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I'm seeing 36-30. Not looking good, hope I am underestimating this team. On the good side, we have a nice number of ESPN games.

http://www.nba.com/hawks/schedule/

Yikes, 5 games in 7 nights at the start of January and it's the Bulls and Heat twice.

Schedule is pure horrible. 3 out of the 4 times the Hawks play the Heat it will be in a back to back or back to back to back situation. 3 out of the 4 times Hawks play Bulls it will be in a back to back or back to back to back situation. 2 of the 3 times the Hawks play the Knicks it will be in a back to back or back to back to back situation. The only team that is probable to be a top 4 contender that the Hawks don't play 3 of 4 times in back to back or back to back to back situations is the Knicks. That is quite horrible. Play all the teams that you need to beat to get home court in horrible situations. That's the sneaky NBA for you. I continue to laugh when people blame the players for tilting competitive balance and overlook quirks like this.

This lockout is really going to take effect this season, the Hawks won't have 2 days off until almost the All-Star Break, I mean as a fan I love that we'll be able to watch the Hawks every other night, but on the other hand fatigue will seriously kick in, it'll be worse for the older teams like the C's and Spurs. Well that's the NBA for u, u have to overcome adversity to contend.