Game Thread #53: Atlanta at LA Lakers
by hawksdawgs on Feb 17, 2009 4:23 PM EST
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The West coast gauntlet begins.
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WHO: Atlanta (31-21) at LA Lakers (42-10)
WHERE: Sports South, Hawks Radio Network, NBA Audio League Pass
Hawks Injury Report: None except some dude named Craig. Flip Murray is out for family reasons. Othello Hunter is in the d-league for the next few games getting actual game action. I, for one, am outraged. He is getting plenty of experience in warm ups.
Hawks Injury Report: Andrew Bynum is out and still not sorry about Gerald Wallace.
Blogging With the Enemy: The Lakers Nation, Forum Blue and Gold
Predicted bane of the Hawks existence: Kobe Bean Bryant, but if you want to go dark horse try Luke Walton.
Game Preview:
Everyone is going to have to play good. At least two people are going to have to play great. My greats are Joe Johnson in all-star weekend redemption mode and Al Horford in "I plan to finesse Pau Gasol with fierce and continual forearms to the gut" mode.
I am most interested to see the point guard play with the three point shooting of Mike Bibby and Derek Fisher and the much anticipated (and forced) return of Acie Law to actual playing time.
It would also be helpful if Kobe had an off shooting night. Whatever that looks like for him.
I will be around in the game comments until my body gives out. Hope to see you late nighters there.
Go Hawks.
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Ugh
These late games are brutal for us working folks. Looks like my employer will get a less than productive day from me tomorrow because im watching this whole thing.
I am with you Kappy
maybe it is the fact that the game is in HDor that i feel like a kid staying up past my bed time, i just miss watching the hawks, or i have no regard for my own sport’s feelings but I am excited about this game.
two fouls on josh
well i will give it to him, he doesn’t stop being aggressive in the face of woodson’s two foul rule.
out of a timeout
bibby dribbles and gives it to josh smith with a foot on the line.
woody draws em up nice.
pau just got a triple double in the third quarter
that means three things
1. I was completely wrong for saying Horford was going to do anything to him.
2. He is good.
3. the Hawks players are not putting forth any effort.
i hope i wake up in the morning
look at this conversation with myself and laugh…because right now i feel horrible.
good night.
Score would have been even worse
except Mario West refused to stop playing basketball.
Is it even that much of a stretch to say he was the best Hawk on the floor last night? He was robbed a couple of assists-one by the official scorekeeper, another by Gardner’s inability to make a lay-up.
Josh Smith looked like he’d rather be someplace else for much of the night-anywhere except trying for rebounds.
mmmh
well, at least the kings are up next.
Hawks……shake this off, and prepare for the tomorrow.
GO HAWKS
by da fatchick thrilla on Feb 18, 2009 12:42 AM EST reply actions
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