Preview and Game Thread #82: Atlanta Hawks @ Memphis Grizzlies
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 5:19 PM EDT
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| Atlanta Hawks 08-09 Playoff game #82 | ||
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| 47-34 | 23-58 |
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| FedEx Forum |
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| April 15th, 2009, 8:00 PM | ||
| FS South, Hawks Radio Network, NBA Audio League Pass | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Some Dude Named Craig |
PG | Mike Conley |
| This other guy |
SG | OJ Mayo |
| Rando McRandomson |
SF | Rudy Gay |
| Joe Shmoe |
PF | Darrell Arthur |
| cSmiles Morris |
C | Marc Gasol |
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Hawks Injury Report: Everyone has a back problem. Only the really healthy will play. And the good ones that are healthy will play very little.
Griz Injury Report: Could not quite muster the energy to look it up. I am going to guess very few.
Blogging With the Enemy: 3 Shades of Blue
Predicted bane of the Hawks existence: I think OJ Mayo and Rudy Gay are going to go for a combined 100 points.
Game Preview:
The line for this game was Atlanta +7.5. Considering the Hawks are playing their 12th through 8th men for most of the game and those said men played more than they ever have last game and that last game was yesterday, I think Memphis might take this one in a walk.Unfortunately, I don't gamble on sports....in April....on Wednesdays....that are sunny....and its tax day.
It would still irk me a bit to see the Hawks lose by 20+ the game game before the playoffs, but not enough to play the starters for anything more than a courtesy showing.
Regardless, the shine has not worn off on these bench players. I am still excited to watch this game. I hope Woodson puts Mario West on Mayo and when Mario comes out of the game, someone tells him multiply that by ten and you have Dwayne Wade...on an average night. I will be in the comments with fury...until maybe Lost comes on.
Go Hawks!
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Apparently, Joe Johnson won the NBA's "Most Popular Player" award
who knew there was such a thing? Proof
I couldn’t find any other verification of this. Weird.
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i think that was for most popular player on the hawks
which I am actually still surprised by. would Horford not rule any high school in the nation?
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and i just spent the last 10 minutes
thinking about what each player’s roll would be in high school.
josh smith and i would not have been friends. that is for sure.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes more sense.
I’m surprised Bibby didn’t take it, he’s gotta be the class clown.
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
joe, acie, bibby
are all inactive tonight.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the least sports south could have done
was put this game in HD.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
no nique either!
if i am going to have mediocre color commentary, I want it from a living legend damn it.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the stinger on flip murray
“he has been successful because of his singular focus.”
what got him run out of detroit and indy gets him props here. i love it.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
zaza just threw arthur to the ground
no call.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i am sure many people have said this
but marc gasol looks like the wrestler Mick Foley
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i can answer at least one of these
with a very confident yes.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i feel like the hawks should be leading by 10 right now
and they are only up one.
i also feel like i have no life, so i am fine with things being false.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
mo evans arm tats
look tougher tonight for some reason.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
if teams were only allowed to shoot jump shots
Memphis would lose every one by 10.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
speedy
a back to back sighting!
just no air balls tonight big guy.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
someone explain to me why othello got less playing time than solo
someone? anyone?
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Othello
is not better than Solo!
by marvin's ladies of the night on Apr 15, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Solo
his one highlight that I remember was tapping Josh Smith on the waist, between the 4th quarter and overtime. Smith of course got really mad, but he came out on fire in overtime leading us to a Victory!
http://www.49ersboard.blogspot.com
by supraman on Apr 15, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Othello didn't wear a headband last night,
he’s not a team player.
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think zaza didn't play last night
because he was anti head band.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Grizzlies lose this game, do they have to blow up the team?
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i hope they rudy gay to us
for othello hunter.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mario west is a little disappointing
when he plays more than the usual 3 minutes.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe he's been able to play so many minutes,
doesn’t he average like 3 fouls per minute on the season?
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
even that is disappointing
i was expecting him to foul out of both games.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if flip murray gets a career high in points
should it count?
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 9:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
When does the NBA release the playoff TV schedule?
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 9:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i think tomorrow
personally, i am rooting for a first game sunday.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping for primetime,
we are playing Dwade, it’s gotta be a possibility.
by Buzzsaw on Apr 15, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
zaza has 5 fouls in 21 minutes
i don’t think he wants to play and has taken it into his own hands to get out of the game.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
did gasol just cross himself?
i guess it was a prayer of a shot.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 10:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why does woody
still feel the need not to play morris?
by acie4mvp on Apr 15, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i expected big noise from you
over the “who has the most important back on the Hawks” and got nothing.
and i have decided randolph only has too defensive moves, scowl and foul.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its like shake and bake
if shake and bake meant you were bad at something.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 15, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So ends the barely noteworthy trend
of Atlanta winning all of Mario’s career starts. Got to say, though, he didn’t help that case on a night when Memphis was trying to keep it going.
by Bronn on Apr 16, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PS
How about that Vegas line? Memphis covers by 0.5.
How do those people do it?
by Bronn on Apr 16, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s like the National Championship game when Florida was -10 and everyone thought the line was ridiculous…then Florida wins by 10.
by Bronn on Apr 16, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm kind of wondering
what kind of gambling addict actually wanted to place a bet on this game, took Memphis to cover, and was sweating out the last few minutes.
by Bronn on Apr 16, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way
meant to give you props for making two Game Thread #81’s and getting away with it, but I haven’t been able to care about the past two games.
by Bronn on Apr 16, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i noticed it about five games ago
not sure if it was something bret did or i did. I am going to assume me. i just always wanted an 83 game season.
by hawksdawgs on Apr 16, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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