondo did, would we be guessing whether or not he gets suspended. Rondo should no doubt be suspended a game. Really does not matter. As long as Ray Allen is out, the Hawks should not lose to the Celtics. The 20 million dollar man has to step up a play like a star. There is no one on Boston’s team who can guard him.

I liked the lineup with TMac and the starters because it posed a serious miss match problem for the Celtics. Who ever they put Bradley on, TMac or Joe, that player posted him up, and forced the Celtics to double, which freed up open shooters, or Joe or TMac tried to take advantage of that matchup by shooting over the top. They started switchin Rondo over to Joe, because Bradley has no chance. Jos has to become more aggressive, and stop taking so long to make his moves.

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He Did a Big Man!

If, Twin can do for the Hawks what, Luc Longley did for the Bulls and, what Bill Cartwright (with that fugly push shot on the left baseline) did for the Bulls at age 40ish – the Hawks will be fine at center.

I know … I know there is only one MJ, but don’t forget that MJ had a HOF Coach, Pippen, Kukoc, Paxson and Kerr in his camp as well. Of, course we have none of those things, but the center position was never the Bulls point of contention nor, attack either.

If Twin does a semblance of what those centers did, then what Joe Johnson said is quite true, ” … the guards will have to get a little nastier.”

Forget about whether or not Rondo plays or not, that is a Celtics problem and, we got 99 problems of our own, but a center ain’t one. We got to go to war with what we got, and what we got is a lot. Unless, until, we run into the Lakers and, Bynum with Gasol.

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HEY,MARCUS @MARCUS COME TUESDAY THE CELTICS WILL WALTZ THEIR WAY IN TO ATLANTA AND COMPLETELY DESTROY THE REFEREE BIYATCHING DEPENDS SCRATCHIN MUDDER I CAN’T PLAY A GAME BY MYSEL WITHOUT THE OFFICIALS HELP FAKE PARQUEE FLOPPING DIVA CHEAP SHOT ARTIST’S HAHAHAH IF U CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN YA ATLANTA FAIRWEATHER FAN FLOPPER CELTICS IN 6 GAMES CHOKE ON THESE NUTS YA SHMUCK GO CELTICS GREE AND WHITE FOREVER

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It’s great that we still had an off night and still beat the Celtics. We had bad match up, playing our subs to let Boston catch up. Say what you want, the Hawks were slowing down, they were getting out scored, and had more ball stolen from them and more turn overs. So with all that Boston STILL could not take the lead. Hawks are only going to play better and better with something to prove. Who’s this troll? I know you’re hot Chris, I would be too if we played like that, but you don’t defend your team very well. Sounds like excuses. Talking about the fans and our hockey… Please you want to talk about fairweather fans to troll on the Heat or some other team that gets half a sporstcenter show on them. Back to business, If the Hawks recap, set better match up, and they handle the ball better we will make our statement that we are here and we are serious

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dmb, from the get go i was concerned about a stress fracture by the insidious onset and progression of protection and limitation they are providing. any thoughts?

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J-Kool?

“The “big glasses” look is awful. Do not understand why that is becoming so popular. It just screams “I’m trying really hard to look cool!”
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Kewl or Smart? What an oxymoronic thing to say … Smart typically says, nerd – not cool. Fashion is what you do when you can afford “Dolce & Gabbanna”.

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Ok guys, here is a question. I’m not questioning Horford’s toughness. I sincerely don’t understand the rehab of this injury. But if Josh or even Joe would’ve gone down with this same injury, do you guys think they would not at least have committed to playing at least 10-15 min per game in this series? I understand with a knee or ankle the severity of playing. But can someone help me understand what is the true risk of Al playing now, close to five months after he was injured? Is the injury still sore, or is it a thing of strength from this point? I’m having a hard time understanding why he wouldn’t, at minimum, be able to play a handful of minutes with the second unit.

By the way, I”m getting tired of hearing national media say that Paul Pierce won’t always have a bad game in this series. Do they realize that Joe had just as much of a bad game? In fact, its better for the star players to have a bad game at home (Durant, Randolph) because your bench normally plays better at home than on the road. So the Hawks won last night, with only three bigs playing (Josh, Collins, and Ivan), Joe having a poor shooting night, and Green/Pargo/T Mac having an ineffective night as well. Basically the Hawks had a great quarter, and played bad for the next three quarters (mainly because of the benches play). If the Hawks can see they can beat this team, even when they don’t play a perfect game, how will that not be a positive going forward, to step on Boston’s throat and suffocate any chance they think they have.

