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Game Stats
Time: 7:00 pm
Date: 2/13/2008
Weather: 50 degrees and cloudy
Local TV: SportsSouth
The Good Guys
The Bad Guys
Quick Line
Charlotte by 2 189 o/u
The Records
Atlanta 21-27 6-16 on the road
Charlotte 18-34 14-16 at home
What ESPN Says
The Hawks and Bobcats will try to end their respective losing streaks as they meet on Wednesday night in the teams' final game before the All-Star break.
Atlanta (21-27) is in danger of matching a season-high fourth straight loss, set from Jan. 16-23. The Hawks also have not fared well at Philips Arena recently, losing four straight and 10 of 11.
Atlanta is averaging 89.5 points in its last two games, and Johnson has struggled. The All-Star guard has scored a total of 19 points while shooting 24.0 percent (6-for-25) from the field in that span.
Johnson, who averages 20.6 points, was held to just 11 in a 94-90 loss to Detroit on Tuesday night.
Against Charlotte (18-34) this season, however, Johnson is averaging 32.5 points and 8.0 assists while shooting 54.8 percent (23-for-42) from the field to lead Atlanta to two wins.
Wallace, meanwhile, averaged 25.5 points in those games, but the star guard will sit out Wednesday for the fifth time in six games with a strained foot as the Bobcats try to avoid their season-high eighth straight loss.
What Forbes Says
from the Charlotte Business Journal
Charlotte has been ranked the ninth-most miserable city in the nation, according to a ranking by Forbes magazine.
The magazine surveyed 150 metropolitan areas and ranked them according to unemployment, personal tax rates, commute times, weather, crime and superfund sites.
According to Forbes, Charlotte has undergone tremendous economic growth the past decade and the population has soared 32 percent. However, employment growth has not kept up with the rise in population, meaning unemployment rates are up more than 50 percent from a decade ago.
Charlotte scored in the bottom half of the six categories. Its worst score was for violent crime, at 838 incidents per 100,000 residents.
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Well that will help get me pumped for the game.
Last Game Before Valentine's Day
Some knowledge on the subject
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day
Last Game Before All-Star Break
An opinion on the subject
http://dberri.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/joe-johnson-is-an-all-star/
Ouch, no love for Joe there.
Last Game Before The Circus Comes to Atlanta
The Key Matchup
Did you know Okafor passed on 5 years for $65M?
The Bobcat Nightmare
My Personal Nightmare
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