“I pop bottles, but I don’t pour.”
We now return to the scenes of the crimes.
Losers of three straight for the first time in forever, our Atlanta Hawks have fallen flat against some of the best of the West, something that could be problematic if they’re fortunate enough to be playing in June but fail to adjust defensively. The good news is just one of their final 12 contests will be against a Western Conference opponent.
Even better? The Hawks built up much of their gaudy 53-17 recor
“One day soon… all of this will be yours…”
Along the way to the best mark in the Eastern Conference, and their first Division title in 21 years, Mike Budenholzer’s Atlanta Hawks have defeated… at least once… every single team in the NBA.
Except for one.
Coach Bud’s former employer pays him a visit, as Gregg Popovich’s defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs roll into the Highlight Factory (3:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Southwest). While the Hawks are licking their wounds fr
“SOON…”
Today, the surprising Georgia State Panthers go head-to-head with the Oklahoma State… sorry, I’ve got March Madness on the brain!
The Atlanta Hawks are licking their wounds after flopping on Wednesday night against Golden State, but hope to wrap up their West Coast road swing with a victory against Russell Westbrook, Russell Westbrook, and the Oklahoma City Thunder (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Oklahoma) at Chesepeake Energy Arena. No, that’s not a misprint.
Reignin
“Silence! Si-lence! It’s ON!”
Hey, Golden State Warriors! First to 60!
For some NBA teams, such challenges are associated with points in a game. For the Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks, the race is on to break the 60-wins barrier, a place neither franchise has boldly gone before. They meet tonight at Oracle Arena (10:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth in ATL, CSN Bay Area in SFO, ESPN), each team trying to get a leg up on homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs as the NBA season nears the home
“Okay, Google. What I gotta do to get traded out of here this summer?”
The Sacramento Kings have grown tired of getting nickeled and dimed… especially dimed. The Atlanta Hawks dropped an NBA-high 42 assists on them last week, sinking 20 three-pointers along the way to a 130-105 trouncing in Atlanta. The Kings will do all they can to avoid an encore performance tonight at Sleep Train Arena (10:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN California). But will that be enough to keep the Hawks from a franc
“You know what… maybe I shouldn’t have left you guys after all…”
How much more truth can Jack Nicholson handle?
Under-manned, overwhelmed, low on fundamentals, highlights few and far between… the Los Angeles Lakers have even their most iconic fan looking around for somebody willing to separate him from his obligatory Staples Center seats.
It’s a nice Sunday evening, so you can expect Jack in the building today. But he may be inclined to watch the visiting Atlanta Hawks (9:30 PM Eastern
“Hi. I’m Markieff Morris, and I have DirecTV!”
On Wednesday, the Atlanta Hawks found themselves getting oven-toasted like a Quizno’s sub in Denver. To avoid getting refried like beans in Phoenix, the Hawks have to play with purpose from the jump tonight against the Suns (10:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Arizona), the second game of a six-game West Coast road swing.
The Hawks (50-14; 18-5 versus the Western Conference) looked like a team that got caught reading press clippings rat
“Uh, no, Kenneth… we have a better way to axe Coach Shaw…”
Road Trip! Following a little R&R in the aftermath of sacking the Sac Kings, the Atlanta Hawks are off on their annual West Coast winter trek. They’re not preoccupied with getting to 60 wins, or tying their franchise-record of 57. They simply want to get to 51, and hope to do that tonight in Denver against the Nuggets (9:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Altitude Sports). Denver knows a thing or two about the fleeting joy of a 57-win
“So happy togetherrrrr…”
Mike Budenholzer looks over the throngs of cheering fans at Centennial Olympic Park, on a sunny June afternoon that was tailor-made for an NBA championship parade. A glistening trophy at his back, the triumphant Atlanta Hawks coach grabs the microphone, and queries the crowd:
“Say, any of you remember back in March, when we lost a game to the Sixers?... No?... Good. Me neither!”
The Hawks have put their Phlop in Philadelphia on Saturday in the rear view mirro
"You up for cheesesteaks afterwards?"
Alright, Philadelphia 76ers. You’re still not doing this right.
If Philly does not intend to hand their division-rival Knicks the league’s top lottery odds, if they are indeed trying to out-tank the world, then they’re doing a pretty rotten job of showing it on the floor lately. The Sixers (13-49) are expected to keep tonight’s affair with the visiting and NBA-leading Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Philly) from becoming a “trap game
So, if Kid ‘n Play had a love child…
Hello there, Cleveland Cavaliers. Welcome to Believeland!
It’s quite abstruse ((cough)) to glance at current Vegas lines and pundit prognostications suggesting the Cavaliers, from a town that hasn’t enjoyed a pro sports title since the first LBJ administration, is the odds-on favorite to win the NBA championship.
Particularly galling are the notions they’ll accomplish that feat against any of the entire field in the West. Never mind the host Atlan
“What? But I was only trying to squash a fly!”
Ow! That’s gotta hurt!
The Houston Rockets suddenly have to face the top team in the NBA, the Atlanta Hawks, tonight at the Highlight Factory (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, NBATV) without the services of MVP candidate and NBA-leading scorer James Harden for the first time all season.
That’s all because The Bearded One, while struggling for possession of a basketball, got just a little teste.
Specifically, Harden took a jab at the royal
“Believe it or not, I’m walkin’ on air!”
For a moment, it was looking like the Atlanta Hawks’ hosts tonight, the Miami heat (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, SUN Sports) may have produced The Big 3, ver. 2.0, right on time for a playoff run.