Also, LD is doing a great job. But I think he needs to take a page out of Miami and Boston’s book, and that is to ALWAYS keep one of your best three players in the game during the playoffs. Josh, Joe, and/or Teague (or Kirk) must remain on the floor at all times of the game. Also, bringing Vlad in the game at times, will open up the lane for Joe, and Josh. Could you imagine Vlad being the one in the corner for that token “Marvin Shot”?

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Insiduous Onset!

“drmaryb, from the get go i was concerned about a stress fracture by the insidious onset and progression of protection and limitation they are providing. any thoughts?” -doc-
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doc, finally an intelligent comment, besides Ms. Dee this morning. For a while, I thought we lost game 1.

I assume we are talking about Zaza’s condition here. Yes doc, I believe that Zaza initially got hurt in the Summer games for his country: The Republic of Georgia. He was playing starters minutes out there, in one game he abused Marcin Gortat with 25 points and 12 boards (or so), someone on the blog kept saying we should have sent Zaza to Phoenix for Gortat or that other scruffy big Phoenix has. LOL on that ish.

Heres my point: Zaza injured his left calf muscle and was shut down for the remainder of their season. IDK if his medical care was adequate, but he returned to us after the lock out and was wearing a calf sleeve all season, the only time he sat was recently for a sore achillies on that same left leg.

Those calf muscles and tendon weaknesses imho, has made the ankle and foot joints susceptible to further injury in this compressed season’s schedule. When Marvin fell on Zaza and sprained his ankle and big toe, I immediatley thought we should have gotten a CT-Scan on the foot as opposed to a MRI, because there are just too many small bones in the foot, much like the cranial vault and the complex knee joints.

CT-Scans are the gold standard in this case, imho, because the cathode tube can look around corners, into tunnels and, inside joint capsules from more angles than a MRI. I was thinking last week, that Zaza may have a cracked cartilage in the dome of his left talus, basically an osteochondral defect.

If that is the case, first of all, they will never tell us fans, secondly the medical treatment Zaza is receiving is all wrong for his injury. He was only booted for two days initially, and was never administered a CT-Scan to my knowledge and because of his size, he may have required some type of surgery to insert a screw/plate to correct the defect, which is intra-capsular.

Either way, improper diagnosis will always mis-treat the patient. doc, I surmise that Zaza has a more serious injury than the company line of day to day. Besides, a sprained foot is a lot different than a sprained ankle and sprained big toe.

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Ra’mon,

Ok guys, here is a question. I’m not questioning Horford’s toughness. I sincerely don’t understand the rehab of this injury. But if Josh or even Joe would’ve gone down with this same injury, do you guys think they would not at least have committed to playing at least 10-15 min per game in this series? I understand with a knee or ankle the severity of playing. But can someone help me understand what is the true risk of Al playing now, close to five months after he was injured? Is the injury still sore, or is it a thing of strength from this point? I’m having a hard time understanding why he wouldn’t, at minimum, be able to play a handful of minutes with the second unit. .

Despite being a 2 time all-star, and averaging 15 and 9 last year, you will always look for a reason to question/doubt Al’s commitment especially since he showed up in camp out of basketball shape.

Al was injured on January 12, so he has been out a little over 3 1/2 months, not the
“almost 5 months” you mentioned. Also, his recovery time was always listed at 3-4 months.

Doc,

If you don’t mind, Could you give Ra’mon the cliff notes version on Al’s injury?

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Ra’mon

doc, posted an indept article with his assessments on Horford’s shoulder that answers your questions. That was a lot of work and research there, so you may want to have doc, refer you back to that old blog post.

But, to answer your question? No.

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Playoff’s Playback!

NBA TV airing the Hawks – Boston game from 1 – 2 PM today. Direct TV CH 216. Imma’ watch the first quarter only.

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I love the “T-Mac with the starters” line up too.

