On 790am they talked about how the crowd was pretty good. They talked trash to the other team, mainly Dirk and Kidd, and got into the game. Now, that probably backfired on us….

But, on to this horrid mess on a fourth quarter, which boggles my mind that when Dallas was on a run to take the lead, there was no time out called to regroup when there was two time outs left.

The Hawks apparently found the best way to attack a zone, by jump shooting! Josh Smith flirted with a quadruple double, but what would have put the icing on the cake would have been getting to the foul line late in the game. I guess I could say that about everybody. Joe Johnson, Jamal, Mike Bibby, Horford, all non-existent in overtime and the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Like I said a long time ago, I really don’t like the hawks shooting a lot of three pointers. Mike Woodson’s on the court/Kidd/elbow/tech didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. And horford needs help, a little assistance if you will, with getting the ball right when he cals for it. Especially since the man’s been on the court the whole game. I could hear him calling for help on the boards.

 Jason Kidd found the fountain of youth in the tired hawks legs or the hawks youthful inexperience or plain stupidity or whatever you want to call it. 16 rebounds???? Dallas’ fourth quarter execution included passing into good shots and playing inside out and in overtime playing inside out with Kidd inside and Dirk out. It has taken a long time for Dirk to realize he has to pass sometimes and play defense and now he’s putting it together at the hawks expense.

This game should have been a win, but the hawks turned it into an L ( not giving Dallas any credit at all). There have been too many games like this against “inferior” (Golden State) and “superior” (Cleveland) and this begs the question…..How good can we feel about this team the rest of the season if nothings going to change?

(Live by the jump shot, die by the jumpshot….never wins championships)

if they went and looked at the replay, they should have seen Woody was out of bounds.

The Hawks are a mesmerizing 32-3 when leading with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. But two of those gaffes have come in the last week.

after reading all of the recaps, I’m borderline suicidal. I actually thought it was a very entertaining game. When the debacle began, I was screaming for a time out to regroup. Mark Bradley blogged during the game that Woody only had 1 left. I don’t know how true that is, but I’m hoping he’s correct. My biggest gripe about this game is our inability to adjust to the zone defense. WTF is that all about. This is not the first game we’ve loss because of it. Now all teams will know, throw zone defense at the Hawks and they completely shut down. I felt bad for Smoove because he gave it his all last night and was rewarded with a big fat L. Eventually he’s going to stop trying. (God, I hope not)

On to the Jason Kidd debacle. I don’t care what anybody says, Woody was not on the court when he came by. Kidd initiated contact with him. I don’t think it was a savvy play at all. The league needs to be very careful on this issue. I can just see it now: guys starting to take advantage of making contact with the opponents’ coach. That’s setting themselves up for somebody getting hurt. Mark my words.

I’ve documented them here

Had he handled it the way he should have, maybe the league takes a long hard look at it and fines or suspends Kidd. It won’t help the Hawks, but still. That was a bad call and the coach agreeing with it is just nonsense.

He might as well start. Unless they’re trying to ensure he gets Sixth man of the year.

Clearly we’re not getting in done on the defensive end.

This is not a game we should have lost. Outside the Kidd-Woody incident, the last quarter was a comedy of errors, starting with Kidd getting the rebound after the free throw miss. I love Lion, but last night, he was making too many mistakes. People complain about why he is not shooting more, but when he is matched against a much bigger, better shot blocking opponent like last night, the result is always the same. Lion Horf needs help and old Sund didn’t help him out.

Yes Woody made a mistake again, not getting Marvin in the game at the end, though Bibster was really shooting well. That is refreshing to see.

I am not going to argue the point of whether Kidd was technically right. He may be and so may the refs. But he is a low-life punk. In street ball, what do you think a gesture like that gets him? If that is what winning basketball is, then basketball is not it. Fortunately we have Kobe and King and Howard and Shaq and players of that ilk, that don’t resort to tactics that are 100% anti-sportsmanlike. So many coaches do what Woody do. Woody did not get in the way of Kidd, Kidd initiated the contact, meaning he used a technicality. Good for him and Mavs, bad for basketball and fans and NBA.

Co Co, I love you but you are wrong about your assessment of coach Woodson after the game. The man has dignity, and is not getting down to the level of a street punk which is what Kidd is. I am for once proud of the way Woody handled himself. Yes after a bitter loss, it may make it feel better to vent, but Woody showed he is bigger than that, as opposed to comments by Kidd. Mavs won then game. They lost out by alienating so many people in ATL for that stuff. Go Hawks

Smoove played a great game and al just struggled with everything last night. Jamal is still not at his regular level yet. Bibby seems to be back and jj showed up in 3 quarters………As for the “situation.” Kidd is an asshole and should be punished for initiating contact. Really all he had to do was run into woody, not elbow him. So I believe it should have been a double tech. Only thing you can do is move on because the hawks will, but the question for me is whether or not their confidence will go down or up?

keeping Marvin Williams on the bench so much during the fourth lately? Does he not understand that having Bibby and Jamal on the court at the same time really hurts our defense? Bibby isn’t having a good offensive year either so I don’t see the point. We can’t seem to score late in games we might as well put Marvin in the game and see if we can get the other team to score less than they would when Mike is in there…. If people do not realize by now… Mike Woodson= Fidiot

disrespected Coach and this was a case where he should have stuck up for himself because, if you were paying attention, I mean really paying attention, Kidd ran at Coach after he turned the ball over as a last resort.

No if ands or buts about it, the tech should have gone both ways.

Me thinks Jason’s so called “brilliant play” has started something. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of players charging at coaches from this point on.

I’m stunned this is even allowed.

I mean I’ve seen refs in the way on the court a few times. Who gives techs to refs?

If the tech had gone both ways I would be still stunned but at least feel appeased. I gotta say that play by kid was shady.

From the outside looking in at the arena it looked liked Kidd attacked the coach.

Damn the Hawks have been apart of two shiesty situations that may or may not have eventually cost them the game this season (CAVS, MAVS). What’s going on?

of the league disciplining Kidd when he basically agreed that it was a smart play. Ugh.

in the locker room post game. Or maybe during practice

quietest triple double ever