New York @ Atlanta

[ATLfan]

Nice game by Joe, Josh, and Bibby.

[HoopsGuru25]

I'm going to assume that Indy wins and we lose tomorrow.

1. We already know that Indy basically has to win out.

2. Both teams have sure fire wins to end the season(although the Knicks are bi-polar so you never know).

3. If Indy wins at Washington(assuming nothing weird happens in between), then the Orlando game is basically a one game playoff. Thankfully the team will know the situation before the game so they don't decide to give less than 100%(ala the Indy game).

[Hawks]

Hawks took care of business with the Knicks. Now it is the Celtics. It will be interesting to see how the Celtics play this. Their key players barely played tonight. Bucks didn't even bother to show up.

[betta1]

I wonder how Boston is looking at this situation. They can pretty much go a long way towards determining who they face in the 1st round in tomorrows game; rest their starters and lose means that they pretty much will play the Hawks, or go all out, and risk possible injury to a starter, in order to play Indy. I'm not saying they have a major preference as to who they'd rather face, but they do hold a good number of the cards.

Basically, if Atlanta loses tomorrow night, and Indy beats Charlotte as expected, then the pressure will be huge to beat Orlando. Boston most certainly understands the implications of tomorrow night's game. I personally think they'd rather face us then a red hot Indy team.

Should be some interesting, albeit nerve racking, few days ahead for ATL.

Go Bobcats!

[evildallas]

Not willing to concede tomorrow night. It's at home. Hawks have everything to play for and Boston has nothing to play for except to possibly send a message in case we make the playoffs. That last bit is what actually scares me some. They might want to send a message to the Hawks.

[High 5]

Yeah, I'm a little worried about them giving us a sneak peak. It would be smart of them to make sure our confidence is as low as possible going into the playoffs. The way we play sometimes they can do that and still rest the big three for a quarter.

And one more thing, it seems like Josh Smith's biggest fans are in New York. Every time plays there he has them oohing and ahhing all night.

[HoopsGuru25]

If you want a game where the other team has no incentive to win..then that would be the Orlando game. They are locked into the 3rd seed and they are probably just waiting for the playoffs which is probably why they lost at home to Minnesota. It is very unlikely that the Hawks will catch them on their A game especially since we match up really with them in the 1st place.

Boston is Boston. They probably aren't going to play their starters 40 minutes a piece but they are going to play hard and play well. They've won 8 of 9(with 7 blowouts) in games which they've basically had nothing to prove. I can only imagine that they are going to play just as hard against a likely 1st round opponent. I wouldn't get my hopes up for this game.

[conleyorbust]

Boston is Boston. They probably aren't going to play their starters 40 minutes a piece but they are going to play hard and play well. They've won 8 of 9(with 7 blowouts) in games which they've basically had nothing to prove. I can only imagine that they are going to play just as hard against a likely 1st round opponent. I wouldn't get my hopes up for this game.

Yeah, I credit KG's craziness for that. I think its crazy that he is basically an MVP afterthought.

The Garden was louder than I've heard it in a while, it wasn't that crowded but the hardcores were excited about Walsh.

We played our guys a lot of minutes but they didn't play too hard which is a good thing if they play with some intensity tomorrow night.

Wilson Chandler looks like a poor man's Josh Smith. Athletic with some decent moves a shot-selection problems.