I particularly loved how he got Pietrus – who is a good defender – flying out to the three point line with practically just an eyebrow wink… unfortunately instead of shooting the rock himself he passed to JJ for an open three who was ice cold all evening long.

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“5. Josh Smith will be frustrated trying to score inside against the Celtics defense and float to the perimeter, exactly where they want him.

Josh shot a lot from outside but you can’t argue when they are going in.”

They are not going to go in every game this series. I give Josh a lot of credit for improving his mid range jumper, which he has been hitting at a pretty nice clip the last two months, but they can’t rely on him for scoring in this series as long as KG is guarding him. Joe and Teague, possibly even Willie Green and Pargo off the bench, have to step up and carry more of the load.

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Ya Heard?

I just listened to Stern’s comments, what stood out was, “You are not allowed to touch the referee at all.”

If this is true, then Shawn Bradley shoild be looking at one game himself. When the Phoenix bench stepped over the white line in front of their bench, and never marched up court, they were all suspended one game versus the Spurs.

Stern don’t play with the rule book. Rondo is a repeat offender and may get more than one game in this second instance of the same violation. He need to be stopped before somebody get’s hurt.

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vava74, like the Celtics last night, you’re a step slow and behind the play. BuddyG already posted that link, almost an hour ago. LOL

Good looking out for us on your part though. LOL

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i’ll try dmb,

ramon, simple stuff dude. if a muscle isnt used it atrophies to next to nothing. if you dont use it you lose it. next, if you dont use it and it is immobile it stiffens up and contracts even if it is healthy which is what he had to do and remain immobile in a non functional position for six weeks, bathing sleeping having sex, you name it. what happens here is the flexor muscles tighten up, i. e. the biceps, to not allow the extensor, the triceps, to extend. that has to be done under manipulation and slowly strengthening the triceps back to normal. the bigger muscles take over. on top of that the operation itself is using soft tissue, like the beef you buy at the market with no integrity, sew it hoping when you attach it to the bone, it holds. now are you getting it? finally, the only way it “heals” is through tough scar tissue that must be broken down and remolded into something functional and resembling the real stuff. all the while the other healthy side is atrophying as well because you cant work it out to keep it strong. plus, there is obviously an energy imbalance between the two when you start using it.

now, if you got to grab a basketball and hold onto it or throw an arm up to block a shot and the mobility and strength is not there then what the f*ck good are you all the while risking a retear of the torn tissue while haviong garnett rip it out of your ams as you play the best conditioned athletes in the world? and yeah ramon you are doubting his toughness. the doc didnt serve him well to suggest he play at 70% and may show he doesnt know jack about competing at this level. certain injuries you can support and play on. some you cant are; an acl injury. did you see rose collapse when he got out as his femur slipped forward over his tibia?, an elbow repair, ever see a pitcher come back in shorter than one year? and another is a torn pectoralis. got it now?

http://www.livestrong.com/article/407371-torn-pectoral-muscles-from-basketball/

the stars of the game denigrated the game with their thoughts last night. i think that is why stern is making things clear without the judgement. he is saying you dont come close to a ref to even trip into them arguing a call.

rondo, too funny tripping. has anyone seen him go through traffic and not miss a beat during a game and he cant walk up to a ref without tripping?

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O’Brien, I wasn’t questioning Al’s commitment at all. To date, I just didn’t recall seeing Al ever having to play through an injury. And I remember seeing Josh and Joe play through injuries quite often. For instance, Kobe plays through injuries all the time, but I’ve never seen Vince Carter really play through an injury. Now do I question Al’s physical toughness? Of course, without a doubt I do. But his commitment, I don’t question that (and yes those are two different things). The injury Al suffered, isn’t an injury that occurs often in the NBA. If it would’ve been a leg injury (ACL or MCL), then I would’ve had a better understanding of it from being more familiar with it from a fan’s perspective, not a medical student’s perspective. Also, I didn’t know the exact date, but I did think the injury was closer to the beginning of January than the middle, that’s why I said 4-5 months. But even you stated that his given time was 3-4 months recovery, and this is 3 1/2 months now. So why wouldn’t I wonder if Josh or Joe (known fast healers – remember Josh’s Wolverine like article Sekou did seasons ago), would be able to play by now in spot duty with the same injury.

