New York @ Atlanta Dec 5th Game 17

[HeyIt'sMe]

Did Horford get injured, or is Woodson just a bigger idiot than I previously thought?

[HoopsGuru25]

Did Horford get injured, or is Woodson just a bigger idiot than I previously thought?

He did come up limping before coming out(although he is fine now)-but Woody obviously not going to make any changes to the lineup when that current unit is on a run. Zaza isn't doing much in particular so far (no made baskets,no assist,and no rebounds) but the Hawks went from down 2 to up 10 during his minutes.

[HoopsGuru25]

The refs made a couple of pretty bad calls down the stretch. Missing a flagrant foul on David Lee and not calling that charge after the pass(which I think should never be called) after they called the same foul on us in the 1st half.

WTF were the Hawks doing on that last play? We had a foul to give and we let them dribble around for 5 seconds. That was horrible execution by both teams on the last play. Thank God Duhon didn't shoot because he had as good of a look as you can get down 3 in that situation. I can't complain too much about 12-6 though.

[tontoz]

The Hawks played like crap and deserved to lose. They were lazy and made dumb mistake after dumb mistake. Fortunately the Knicks blow.

Making 17 turnovers against that defense is a crime.

[JoshB914]

I agree with HG. The non-call on the charge was asbsolutely awful. We should have had the ball up four points, instead it's a one point game.

Pretty bad game overall. No one played well. Joe is still a step slow, six turnovers from him is too much and his three point shot just isn't falling.

You have to love Bibby. Dude couldn't hit a shot all night and he still came through in the clutch.

[Rip2137]

The difference between the good teams and the bad teams is simple. Good teams find a way to win even though they are playing like crap. That goes for every elite team out there. the bulls team that won 72 games played like crap some nights, but good teams win. That is what the Hawks are doing(no i am not comparing them to arguably the best basketball team ever...just making a point)

Yes, we played crapalicious, but a win is indeed a win.

[evildallas]

Just finished watching the game on DVR, no easy wins no matter who is the opponent. Just glad the record is 12-6 heading into a very rough road trip.

[LL Cool Scott]

That was a fun game last night, good crowd, up and down transition game. Whoever D'Antoni coaches is always my second favorite team to watch. Bibby played with massive cojones, Josh looked surprisingly good considering the layoff (besides those wretched 3 pointers he kept throwing up), and even Marvin looked athletic for once. Joe couldn't hit the side of a barn with his jumpers, but he had a couple of nice baskets when he took the ball to the hole. Harrington was on fire, and David Lee is fun to watch.

What was interesting was that D'Antoni was doubling Horford every time he got the ball in the post. If Horford ever turns into the type of player who DEMANDS a double team in the post regularly, we are going to be a handful.

Lot of Gaytor fans there last night. I wish them nothing but pain and misery this afternoon.

[johnny878]

looked like the hawks were just indifferent about playin D last nite.

they got a real tough stretch of games coming up. better start playing well or it could be a rough 6 or 7 game stretch.