Playoffs Now Clinched

evildallas · Post #1 » by **evildallas** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:25 am

I haven't seen any indication of it, but by my math the Hawks clinched a playoff spot with the win over the Spurs. The 9th place Bulls are 13 games behind us with 13 to go (and we won the season series against them). It's been a forgone conclusion for some time, but it will be nice to see the little letter by Atlanta in the standings. Congrats to the entire team. Good luck on the next goal on clinching home court in round 1. I believe the magic number on it is 8 (combination of wins or Milwaukee losses as long as at least 4 are wins).

EDIT - AJC confirms what I thought
EDIT #2 - It is now reported that we could lose out in a 4 way tie for the last spot.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-hawks/hawks-clinch-playoff-spot-391584.html
EDIT #3 - It all sealed now.

Post #2 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:15 pm

Glad to see Jamal Crawford happy and officially make the playoffs.

"It's unbelievable," Crawford said. "I've been wating a long time for this. I'm not going to take this for granted."

evildallas · Post #3 » by **evildallas** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:08 am

Now the word is that we haven't clinched yet because we could lose out in a 4-way tie for the last spot. We still need one more or a Chicago loss.