DrMaryb, I take breaks off the blogs sometimes now, after seeing a few say the same things, lol. So I regrettably missed Doc’s post. But in short terms, is it more so the pain or the strength in the muscle that is taking the longest to recover now?

O’Brien, when you have a 16 point lead, and it drops to 10-11 points with your starters on the bench, that is the time to take a timeout, buy your star players 3-4 minutes of rest, and then put at least one or two back in the game after that timeout. Also, it appears the bench doesn’t get out and run as much as the starters do. And I believe that is the reason why the bench struggled on last night.

Isn’t it funny how the media is saying that if Rondo doesn’t get ejected, the Celtics likely win that game? However, after the free throws, the Hawks go up by 7. If you take away the Joe Johnson’s tech free throw (he missed one), the Hawks are still up by 6, and you’re saying more than likely Boston (who was 0′for – from beyond the arc) hits two threes and gets three stops on defense without fouling.

By the way, if Marvin can’t guard Pierce or Garnett in this series, isn’t it better to have Vlad in sometimes?

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Those who went to the game last night: Did they show the Rondo bump to show that it was intentional?

Now I wonder if Doc thinks it was worth not making a big deal about HC?

It is huge in the playoffs. If anyone knows it, its us.

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najeh you are showing your age now, heh heh. get over it trends happen. btw, whatever happened to the beatles? good music man, back then, the new stuff sucks.

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The Analaphor!

doc, great job in explaining that, again, to Ra’mon on here. Trauma and toughness have nothing in common. I especially like your analogies to put that in plain english so, even a five year old can understand. After all, that is the goal in a report of findings.

(smiles) Even, i learned something there, I had forgotten all about the triceps, (extensor muscle) the antagonistic muscle, with synergistic function to the bideps.

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What if we were in Boston shoes last night and of course Boston were in ours, how then would we respond to our beloved Hawks?? What if Boston posted a 20-6 lead on us in the opening quarter? What if Josh was Rondo last night? What if Al Horford was Ray Allen? Oh, well, maybe he was since they are both hurt. My point is, be proud that the Atlanta (quiet but mature-natured) Hawks WERE the Hawks last night and NOT Boston (cry baby) Celtics.

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now that i think about it maybe it is the bouncing basketball that rondo uses to keep himself from falling and tripping as he roars op the court at full speed in and out, between players. take that ball away from him and he looks as mortal as i do at 61, tripping over my own feet walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night in the dark.

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nice:

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2012/story/_/page/hollinger-120429/nba-playoffs-josh-smith-big-game-sparked-atlanta-

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In case you haven’t heard, here is Steve Holman with his standard delivery with 2 big moments from last night….

Pure gold…http://www.nba.com/hawks/playoffs/holman_12.html

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I wondered why the celts would want to trade Rondo earlier this season, now I know why, head case.

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DMB, Doc really did. I had no understanding of it.

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ra’mon, have suggested that maybe al has the strength os a high schooler trying to play in a mans game with the worlds best. fractured arm would have been better than what he had. can you imagine what force was behind having the muscle covering your chest wall ripped off of you and how much that would hurt? good article to read btw, i hope you took the time to read it, i also think fans are a bit cavalier about what they see as though it is all that easy doing it among the absolute best in the game night after night. we weekend warriors dont come close though we make an industry out of our day to day injuries that keep us from work and form using a typewriter then criticize these guys if they arent healthy in the least amount of time. it was an injury that was expected to take 6 to 9 months, not sure why they projected much less. shoot, hinrich came back quicker than most.

a pitcher gets five nights off to rest, al would get less than 48 hours after pushing and shoving grabbing and pulling all the while waving his arm in every direction possible. there is a huge difference and one is about shoulder girdle strength the other about timing and arm speed with lower body strength more so than upper body strength. i pitched. also pitchers dont come back in three months time from and shoulder reconstruction either ya know, if at all?

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Rondo was approaching the Ref from behind in an aggressive manner.
Should not matter if he *stepped on his foot or not [and tripped].
*[stepping on his foot is touching the Ref as well].
players know there is an ‘`invisible circle of trust surrounding the ref `’
that -MUST- not be penetrated.
Therefore any player should not put himself in position to violate that trust.
kinda like hitting a punt returner who calls a fir catch:
one doesn`t get to say ‘`oops`’ … the penalty is called regardless.

