(4) Orlando vs. (5) Atlanta Game One Thread

[Harry10]

the great thing is that this formula of single coverage, and "LET DWIGHT SHOOT" works if Dwight gets in foul trouble, and it works if Dwight has a monster game,

and on the offensive end, none of the Hawks really change their game or doing anything special, it is just same old Joe, and Crawford going iso, Smoove running and dunking, and Horford hitting mid range jumpers, and with all the mistakes they made on the offensive end, they were still able to score easily

[HMFFL]

Orlando was favored to win game one by 8.5 points and game two is no different. Orlando again by 8.5 points.

[evildallas]

the great thing is that this formula of single coverage, and "LET DWIGHT SHOOT" works if Dwight gets in foul trouble, and it works if Dwight has a monster game,

and on the offensive end, none of the Hawks really change their game or doing anything special, it is just same old Joe, and Crawford going iso, Smoove running and dunking, and Horford hitting mid range jumpers, and with all the mistakes they made on the offensive end, they were still able to score easily

One person did change offensively for game 1. Joe made a serious effort to take the ball inside and not shoot 3s. That change in itself was enough to make a big difference. Everyone else was as you described though. Luckily Jamal was hitting his shots as opposed to last playoffs.

Also, HMFFL, not surprised the line didn't move. For the gamblers the chances of bounce back by the home team are too great to ignore. Also given the Hawks past playoff exploits (inconsistent play against Miami and Milwaukee in other round 1s), I'd doubt them the entire way. If the Hawks stay with the game plan and effort each game it might show that growth that each of us has been hoping for.

[freshie2]

The Hawks finally played Horford @ PF, and what a difference it made. They have a lineup to contend with if they keep that type of rotation. Not sure what kept them from doing this sooner.

[Geaux_Hawks]

The Hawks finally played Horford @ PF, and what a difference it made. They have a lineup to contend with if they keep that type of rotation. Not sure what kept them from doing this sooner.

Secret plan?!?!?

[NeZoRiL]

If we win next game I think we'd be favored to win the series. I'm still with Orlando though, but I expect we at least put up a fight against those guys. I say we'll lose by 4 points. If I'm optimistic, I'll say we'll win by 4.

[niffoc4]

Anyone notice how Collins was boxing out Howard when the Hawks were on offense? He always made sure he was between Howard and the ball. I think this prevented Howard from helping on defense as much as he usually does. For example, I remember one play in the 3rd quarter where Collins backed Howard into the baseline while Hinrich drove to the bucket for an easy lay-in.

[evildallas]

Anyone notice how Collins was boxing out Howard when the Hawks were on offense? He always made sure he was between Howard and the ball. I think this prevented Howard from helping on defense as much as he usually does. For example, I remember one play in the 3rd quarter where Collins backed Howard into the baseline while Hinrich drove to the bucket for an easy lay-in.

Good call, that one play where he backed Howard out of bounds was priceless.

[CALPURNIA]

I believe the game was just sensational in many things. Obviously we made many of our open shots, which was a key, but also we moved the ball better, we posted up a little, we cut and find those players...
The rotation was good, intelligent. And the players that usually play more but only played a small amount of minutes were just concentrated and did great things.
I believe they will have to improve in many areas in order to beat us. And I do not think Howard is getting 40 again in this series.
Also I believe Smith and Horford can give more.

[parson]

If we win next game I think we'd be favored to win the series. I'm still with Orlando though, but I expect we at least put up a fight against those guys. I say we'll lose by 4 points. If I'm optimistic, I'll say we'll win by 4.

Well, if we have a 2 game lead with 3 home games left out of the 5 possible remaining games, we'd BETTER win.