Atlanta Hawks 90, Miami Heat 64 or where Josh Smith has no regard for human life.

by hawksdawgs on Apr 20, 2009 1:16 AM EDT in Game Recaps Comment 15 comments

"Josh Smith is a problem, man." - Marvin Williams

I watch a lot of sports. I love a lot of sports. And as a spectator, I am struggling to find a correlation for those back to back dunks by Josh Smith.

People simply jumped and screamed. Not that cool in sync jumping that happens at a bad rap concert. It was spastic, fist pumping, gyrations of joy. You just cannot ask for better sport. Thousands of people are leaving with bruises on their bicep because their buddy punched them in excitement.

It was as close to perfect as you can get. Of course perfect is irrelevant in playoff basketball. Next game is as much a must win as tonight, but until lets say late Monday, lets just say it was perfect. Because it was.

Every possession the Hawks had a match up advantage and they exploited. They did that or Josh Smith dunked it.

On the defensive side, outside of a few D-Wade dunks, the Hawks forced jumpers, rushed shots, and bad three pointers. It was great and it was awesome and my bicep is sore from being punched.

Let's take 12 hours of enjoyment, and then the Hawks need to realize they don't get to combine all seven game's scores. They need to know Boston won big at home last year too. Awesome win. Terrific crowd. Great win. Three pm tomorrow lets focus on win number two. Until then, I need some herbal tea. My voice is shot.

Comment of the game thread, after a Josh dunk Garrison Hayes wrote, "Two things the Highlight factory needs, more lights and a new roof."

Lets go Hawks!

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HaHaHa!

Awesome! Thanks for the mention.

Joe is a Beast
Al is a Beast
Smoove is a MONSTER!

by Garrison Hayes on Apr 20, 2009 3:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That was an absolute ass whipping.

My neighbors must think I am insane. We had thundersticks, booze, pizza…all in my living room. The show the Hawks put on was nothing short of amazing. All of my friends have been converted into Hawks fans now. If every home playoff game goes like that, I am going to need open heart surgery.

My favorite highlight of the night: Wade taking a step-back three and flopping, thus allowing Smith to tear the rim off on the other end.

Favorite non-highlight: Not seeing Smith try to lead a break!

by Duff_Man on Apr 20, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Josh's back to back

dunks maybe the greatest 45 seconds of any sporting event i’ve ever been to. The Crowd for that 45 seconds was the craziest I’ve ever seen

by marvin's ladies of the night on Apr 20, 2009 11:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We created a new meme for Wade last night...

I pointed out his knack of over-selling contact to draw fouls. We talked for a minute and saw him do it yet again. We have now dubbed him “Nature Boy” because he sells better than Ric Flair. So now whenever Wade hits the deck, we all yell WHOOOOO!

Our other new fun nicknames and rituals:

Al Horford: “The Weatherman”. Because my (female) roommate kept calling him Al Roker by accident
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Marvin: “Blatch”. Because of his sad mohawk and the female body part it resembled.

Zaza: “Unpretty”, “Gabor”, “Hulk Smash”, and my favorite “Zzzzzz” for when he falls asleep on D.

Josh Smith: No nickname, but my roommate now puts her hands up and “passes the magic” to him when he shoots FTs.

Mario West: We literally downloaded the SMB theme to play whenever he is in. It was funny until he started playing a lot.

Flip: “Hot Flip”. Credit to peachtreehops.com. You have to say it as fast as possible.

Mo Evans: “Black Powder”. I think I got that one from here, too.

Solomon Jones: “Non Solo”. Because he’s a total non-factor in the paint.

Yes, we need lives, but after 83 games and counting, we have formed a bond with this team. That and booze + funny things makes games more fun!

by Duff_Man on Apr 20, 2009 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nature Boy!!!

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahhahaah I will now refer to Wade as Nature Boy too. I’ll give you all the credit for it! ;)

by Co Co on Apr 20, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and co co don't forget your nickname for Joe

“the basketball player”

which goes along side “freakin” Johnson. as in joe “freakin” johnson.

by hawksdawgs on Apr 20, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice work

i call josh smith “the inspector” as in gadget.

zaza is “shrimp boat”

marvin is also mustache marv and that is from www.humanhighlightblog.com

by hawksdawgs on Apr 20, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I totally forgot "Shrimp Boat". I love that one!

by Duff_Man on Apr 20, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to know where "shrimp boat" came from.

My guess was that his backne makes him look like he’s covered in barnacles.

by Duff_Man on Apr 20, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

zaza is shrimp boat

because at any point he seems simultaneously prepared to commit a semi-dirty foul or board a boat and haul in a large batch of crustaceans.

by hawksdawgs on Apr 20, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

when josh plays like that he is

The Demoralizer. My wife even commented on how the Heat were shrinking away dunk by dunk.

Craig Claxton’s nickname = “wait, is that speedy?” typically he is removed from the game before you can say his full nickname.

by MLT on Apr 20, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I call ZaZa...

I can’t but call ZaZa the “Cabbage Pach Kid”…

My lungs will cry Wednesday night from me screaming “WOOOOOOOOO!” at D-Wade floppin’

Thankfully, I don’t hate him yet… Keep playing like this for me Wade…Please…

Joe is a Beast
Al is a Beast
Smoove is a MONSTER!

by Garrison Hayes on Apr 20, 2009 4:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lot of awesome moments

but my favorite was that one sequence where Bibby stole the ball from Chalmers, tried to start a fast break, had it intercepted by Chalmers, who then dived to save it from going out of bounds, tried to pass it back to Jermaine O’Neal, then saw it intercepted by Josh Smith.

That needs to be in a playoff commercial, with the caption “This is playoff basketball. Where amazing happens.”

by Bronn on Apr 20, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs