So how much trouble are the hawks in down 2 starters?

johnny878 · Post #1 » by **johnny878** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:53 am

that means they have 0 front court depth without bringing in Solomon Jones............

parson · Post #2 » by **parson** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:00 am

I think we can hold serve against Miami.

HoopsGuru25 · Post #3 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:03 am

I think Smith can guard JO way better than Horford can and it's not like Miami has a good big off the bench. Beasley is talented but he plays like a 3 on offense...the Hawks actually put Mo on him for a good portion of the game and he didn't do that bad a job.

I think we will really miss Marvin against Lebron if we get to the 2nd round. They are already so much better than us that we will need to be close to full strength just to have a chance to extend the series past 4 or 5 games imo.

High 5 · Post #4 » by **High 5** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:04 am

Still better than Miami as long as Zaza keeps bringing it.

johnny878 · Post #5 » by **johnny878** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:06 am

i hope this series scares off some of the Zaza haters.

He bust his ass out there. i hope they resign him.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #6 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:11 am

Is it a gaurantee that Marvin wont be playing? I dont expect Al to play, even though that is still up in there.

Post #7 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:15 am

Miami should win at home and I don't expect Marvin Williams to play.

Marvin Williams (wrist) sat out Game 5 on Wednesday and will "probably not" return in the first round of the playoffs.
Williams was struggling to reach the rim with his shots during practice and said he can "barely dribble". Maurice Evans will continue to start at SF in his absence.
Link

johnny878 · Post #8 » by **johnny878** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:21 am

here is what im worried about.

Zaza getting in foul trouble(likely playing against o neil) and then the hawks have stick jones out there for a bunch of minutes

evildallas · Post #9 » by **evildallas** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:48 am

The foul situation will be key in game 6. The Hawks are going to have to get minutes like they did tonight from bench players that haven't seen much time in the series (Solomon, Mario, Acie). The big difference will be that probably they won't have a huge lead when they get pressed into action and even may be down quite a bit.

Hawk4Playoffs · Post #10 » by **Hawk4Playoffs** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:59 am

If Joe and Bibby light it up like they did tonight, we might be able to steal one on the road. Mo Evans and Flip have been clutch for us this year... I think they did a good job tonight and hopefully they can do the same thing friday night. Lets hope Josh doesn't go out there shooting jump shots... instead takes it to the hole.

Hawks are going to finish it in Miami... you might think its a long shot... but I have a feeling JJ is back to his old self... and he is going to put up wade numbers... (hawks - (JJ+Horford+Marv)) > (heat - wade).