Would Atlanta have given LA trouble in a playoff series?

Post #1 » by **tlee324** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:05 am

They gave us a lot of trouble with their physical bigs, and it looks like Boston is doing that to LA right now. ATL took Boston to 7 games, what do you think they would have done hypothetically if they played the Lake Show in a playoff series?

SuigintouEV · Post #2 » by **SuigintouEV** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:14 am

tough call, but they did split the season series with them.

In thier win (at home, by 3points)

Gasol shot .357
Kobe shot .250
Horford had 20 boards
Joe Johnson had 28pts on 20 shots
Josh smith shot .636

I'm sure a lot of those stats are familiar from some of the hawks games by the c's

Post #3 » by **canman1971** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:49 am

I really feel Atlanta would have given anyone fits. They are young, athletic and play with a lot of energy, but most of all, they had nothing to lose. Not saying they would have taken anyone to 7 games, because I feel a lot of that had to do with the Cs finding their playoff identity, but who knows. I'm sure the so called "experts" wouldn't agree, but Atlanta has some pretty good players.

sam_I_am · Post #4 » by **sam_I_am** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:01 am

No. The Hawks would have been swept. The Lakers comeback in the 4th quarter is reminiscint of our struggles against Atlanta and a repeat of our road woes may continue. The Lakers are young and we are old but less so than the Spurs. 4th quarters in LA could get interesting like they did in Atlanta.

cisco · Post #5 » by **cisco** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:30 pm

No way Atlanta would be swept by the Lakers. I think the Lakers would eventually prevail, but the Hawks have an excellent, tough and strong post presence in Horford and some guys who constantly attack the rim. That combination would cause the Lakers fits.

Post #6 » by **sully00** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:37 pm

Obviously we have seen the Hawks play great at home and the Lakers play like crap on the road so I think ATL could take a game or two from the Lakers.

But I don't think that the Lakers would struggle with their length and athleticism they way we did.

celticfan42487 · Post #7 » by **celticfan42487** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:15 pm

I don't think so.

To start it off we played with Ray "I Suck" Allen in that series. They would of had Kobe, who would of loved to guard his the poor version of himself in Joe Johnson.

Fisher is playing too tightly on Rondo not recognizing just how putrid of an offensive player Rondo is but instead giving Rondo a chance to actually use his speed and drive. On Biby, this would just ensure much sucking from him.

Farmar instead of Sam "me shoot" Cassell

ATL doesn't have a SF to expose LA most importantly.

LA would probuly win in 5.

massey1992 · Post #8 » by **massey1992** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:51 pm

I do think that Atlanta would have made LA really work for it if not win it themselves. The Hawks were very good defensively just like the Celtics and they could also score the ball very well. It would have been an interesting series.

Rocky5000 · Post #9 » by **Rocky5000** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:55 pm

Not as much trouble as we had. Atlanta is celtic kryptonite. They also have very favorable homer scorekeepers and announcers.

5......4..3..Shotclock violation!

nyhuskyfan · Post #10 » by **nyhuskyfan** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:15 pm

celticfan42487 wrote:I don't think so.

To start it off we played with Ray "I Suck" Allen in that series. They would of had Kobe, who would of loved to guard his the poor version of himself in Joe Johnson.

Fisher is playing too tightly on Rondo not recognizing just how putrid of an offensive player Rondo is but instead giving Rondo a chance to actually use his speed and drive. On Biby, this would just ensure much sucking from him.

Farmar instead of Sam "me shoot" Cassell

ATL doesn't have a SF to expose LA most importantly.

LA would probuly win in 5.

Ray was decent for the first 5 games and three quarters offensively (although he struggled covering Joe Johnson). He then missed some looks in the closing minutes of game 6, had a bad game 7 (although it was a total rout), and the slump was on.

DEEP3CL · Post #11 » by **DEEP3CL** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:40 pm

It would be a tough series for the most part because we've struggled in Atlanta for a couple of years now. Our biggest problems would be Horford and Johnson.

daveisceltics · Post #12 » by **daveisceltics** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:54 pm

Atl reminds me of the Warriors of last year against Dallas.
They play that ''helter skelter'' style basketball.
It seems like they don't have any set plays.

SALMIEN · Post #13 » by **SALMIEN** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:07 pm

atlanta gave you celtics hard time- will never give la lakers hard time those are La Lakers
Go lakers give them an other hard time
lakers in 6

CeltsfaninDC · Post #14 » by **CeltsfaninDC** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:11 pm

^^ Can most Lakers fans speak english?
just curious

DJToLarry · Post #15 » by **DJToLarry** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:16 pm

SALMIEN wrote:atlanta gave you celtics hard time- will never give la lakers hard time those are La Lakers
Go lakers give them an other hard time
lakers in 6

Well at least you passed the spell checker, I'll give you that much!

That Nicka · Post #16 » by **That Nicka** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:12 pm

sully00 wrote:Obviously we have seen the Hawks play great at home and the Lakers play like crap on the road so I think ATL could take a game or two from the Lakers.

But I don't think that the Lakers would struggle with their length and athleticism they way we did.

What??

Lakers were 27-14 on the road this season, 2nd best in the NBA

In the playoffs, the Lakers won 2 games in Denver (33-8 at home), 1 game in Utah (37-4 at home) and 1 game in San Antonio (34-7 at home)

Lakers suck on the road? :rofl:

pballa · Post #17 » by **pballa** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:23 pm

the lack of BEAT LA sigs in this thread is DISGUSTING.

TheSheriff · Post #18 » by **TheSheriff** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:41 pm

LA is soft, so the Hawks would have been about to grab a game or two.

captain_cheapseats · Post #19 » by **captain_cheapseats** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:58 pm

I don't think they would. The Celts just don't match up very well with uber athletic teams like ATL and CHA.

Big Bird · Post #20 » by **Big Bird** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:33 pm

They would've probably taken a game at their place. Not much more than that.

We lost to them on a back to back the night after Kobe suffered his injury and played like complete trash... couldn't hit the basket to save his life, turned the ball over on critical possessions. Gasol was playing his 2nd game. And we were leading by 10 points for most of the game, only to totally collapse at the end. I think Fish was shooting the game tying 3 and it didn't fall.

2 weeks later, we blew them out of the building with half the effort. Led by 40 after the halftime, won by 30.

Just my humble opinion. The Bobcats would probably take us to 6 or 7 games on the other hand. We just can win two in a row against that team since forever.

cheers