The reigning all-NBA third-teamer and Most Improved Player, Goran Dragic (16.2 PPG, 4.1 APG) finally tired of doing Little Jack Horner impressions in the corners, watching his summertime free agent value recede while getting crowded out of Phoenix’s mul
There’s no “I” in… well, yeah.
Atlanta Hawks fans look forward to a dry, fully-functional Friday night at the Highlight Factory, as the home team squares off with the Orlando Magic (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Florida) on the first night of a Floridian-flavored back-to-back series this weekend. If things aren’t exactly “dry” in the arena tonight, that’s only because it’s the Hawks’ annual “Hoops ‘n Hops Night,” a cavalcade of local craft brews on display for thirsty adult fans.
“Look, I’ve had it with all your Beyoncé crap, Rick! For the last time… Beck deserved to win Album of the Year, and that’s the bottom line!”
After Toronto trounced the Hawks in Atlanta last Friday, more than a few Hawk Littles were ready to make way for the Raptors to retake their place atop the Eastern Conference. Not even a week later, and Toronto finds itself even further back than they were coming into that contest. The Hawks can thank tonight’s visitors to the Highlight Factory, the Dal
“Hold up, where’s Brandon? And when did we go get Bruno Mars?”
Things weren’t looking too hot for the Atlanta Hawks.
Their opponents were running them out of the gym. Their big shots weren’t falling, and neither were the free throws and layups. The transition defense seemed stuck in mud, and the fans were left sitting on their hands, awaiting a run that never came. After having their feel-good run stopped dead in its tracks, there was a clear sense of uncertainty about how things would
“Looks Like We Made It!”
Welcome to The New Normal, Atlanta Hawks!
It’s that time of the season when every victory becomes an opportunity for nitpicking, and every defeat serves as an indictment. It comes with the territory of a 43-11 record that has taken the NBA world by storm, though, and this All-Star-laden team is happy to accept the accompanying criticism.
The Hawks had their first real double-digit second-half collapse of the season in Boston before hitting the All-Star Break,
Miley Cyrus Karaoke, Jared? Don’t Sully your reputation!
Some All-Star “Break” this is!
About one-third of the Atlanta Hawks will join their head coach this coming weekend in chilly New York City. They’ll be giving scores of interviews, pleaded for selfies by various and sundry B-list celebrities and self-important people, participating in multiple games and skill events, and offering millions of skeptical fans a glimpse of what makes this team the current standard-bearer in the NBA Eas
“Yeah, you just try getting a rebound NOW, Horford!”
Will the Hawks be hungry… like the Wolves?
Despite falling short late in Memphis on Sunday, the Atlanta Hawks head toward the All-Star Break in fairly good shape, sporting an East-leading 42-10 record with just two games remaining against likely lottery-bound teams. Still, there may never be a worse time to run into an NBA club with an 11-40 record.
The Minnesota Timberwolves host the Hawks (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports No
Well, whaddya know? White Owners CAN Jump.
Along the way to the top record in the NBA, the Atlanta Hawks have continued to pull the chair on one self-styled championship contender after another. Even if they wanted to (and they didn’t), the Hawks could not afford to look ahead to today’s game in Memphis against the West’s second-seeded Grizzlies (6:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth in ATL, Fox Sports South in MEM), its Friday night tilt against the Warriors too enormous to avert any focus away. But
“Does FIRST PLACE make my butt look big? Be honest...”
A capacity crowd will be on hand tonight at the Highlight Factory for the NBA’s two conference leaders, the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM, SportSouth Thank Goodness, CSN Bay Area). These two teams will be not only schooling each other, but a lot of people, in the stands and watching from home, that are only now coming around to figure out what all the fuss is about.
Tonight’s game is a clinic for generations o
Welp… you can’t win ‘em all. But you can still win a lot.
Yes, we know we cannot call them the HaWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWks anymore.
But when was the last time we could call the team AtLLanta?
Winning streaks of any size coming to an end can be a bit of a bummer, and Monday’s streak-busting loss by the Atlanta Hawks in New Orleans was no exception. But there’s at least one little run the Hawks extended simply by showing up for tip-off against the Pelicans.
Beginning with a November 21
“Laissez les bon temps… uhhhhh… Security!?!?”
As much fun as a perfect 8-0 homestand has been for Atlanta Hawks fans, Jeff Teague is relieved that it’s all in the rearview mirror. In his postgame commentary after the Hawks won their 19th straight game, a nail-biter against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, Teague suggested it’s good for him and his team to get back out on the road after a couple of weeks lying around at home. And who could blame him? He’s endured a rough shooting stretch o
“So, where we going next? I wanna find out where they hid the crack in the Liberty Bell!”
“Help me… help you.”
There ought to be a lot of quid pro quo going on tonight at the Highlight Factory. On the second night of a back-to-back for both teams, the Atlanta Hawks will seek their third win of the season over the Philadelphia 76ers (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth in ATL, The Comcast Network in PHI). The Sixers know the Hawks want to pad their NBA-leading 39-8 record, while the Hawks know t
“LaMarcus, I am serious… and DON'T call me Shirley!”
The Brooklyn Nets weren’t the only team that caught a little break this week with a game deferred by a winter storm. The Portland Trail Blazers were scheduled to face the Nets on Monday, and after taking on mini-streaking Cleveland on Wednesday, they’ve flown south to face the Atlanta Hawks tonight (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Northwest). The Hawks will be on the hunt not only for their unprecedented 18th straight victory but their
