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people say that Horford was injured at the end of the season, which was the excuse of the poor production of Horford in the last month of the season.

the one win that the Hawks had against the Bulls was when Horford was the most important player in the game, dominating both Noah and Boozer, and putting up Dwight like numbers, 31/16.

should fans put alot into the two Bulls blowouts?

was Horford playing injured in those last two Chicago games?

is Horford healthy now, going into the Chicago series?

will Horford and Smoove be able to dominate all of the Bulls post players in the whole series, like they did in the first meeting?

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"the one win that the Hawks had against the Bulls was when Horford was the most important player in the game, dominating both Noah and Boozer, and putting up Dwight like numbers, 31/16. Josh did not play instead we gave Collins and Pachulia his minutes. "

Collins started the 2nd half and played 18 minutes (4 mpquarter)Pachulia played 19 minutes (a little under 5mpq). Horf played 41 minutes (10 mpq) that means he played but 9 minutes at center.
This could means Horford played only 1 minute at center each quarter.

Without Josh Smith and we beat the Bulls. And Rose shot 5 for 21. In the blowouts Josh Smith started in place of Collins. Rose shot 11 for 20. Deng scored 27 points mainly off of everyone trying to protect the paint and collapsing. Think of Deng as Turkoglu.
Bulls got offensive boards on 40.0% of their missed shots. but Hawks got 32.5% of offensive rebounds.
In the 1st blowout with Josh we had 10% extra possessions. I doubt a healthy Horford and a now gimpy Josh can increase our offensive rebounds by 22%.

The first game we traded Smith for a 7'footer and won. And Rose shot awful 2 out of 3 match ups.

Ruhiel wrote:"the one win that the Hawks had against the Bulls was when Horford was the most important player in the game, dominating both Noah and Boozer, and putting up Dwight like numbers, 31/16. Josh did not play instead we gave Collins and Pachulia his minutes. "

Collins started and played 18 minutes (4 mpquarter)Pachulia played 19 minutes (a little under 5mpq). Horf played 41 minutes (10 mpq) that means he played but 9 minutes at center.
This could means Horford played only 1 minute at center each quarter.

Without Josh Smith and we beat the Bulls. And Rose shot 5 for 21. In the blowouts Josh Smith started in place of Collins. Rose shot 11 for 20. Deng scored 27 points mainly off of everyone trying to protect the paint and collapsing. Think of Deng as Turkoglu.
Bulls got offensive boards on 40.0% of their missed shots. but Hawks got 32.5% of offensive rebounds.
In the 1st blowout with Josh we had 10% extra possessions. I doubt a healthy Horford and a now gimpy Josh can increase our offensive rebounds by 22%.

The first game we traded Smith for a 7'footer and won. And Rose shot awful 2 out of 3 match ups.

so, you are stating that Horford wasn't playing hurt in the last two meetings?