Now Mr Stern:
he makes his own rule as he goes.

We shall see ?

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o’b the wins really blew the avg there then, heh heh. i wonder what the avg per post season loss was? is it the worst ever?

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Mary Ellen

Dress up Ivan and see if he don`t look Just like Tyler Perry ?

Check it out next game.

The girls at my house already brought that one to my attn..

Ivan looks like Tyler Perry … Plays like Madea … Compliment !

Marvin plays like Joe … [Simmons not Johnson]
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* for the unenlightened:
Mabel Simmons [Madea, AKA Tyler Perry] has a brother named Joe.

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For all of you worried about Paul Pierce . . he’s 15 – 52 FG ( 29% FG ) . . and a WHOPPING 1 – 17 3FG ( 6% FG ) in 3 games vs the Hawks this year. Only 9 TOTAL FT attempts as well

Yeah, he has the ability to break out of that slump and have a big game against us. But the Hawks are OBVIOUSLY doing something right against him this season. Maybe it’s the people guarding him? Maybe is the team rotation defense?

Hmmmmm.

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ob, dont forget the buck debacle before being swept. yeah i saw your appeal to woody to erase us from he record books of ignominy. hope that is a word used right or dn will refer me back to the libel book or worse. hate anything close to liability.

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Grand-Daddy!

What is taking the league offices so long to make a ruling? It’s like waiting for a jury decision. If, it was no suspension or, 1 game, we would have already heard something today. It must be multiple, hugh?

It serves the arrogant Celtics right for coming in here, bragging about themselves and KG calling Jeff a “nobody”? Trying to come in our house and claim our fans as theirs is just dumb. You are on the road – azzholes! Now you know!!!

And, when has the whistle ever been good to the Hawks? LMAO What a boat load of cry-babies that came in here looking for home cooking, calls and bail outs! The Hawks played as the more mature and seasoned play off team last night. I’ll be at game 2!

Let’s Go Hawks!

And about Twin, who was complaining that he was gassed and 31 minutes were too much? Twin has been resting all year long, he doesn’t need his minutes monitored for fatigue. Let him do his thang for as long as his team needs him to do it. Zaza, is NOT walking through that door anytime soon. Ivan is Twin’s back up. We got two change of pace running backs now.

We definitely don’t need Ivan going Rondo. Yawl know that boy is bi-polar and one-synapse from being a fool.

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dmb, it was me. watch the fourth quarter as he is sucking it up to breathe, grabbing his shorts with every stoppage of play. he welcomed all the hoop lah of time outs down the stretch. every time he saw harry the hawk or sky hawk come on the court, he had a grin on his face.

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gd it was an interesting exchange.

ivan yelling towards refs,
ld yelling at ivan
who turned his aim to yell at ld
who immediately yelled back and motioned him off the court
signaling twin in,
with twin’s quickest move of the night,
onto the court all night
in a blink of an eye.

heh heh

only to sit on ice the rest of the night.

i was silently pleading to let ivan have another chance as kg went off. thankfully, rondo went off as well.

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or hat size.

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I wonder if Kevin [Garnett] will go into “Bruce Lee” mode against [Jason] Collins and [Ivan] Johnson. LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erqg1ZLt_VA

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*omit [that]

should have been:

* of which I am unaware

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doc

I wanted to see V-Rad for a minute or two
to see if he could jump start our offense.
Plus he had 6 fouls to give on someone.

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Boston beat writer mentioned Rondo brought his “A Game” last night. I think the A means ANGRY!!!

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High-sider, that is very ‘anal’ of you to take away from what Marvin brings our team. He gives us his best 13 minutes last night.

Buddy Grizzard should be Marvin’s agent because he can spin it that Marvin is just one of the most complete SFs left playing this postseason. I don’t see it and anytime he cranks up that fade away 3 pointer, he should go put on Zaza’s boot so he can save face going forward.

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It’s official…Rondo is suspended…

http://www.celticsblog.com/2012/4/30/2989336/rondo-suspended-for-game-2

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Several points:
*[watched Rondo replay again several angles]

* Stephen A Smith is an imbecile:
based on his attempted argument in Rondo`s behalf.

