Dec 14th: Atlanta at Detroit

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:03 pm

Favored to win: Atlanta by 4 points.

Referees:
Bennie Adams - Favors Detroit, who is 4-0 in his last games, Atlanta is 0-4.
Brent Barnaky - Newbie
Derrick Stafford - Seems to be about even.

Miami 18 8 .692 --
Orlando 16 8 .667 1.0
Atlanta 16 9 .640 1.5

Miami beat New Orleans last night.

Orlando faces Denver on the road tonight.

evildallas · Post #2 » by **evildallas** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:17 pm

When did Bennie referee those games because the Detroit team I remember seeing at Philips wasn't likely to beat anyone let alone win 4 outings?

Post #3 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:32 am

evildallas wrote:When did Bennie referee those games because the Detroit team I remember seeing at Philips wasn't likely to beat anyone let alone win 4 outings?

Detroit faced the teams below, not Atlanta.
11/14/10 @SAC W 100-94
11/05/10 CHAR W 97-90
02/21/10 SA W 109-101 (OT)
01/12/10 @WAS W 99-90

HeyIt'sMe · Post #4 » by **HeyIt'sMe** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:51 am

I just shake my head at how underutilized Horford is in your offense? Why is Josh Smith always getting more shots despite being nowhere as efficient or intelligent on that end of the floor?

SAUCERY_SWEET · Post #5 » by **SAUCERY_SWEET** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:21 am

The interest this board had in this game depicts about the same as the Hawks did playing it. :lol:

nvc · Post #6 » by **nvc** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:51 am

everyone outside of horford and smith sucked tonight. bibby's stats are ok, but he got abused on defence, and made some really costly mistakes in the 4th. wilkins had some nice defensive moments, but not enough of them. terrible night for jamal. terrible night for mo, and marvin too, but nothing new there. Also, while i have been very impressed with powell this season, i hate when drew puts him in in crunch time, especially when he hasn't played much the whole game. This has happened a few times lately, notably against the spurs, and he has been making really crucial turnovers late in the 4th. I like the guy, but don't want to see him at the end of the game.

missed jj tonight....

ATL DirtyBird · Post #7 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:00 am

How do you lose by 24 on the road? WOW.

evildallas · Post #8 » by **evildallas** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:37 am

I didn't take Detroit seriously and it seems neither did the Hawks. Seems like their coach abandoned the lineup experimentation that he was doing when they came to Atlanta and played a tight rotation of vets + Greg Monroe. Josh had decent offensive stats but how does Charlie V get 11 rebounds? We got owned on the glass and we gave up much too high of a shooting percentage from deep.

It's taking care of business in games like this one that make the difference between 50 wins and 45 wins. The team didn't take care of business.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #9 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:48 am

evildallas wrote:I didn't take Detroit seriously and it seems neither did the Hawks. Seems like their coach abandoned the lineup experimentation that he was doing when they came to Atlanta and played a tight rotation of vets + Greg Monroe. Josh had decent offensive stats but how does Charlie V get 11 rebounds? We got owned on the glass and we gave up much too high of a shooting percentage from deep.

It's taking care of business in games like this one that make the difference between 50 wins and 45 wins. The team didn't take care of business.

We always get raped on the boards against the Pistons. ALl the time.

evildallas · Post #10 » by **evildallas** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:53 am

Ben Wallace and Jason Maxiell sure, but Charlie V? That's revolting.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #11 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:36 am

evildallas wrote:Ben Wallace and Jason Maxiell sure, but Charlie V? That's revolting.

Ya, its embarrassing. I didnt watch the game but how you get outscored by 20 in the fourth is beyond me.