Miami Heat 107, Atlanta Hawks 78 or where the Heat don't care about our feelings.

by hawksdawgs on Apr 26, 2009 8:40 AM EDT

When your best run offensive possession is the first play of the game and it ends with an air ball by Al Horford from inside the free throw line, it may not be your night. And when your fast break play is an alley ~~hoop~~ layup to Zaza Pachulia, then, well then, you just know it is not your night.

Apparently, after strong denials from Peachtree Hoops, the Miami Heat can indeed hit 98 three pointers in a game and shoot over 50 percent from behind the arc. Not that it even mattered last night. Hawks got beat every which way. The players did not show up with hustle. They did not show up with skill. They barely looked like dribbling was in the top 100 of things they do best. The curse of Spirit the Hawks may well be upon us.

But here are two pairs of startling numbers. 22 and 12, 32 and 17. Those are the first and fourth quarter points for the Heat and Hawks respectively. And here, therefore, begins a brief Mike Woodson rant. If you have questionable subbing patterns, the most utterly simplistic offensive sets, and cannot stop and/or hinder one of your star players from taking three point shots, motivation is one of the last thing the coaching label asks of you. These numbers clearly show that is not in your tool bag either.

In a string of terrible quotes from both players and coaches I will leave you with this one from Woodson.

“They’ve been the most aggressive team so far in the series, excluding the first game,” Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. “We’ve got to find some momentum and get back in this series. I just thought the Heat did everything they were supposed to do, and we just didn’t answer the bell.”

Does he even care what he tells reporters?

In the end, I always expected/wanted/needed the Hawks to win one in Miami. It does not matter which one, and it does not matter how much the one loss is by. The Hawks have always needed one win. It is all they need to take back home court. Now, Woodson just needs it to save his job.

Loser dots later today.

Go Hawks

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I don't get it.

I don’t get how any playoff team can lose by 30 points to the Heat. How is that possible? Last year, 1 vs. 8, 66 wins vs 37 wins, yes. But this is the NBA, people…you’re supposed to be professionals. How many 30-point wins happen anywhere in the playoffs, much less by a lower seed like the Heat?

If this continues…Goodbye Bibby, goodbye Woody.

by rbubp on Apr 26, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions

Bibby is the best thing your team has if u guys dont want him then uh the HEAT will take him lol

by Lorena on Apr 26, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

Bibby isn’t even the 4th best player on the Hawks. If you want him, you can have him.

by redwards95 on Apr 26, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

You're joking, I know.

but my point is more that he won’t be re-signed given his potential cost. If this team cannot beat the Heat there will need to be changes to get to the next level, and Bibby is most obvious. Maybe Marvin too, given his back issues, though I would like to keep him.

One thing Bibby does bring is a strong locker-room presence…that would be missed.

by rbubp on Apr 26, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Or rather, Lorena is joking.

by rbubp on Apr 26, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

The only change that will help barring some miracle trade to bring in Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal in exchange for Mario West and Solomon Jones would be a new coaching staff.

by redwards95 on Apr 26, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions