Atlanta @ Orlando Oct 29th Game 1

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:59 pm

YOUR ATLANTA HAWKS

@

Orlando Magic

lunarblues · Post #2 » by **lunarblues** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:19 pm

keepin it simple and clean HMFFL.

betta1 · Post #3 » by **betta1** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:21 pm

Not having Marvin may be tough. Evans will hopefully have some payback in mind against his old squad and fill Marv's shoes.

I think Smoove and Horford should try and pound it inside against Dwight...2 against 1...maybe get him into early foul trouble.

Also, hopefully Bibby and Acie can get their shots going early against Nelson. Gonna be a tough fight.

Retrovision · Post #4 » by **Retrovision** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:18 pm

AAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Hawk season!!
how it goes better than football is...

whats up with Marvin?

Hawks · Post #5 » by **Hawks** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:26 pm

Finally the season starts. We seem to struggle all the time in the 1st game of the season. I am not sure what to expect. Just excited to get the season started.

orl1724 · Post #6 » by **orl1724** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:54 pm

So this thumb injury on marvin is it serious? How many games is he going to miss?

ATLfan · Post #7 » by **ATLfan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:31 am

orl1724 wrote:So this thumb injury on marvin is it serious? How many games is he going to miss?

He's suspended 1 game.

conleyorbust · Post #8 » by **conleyorbust** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:10 am

Good to have the game threads back! That time of year again.

We tend to play Orlando pretty close but I've yet to get the feeling that our squad is clicking and by all accounts, there's is.

Losing Marv doesn't really kill us but it means the rest of the front court is going to have to crash the boards even harder which is tough against Dwight (so they need to take advantage of Shard here).

Pietrus was brought in as a "Joe Johnson Stopper" but I'm a bit skeptical, they aren't as deep in the backcourt either so if Acie is going to have a breakout game, he may as well make it against his former mentor in the first game of the season.

Oh, and I'd like to see us run the PnR with the bigs early and than swap in Zaza and let him try and do his annoying flop thing against Dwight. If we can get DH frustrated early, we could have a solid shot.

Can't say the Birds are the favorite here but in SE Division play, anything can happen.

Go Hawks

NDaATL · Post #9 » by **NDaATL** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:32 am

I can't wait for this game! Feels like we've been waiting forever, but we really need to get started on a good note with a tough schedule to begin the season and lots of games on the road. We won in ORL twice last season so hopefully we can pull it out tonight.

Post #10 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:05 pm

Orlando favored to win by -7½. The O/U is 202.

JoshB914 · Post #11 » by **JoshB914** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:55 pm

FINALLY it's NBA season again. I can't wait for tonight.

drsd · Post #12 » by **drsd** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:19 pm

lunarblues · Post #13 » by **lunarblues** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:22 pm

you gotta read the pregame on the magic board. i had to stop myself from laughing in the middle of the office.

Post #14 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:36 pm

C: Mr Way Too Cocky For Not Being a Very Good Player

Ouch!

conleyorbust · Post #15 » by **conleyorbust** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:56 pm

ha, i like it when they have fun with it.

Master8492 · Post #16 » by **Master8492** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:57 pm

Who's going to start... Evans or Zaza?

lunarblues · Post #17 » by **lunarblues** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:59 pm

i think zaza

BMF Jet Jaguar · Post #18 » by **BMF Jet Jaguar** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:01 pm

2 hours!!!!
AHH

NDaATL · Post #19 » by **NDaATL** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:07 pm

I'm getting giddy just sitting here waiting on the game. This is going to be the longest 2 hours..

JoshB914 · Post #20 » by **JoshB914** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:02 pm

One hour away. Let's get it, boys!