* Getting one`s headband ripped off is most assuredly a ‘`foul`’
and not a jump-ball … at least back in the day.
I think the rule for jump-ball reads:
-dual possession-
*’`not`’*
player ‘`A`’ holding the ball …..
while opposing player ‘`B`’ …..
holds player ‘`A`s`’ headband simultaneously ?

* Rondo made all kids of contact with the Ref
before he chest bunped the guy.
He tripped, stumbled due to going after the Ref and basically
walking up his leg.
No wonder he stumbled.
Also the Ref could not see and had no idea of intent.
Rondo knew better.
It wasn`t even his place to be there, for any reason.
He touched the Ref by stepping on the back of his leg.
Really more of a bump with his knee than his foot.

* Two game minimum

* After reading Donaghy`s book ‘`Personal Foul`’
If Rondo don`t get at least two games; the officials will make him pay !

* Yawl need to read that book … stern`s a crook /// – yes poetry -

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“High-sider, that is very ‘anal’ of you to take away from what Marvin brings our team. He gives us his best 13 minutes last night.” – KevinM

KevinM, I’m sure you meant ‘anal’ in a good way – as a compliment. [LOL]

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Ppl act like Marvin has been playing well.

ROFL! Go look at his game log. He had a worse game than anyone else on the team last night.

However, he is still a top 20 SF.

ROTFLMAOLOKDGDMFCSMDMFH

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High-sider

April 30th, 2012
4:48 pm

“High-sider, that is very ‘anal’ of you to take away from what Marvin brings our team. He gives us his best 13 minutes last night.” – KevinM

KevinM, I’m sure you meant ‘anal’ in a good way – as a compliment. [LOL]
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no homo!!!

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Grandad
April 30th, 2012
12:29 am

Rondo will not be suspended . . . .

Mr Stern will not allow a Celtic to be disadvantaged.
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KevinM
April 30th, 2012
4:31 pm

It’s official…Rondo is suspended…

http://www.celticsblog.com/2012/4/30/2989336/rondo-suspended-for-game-2

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Rod,

One reason for Paul Pierce’s struggles against the Hawks (not counting last night) was because of Marvin’s top notch defense. Agree or disagree?

The issue with marvin (imo) is even when he puts up 12 and 6 in 24 minutes, it does not come against good teams, or it comes early in the game. When the game gets tight, and a big shot is needed late, very rarely does Marvin deliver, regardless of what kind of game he is having.

One compliment for Marvin. On 790 the zone, they said Rick Sund referred to Marvin as the most professional player he has coached, for what it’s worth.

Ra’mon,

This team is more talented, and hopefully the Hawks wont have a let down in game 2 just because Rondo probably isnt playing.

If the Hawks can beat Boston, there is a possibility of having Zaza and Al back in the lineup against Chicago. And we would need all the front court help we can get.

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Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
April 30th, 2012
4:51 pm

Amazing how quickly Rondo got ejected after that 2nd T. Was almost like the ref was expecting it. From where I was sitting, I couldn’t really see the bump. I thought Rondo was just screaming some awful ish at the ref. Looks like Rondo did trip too and had no idea the ref was going to stop (as Rondo said).
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Rondo made no effort to stop his momentum after “tripping” (i.e., stepping on the ref’s foot because he was in the ref’s face), and in fact poked his chest out to complete the bump and “make his point.”

Clearly intentional. He’s fortunate he got off w/only a 1-game suspension.

He and Rivers then followed up by blatantly lying about the incident. Should be more penalties tacked on for their shameless comments.

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Looks like people aren’t as stupid as they seem…

Rondo is officially suspended for game two.

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“Looks like Rondo did trip too and had no idea the ref was going to stop.”

LOL even Stern said it was an “obvious” bump. Stop drinking the Kenny Smith Kool-Aid bro.

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“”Obviously from a competitive standpoint we are disappointed with the league’s decision to suspend Rondo,” C’s coach Doc Rivers said in a statement. “He plays a valuable part in our team’s success. We accept the punishment and will use it as a learning tool for our players.”

Doc upset because of it being a competitive limitation. He’s not interested in the right call; he’s interested in the call going his way.

