Al Horford seeks double-double average

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Apr 5, 2010 4:42 am

Seeing double: Entering the season center Al Horford had two personal goals. He's already achieved one by making his first All-Star team.

The second will require him to collect 82 rebounds over the next six games. That would give him an average of 10 per game, which would allow him to average a double-double for the season.

After a 14-rebound effort last Saturday against Detroit, Horford needed to average 13.7 over the next six games to achieve this goal. He would become the first Hawk to average a double-double since Dikembe Mutombo in the 1999-2000 season.

Asked about it Saturday, Horford didn't know the specific number of rebounds he needed and wasn't going to look it up.

"I can't worry about it," he said. "I just have to go out there and play my game and, hopefully, if it pans out, that's great." Link

ATL DirtyBird · Post #2 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Mon Apr 5, 2010 5:30 am

I got a weird feeling hes gonna get it. I hope he does. Nothing better than a confidence builder for a young player.

MaceCase · Post #3 » by **MaceCase** » Mon Apr 5, 2010 12:56 pm

I just hope he doesn't kill himself over the last few games trying to achieve this goal or even worse, go all Ricky Davis on us.
Rather he save it for the playoffs, 14 and 14 doesn't sound too bad of a goal for the post-season now does it, Al?

SAUCERY_SWEET · Post #4 » by **SAUCERY_SWEET** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:21 am

If i'm not mistaken, he is right on the cusp, he needs to go for it hard against Cleveland in the season Finale.

HoopsGuru25 · Post #5 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:31 am

He would need to grab 21 rebounds against Cleveland to finish with 820 on the season. Woody sat him the entire 2nd quarter with 2 fouls which hurt his chances. He still pulled down 12 in 25 minutes.

He has hit 25 straight free throws though.