After years of yearning for a national stage, the Hawks are guaranteed four prime-time national TV dates now that the schedule is set for their playoff series with Boston:
Game 1 - Sun April 20 Atlanta at Boston 8:30PM TNT
Game 2 - Wed April 23 Atlanta at Boston 8:00PM TNT
Game 3 - Sat April 26 Boston at Atlanta 8:00PM ESPN/R
Game 4 - Mon April 28 Boston at Atlanta 8:00PM TNT
Game 5 * Wed April 30 Atlanta at Boston TBD TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 2 Boston at Atlanta TBD TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 4 Atlanta at Boston TBD TBD
* if necessary
They better show better in the playoffs than they did in the last three (really the last two) games of the regular season. The Hawks were brutal last night against a Heat team that looked more D-League than it did NBA (if it weren
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JoshB914 wrote:Haha what a quote from JJ: "these games don't matter." Note to Woody: When your CAPTAIN isn't interested you probably want to play your bench!
Well said.
Like the article said, if the bench had started the games might have been a bit different.
Between the Hawks believing they can just turn it on and Boston trying to prove something, game 1 could get ugly. I just hope it doesn't destroy the Hawks psyche for the rest of series.