Good thing that call wasn’t made at the TD Garden. It would’ve been a no call. I can hear Steve Holman now.

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yoursporthousedotcom,

That was an inside joke. O”Brien knows how terrible Marvin is.

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Game 2 shouldn’t even be close because Rondo kept them in the game last night. I don’t think the Celtics can overcome that blow to their offense. With that said, the Hawks have to come out and punch them in the mouth early so there is no doubt. Garnett will not go another half without scoring. Have to watch for Pietrius and Bass next game. They didn’t have good games so they will be ready to play.

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Well, Teague showed up in Game 1. There’s always the possibility of a letdown, and that the Hawks will coast in Game 2 because they think they have it in the bag with Rondo out. Hopefully these guys will have a killer instinct and get that win.

Honestly, I predicted Celtics in 6 on Hoopinion, but if I’m the Hawks, my mentality is to sweep the Celtics. Get this Game 2 win, then go up to Boston and win Game 3. The Hawks could have swept ORL last year but instead they let it go 6 games and lost Kirk. You can say “well that was great for us because Teague emerged,” but maybe he would have emerged anyway… you never know.

What we do know is that if the Hawks want to go to the ECF this year, they need to sweep the Celtics and then rest up and get ready for the CHI-PHI winner.

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“One compliment for Marvin. On 790 the zone, they said Rick Sund referred to Marvin as the most professional player he has coached, for what it’s worth.” – O’brien

That just shows you [that] Marvin [Williams] is polite, courteous and respectful to [the] Atlanta Hawks’ coaching staff and [executive] management because he, Marvin Williams, knows he is grossly overpaid for what he does/contributes/produces as a member of the Hawks’ team.

Let me give you an “everyday” example of Marvin Williams. Take an individual who only has a H.S. diploma that gets a job as an Accounts Payable clerk with a Fortune 500 company. The Fortune 500 company inexplicably pays the newly-hired Accounts Payable [AP] clerk a salary of $120,000/year. Do you think that newly-hired AP clerk is going to be the “company trouble-maker”
or one of the those “nice, team-player” type of employees? Marvin Williams is an example of the latter [employee].

P.S. Marvin Williams is a good cheerleader, however, the Atlanta Hawks already have a cheerleader/dance team.

http://www.nba.com/hawks/cheerleaders/index.html

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Marvin is the most professional player, blah blah blah

Does that win us games?

No. When Barkley said we are a bunch of nice guys, the first name that should come to mind is Marvin WIlliams

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Rondo is suspended for 1 game not 2

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/04/30/rondo-suspension/index.html

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If we want this to be a quick series, we will win tomorrow night. Let Celtics win tomorrow night and the series will go at least 6 games, either way.

Need Joe and others to step up tomorrow and put this damn team way. Also, I believe Ray is doubtful for tomorrow.

Tear these guy’s heads off tomorrow. Don’t let those dirty !@#%^bags breathe for one second

It’s doubtful we can beat the Bulls, even without Rose. They owned us by 21 in our own arena without him.

Until Teague consistently attacks, we will be a good/decent team. He should be laying it up every single time, not getting timid when he gets to the hoop (as Hugo just said)

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Grandmaster JeJe (GM),

The guy does not miss in warmups. It’s amazing. I have known some guys who would make everything in practice, and hit nothing in the game, but not on a professional level. Those guys usually don’t get many minutes.

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Rondo suspended for game 2!

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Rod from College Park
April 30th, 2012
5:39 pm

When I say should be a win, I am speaking from a logical standpoint.As we all know, these are the Hawks. The are predictibly, unpredictible. LOL
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Glad you qualified that.

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Grandad
April 30th, 2012
6:59 pm

Mr dawgNole my post @ 12:29 am

” Rondo will not be suspended . . . .”

Was not so much a prediction as a satirical yea sarcastic
statement directed at the commish;
whom I believe thinks himself to be
both above and below the law simultaneously;
as he adjudicates.
As always basing decisions on $ $ $, rather than right vs wrong.
In other words;
Big mkt is virtually infallible as small mkts are the anathema.
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Something (somehow) compelled him to do the right thing this time. Except I still think he and Rivers should have to sit out a while for lying.

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The Belle Stars said it best thirty years ago: “Nothing is new!” Urkel Smoove!

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