Live from Hawks-Bucks Game 3: The weather outside is …
Even this Milwaukee dance team, shown warming up, has seen sunnier days. (Photo by M. Bradley)
Milwaukee — I’m sitting in the Bradley Center. There are two things good I can say about the Bradley Center: First, it has a nice name; second, it has a roof. Other than that …
It’s raining in Atlanta. I know. It was pouring when Airtran Flight 420 departed — 75 minutes late — from Hartsfield-Jackson this afternoon. From the forecasts, I wasn’t sure we’d depart at all. So I guess, in that sense, I’m glad I’m here.
Then again, “here” is Milwaukee. Where it’s 45 degrees — 45 degrees! — and windy and foggy and raining. It might be possible to find a bleaker setting in April in the Northern Hemisphere. Then again, it might not.
I mentioned the weather to Dominique Wilkins. “What do you expect?” he said. “It’s Milwaukee. It’s just … dreary.”
Students of history will note that I, M. Bradley, was in this city last month to cover Georgia Tech in the NCAA tournament. And it snowed then. But somehow you expect snow in a Midwestern city in March. It’s now spring. And it’s a balmy 48 degrees. Give me a break.
About the series: It has been a bore. The Hawks won the first two games easily, and at issue tonight is whether the Bucks can win the game that keeps them from getting swept. They’re passing out red towels at the Bradley Center that read, “Fear the Deer,” but I don’t believe the Hawks arrived shaking in their sneakers. (Shivering from the cold, perhaps. But not from terror.)
The Hawks’ dressing room is scheduled to open in five minutes, so I’ll duck down there and see if anyone appears to be suffering from a phobia of antlered beasts. I’ll check back momentarily. And send some hot chocolate, would you?
Update from the Hawks’ locker room: Not much to report. (At playoff time, no news is always good news.) Mike Woodson said: “I like the way we handled our business at home. Now we’ll see what we can do here.”
Woodson also had this observation: “It was 39 degrees when we got on our bus this morning [for shootaround].” Then he laughed. Or maybe he just shivered.
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Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:40 pm
Jennings and Salmons made nine of 10 shots between them in the first quarter.
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:40 pm
It is obvious that the Hawks have not turned the corner and into the class of the NBA Elite. Good teams do not let this happen.
It doesn’t matter after this series. They are toast! Just a stepping stone for the Magic on the way to Cleveland.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:41 pm
Mo Evans need sto be benched
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:42 pm
Another mismatch. Ilyasova underneath on Crawford.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:42 pm
The need Gene Hackman to measure the court in front of them
NoShamSam
April 24th, 2010
7:42 pm
The Hawk’s radio announcer, Holman, said it can’t get any worse…fat chance…it could get a lot worse if we don’t start hitting our shot or at least start rebounding for 2nd shots
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:43 pm
It’s safe to say the Hawks’ coach is not pleased.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:43 pm
What a wild shot by Crawford. Is this a game at the East Cobb YMCA?
todd grantham
April 24th, 2010
7:44 pm
the Hawks are really losing bad
making all their fans feel sad
said Mike its just bad luck
to lose to a Buck
we’ll be in Atlanta soon and glad
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:44 pm
Maybe “not pleased Hawks coach” should do something about it. For 3 years he has had the same problem. Jekyll and Hyde home vs road.
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:44 pm
It can’t get much worse. Only Joe Johnson is playing.
NoShamSam
April 24th, 2010
7:45 pm
Todd…get a life
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:46 pm
There was a slow switch — the theme of the night — on Ilyasova back in the first quarter. After Ilyasova’s trey dropped, the Hawks’ coach said a word I will not repeat.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:46 pm
and Joe Johnson is on his way out of town. Oh boy.
Hawks vs. Bucks
April 24th, 2010
7:46 pm
“This was not the way you want to start Game 3. It’s one thing to fall behind. But by 17 points?”
are you going against what you said earlier Bradley?
“That said, this is the NBA. Sixteen-point leads can go away”
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:47 pm
I said a bad word too. But Woody isnt a fan. He is a coach. Bad words dont make the poor play on the road go away.
jlewis
April 24th, 2010
7:47 pm
Oh yeah, Jamal can replace JJ. His shot selection and intensity is ridiculous. Also, if Josh is an all-star, he needs to show up, he and Al.
