Hawks 98 Wizards 89 or where we begin the Marvin Williams infatuation
Name one time you sat on a runway for the six hours you normally sleep and were forced into a situation where you must win/succeed?
If the Hawks lose, the one game attention span of the nation media, the local media for a week, and and this blog for a month ridicule the team.
It was a no win/must win situation. And then the team slept on a plane. Kudos for them for winning.
Sure they get paid millions to do so and yes, an easier win with starters playing less minutes would have been the more desirable outcome, but whatever, take the win and go get some good rest.
6 things to take away from a game you probably do not think deserves any takeaways at all.
- When Marvin Williams shot is falling, he may have just turned into a really good offensive player. Somehow in one summer, he learned to take/hit the three pointer and finish around the rim. Keep enjoying Chapel Hill Marvin.
- Joe Johnson is figuring out that the effort he exerts to create his own shot can sometimes be better punctuated by one of his teammates taking the shot. I would not mind seeing more 13 assists 11 shot nights.
- Am I being too hard on Josh Smith? He went 6 of 12 from the floor, had five rebound, and I still thought it was a well below par performance. Either I have morphed into a Smith hater, or I expect really great things from him. Those things may not be mutually exclusive though.
- Al Horford is back on the 12 shot attempts equals a path to victory. And I love it.
- Mike Woodson's subbing pattern still baffles.
- I feel bad for the Wizards.
Finally, you know why I love Marvin Williams? He has one of the most efficient and skilled nights as a professional and drops this one quote for the paper.
"That’s what they call a total team effort right there," Williams said after making four of his six shots from beyond the 3-point line. "And everybody was tired. That was a crazy experience, being stuck on that plane all night. We didn’t get into our [hotel] rooms and actually get to sleep until 8:30.
"It was nuts. But we got through it as a team."
Not one "me" in the whole thing.
Finally, congradulations to Buzzsaw winner of the first ever "Best comment in the Game Thread" when refering to Josh Smith taking less jumpers:
I think he's had that figured out for awhile. The foul line is a constant reminder.
Go Hawks!
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What about Al?
it’s not just the # of shots but the diversity. He is forcing opposing bigs out of the lane with his emerging jumper. I can’t remember where I heard it or what the exact quote was but he said recently that he decided that he was coasting a bit and wanted to kick it in to high gear. We are seeing the fruits of his effort (and Marv’s hard work). Two things I wish Josh would do more of: give effort and work hard outside of games.
Woodson and the Hawks should realize by now that there are 0 games we will win this year just by showing up. Opponents still think of us as the Hawks of old and get geared up to play and our talent advantage isn’t that great to just show up and coast to victory.
horford hit a ridiculously difficult turnaround
and then came back and did the same move off glass. I almost lost it. it was a feel good story from beginning to end in 35 seconds. Straight out of the Lifetime channel.
moments later he led the fast break to perfection.
what i am trying to say is I agree. I love Al Horford.
Lifetime Channel
does not show feel good stories, but I get your point. Given time Lifetime will convince women that nothing but bad things are bound to happen to us solely because we are women. It’s scary.!
there's one flaw in buzzsaw's comment
He actually still believes he is a good free throw shooter. There was a quote somewhere that had him talking about how well he shoots them during practice. I’m too lazy tired to go find it though
one time
when I was 14, I played a 2 on 2 game against this kid I hated. I scorched him and only missed 1 shot in an entire game to 21 and scored all the points for my team.
Obviously this means that I should have gone pro or at least gotten a scholarship, right? clearly the coaches that didn’t sign me and the teams that didn’t draft me are just haters.

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