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Game Thread #33: Houston at Atlanta, January 3rd

Houston Rockets at Atlanta Hawks, Jan 3, 2009 7:00 PM EST


WHO: Houston (21-13) at Atlanta (21-11)

WHEN: 7pm

WHERE: No local TV, Hawks Radio NetworkNBA Audio League Pass

Injury Report: As always, Speedy Claxton is out. For Houston, Shane Battier is out while both Tracy McGrady and Ron Artest are questionable.

Game Notes

For Entertainment Purposes Only: Atlanta -4.5, 184 o/u

Blogging With the Enemy: The Dream Shake

The Hawks had a bad night in New Jersey last night. Houston had a worse night in Toronto, losing 94-73 and providing Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle with a rich vein of first-person content for his game report...

Tracy McGrady:

"(Effort) is something we’re obviously not giving right now. For whatever reason, at both ends of the court — offensively, especially defensively — we’re not executing. We’re missing assignments. It’s all of us.”

Rick Adelman:

"In this league, you have to find a way to get yourself out of that. Either come together as a group or you don’t. We have to decide on how we want to play. It’s one thing to get beat. It’s another thing to just be outworked, and I thought we got outworked.”

Yao Ming:

"Coach said in the locker room, in this league it’s easy to keep chemistry when everything is going right. Right now, we know we played games at home … just like tonight. We need to fight together."

Rafer Alston, asked if his team is on the same page:

"Not one bit. This is embarrassing. Again. We had this happen the other night in Houston. We had it tonight. It’s sad, and it’s unfortunate.”

The loser of tonight's game will officially be deemed to be in a funk.

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Home sick, no TV broadvast

and tonight’s the night Josh Smith forgoes the jumper to attack the basket and Acie Law IV is playing. Figures.

by Hoopinion on Jan 3, 2009 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

granted i have not heard or seen any of this game

but the stat sheet is making very jealous that I am not at the arena.

by hawksdawgs on Jan 3, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions  

i offically do not like my job

bibby for three for the win. and i am at home watching the gamecast on espn

i hope something good was on sports south tonight.

by hawksdawgs on Jan 3, 2009 9:22 PM EST reply actions  

Either I've OD'd on Tylenol

or Yahoo’s play-by-play had Alston making a layup to go up 102-100 for a while.

by Hoopinion on Jan 3, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Not sure what to think

22-11…
but a three-point last-second home win over a Houston team that had Artest, McGrady, and Battier out with injuries?

by rbubp on Jan 3, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions  

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