Lori
April 24th, 2010
7:47 pm
Come on Hawks pick up on the offensive and defensive end. I know you can pull it together and win this game 3!!!! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!! Come o HAWKS!!!!!
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:47 pm
This is what happens when they take 4 days off between games. It steals all of our momentum.
todd grantham
April 24th, 2010
7:47 pm
No mystery is the Hawks’ current fate
a step slow, a shot too late
but what matters now
is not this current row
but the next Phillips Arena gate
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:48 pm
Joe Smith? Really? Joe Smith with the turn around? Why is he shooting?
todd grantham
April 24th, 2010
7:48 pm
Mark, did the word rhyme with luck?
Real Talk
April 24th, 2010
7:49 pm
Instead of Josh Smith worrying about what to do in Milwaukee he needs to be at the Bradley Center day and night working on those free throws and that jump shot.
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:49 pm
Can we draft a new coach?
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:49 pm
Dawgs…momentum doesnt cause you to be on pace to give up 140 points after one. Poor play, poor coaching, and poor prep does.
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:51 pm
jcwfalcon: I am with you 100% about the coaching. The Hawks have won not b/c of the coach, but in spite of him.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:51 pm
they look hungover
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:52 pm
Josh with a dunk. Backed in on Delfino.
marvin already got a pay day.
April 24th, 2010
7:52 pm
Great defense on the road. What a way to make a statement.
S Uga Fan
April 24th, 2010
7:52 pm
Mark that is the problem…. the coach don’t look happy! the last time I checked it is the coachs job to get the players ready under all circumstances. Geez! This is the playoffs! But I am sure Mr. Woody is already trying to figure whom he will blame and it doesn’t include himself! Hopefully the media will point the fingers in the right direction!
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:52 pm
WTF kinda lineup is this woodson??
Paul Hewitt
April 24th, 2010
7:53 pm
I think Coach Woodson is doing a fantastic job.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
WTF is that sound that sounds like something Paul Hogan did with the boomerang on a rope in Crocidile Dundee II? Is it legal for them to have that?
Hawks a Joke
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
Big Hawks fan here but I dont even attempt to turn on the tv for a ATL road game. Its a joke to watch. They might as well have given Milwaukee the two wins on the road and stayed and at home and played. Nothing new though. Will never be an elite team under the direction they are now.
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
Is it more or does josh smith play lazy? the guy the went right past him and he tried to just grab him lol wtf.
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
This is all part of a master plan to get the series back to Atlanta for a game 5. Game 5 will bring oin more revenue for the ailing City of Atlanta. They are doing this to improve the economy.
No Effort
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:52 pm
WTF kinda lineup is this woodson??
One that might play defense? What a uninspired effort.
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:54 pm
Again, you expect this to be the Bucks’ last-stand game. But you don’t expect a good team to roll over.
todd grantham
April 24th, 2010
7:56 pm
Atlanta’s not, and never will be a basketball town just like UGA will never be a basketball school. Leave that kind of sports to the folks in the Research Triangle.
No Effort
April 24th, 2010
7:57 pm
This is a veteran Hawks team. Why do they need the coach to get them motivated? This is just another repeat of last year. Zero drives to the basket. It’s like watching high school.
Dawgs2010
April 24th, 2010
7:57 pm
It looks more like Custer’s last-stand for the Hawks.
todd grantham
April 24th, 2010
7:57 pm
Mark, I’ll bet you’re regretting now that AirTran flight ever left ATL.
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:57 pm
GET ZAZA THE HELL OUT THE GAME WE ARE DOWN 17 HE HAS NO OFFENSE. OMG I CAN COACH THIS TEAM
Mark Bradley
April 24th, 2010
7:58 pm
The Bucks are starting to slow down.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:58 pm
love the no look pass Smoove. Worked at the court in bankhead in the offseason!?
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:58 pm
Josh already thinks he is the best he can be. He has no self-motivation to get better. He can be so much better but he think he’s already there, therfore he doesnt give it his all.
No Effort
April 24th, 2010
7:59 pm
HawksFan11
April 24th, 2010
7:57 pm
GET ZAZA THE HELL OUT THE GAME WE ARE DOWN 17 HE HAS NO OFFENSE. OMG I CAN COACH THIS TEAM
You think offense is the issue? The bucks are on a pace to score 130. Idiot.
jcwfalcon
April 24th, 2010
7:59 pm
How bad are we losing the battle of the boards?