“Ain’t got no time for Pacers. Just Live Your Life! Ay!”
Who around here wants some Mediocre?
Apparently, not Clifford Harris, Jr. (you can call him “T.I.”, if you prefer). Good ballers only!
This Douglas High School dropout-turned-three-time Grammy-winning rap artist knows a thing or two about Bankhead-bouncing back from a spell of bad publicity, or two, or three… Who better to T.I.P.-off the Atlanta Hawks’ home opener at the Highlight Factory than The Rubberband Man, who’s still got
“Is... that… the Player of the Month trophy?”
So… yeah, Basketball!
You remember Basketball, dontcha? Round, dimpled leather, rubber interior shell, bounces nicely off the maple hardwood, slides nicely through an iron ring and into a cotton net when you pass it around and aim it just right. Basketball!
Our Atlanta Hawks hit the floor today trying to get themselves, and their fans, refocused on the whole Basketball thingy, and not the telenovela that publicly unearthed last month and pl
WIN… and THEY Go Home!
The outcome of today’s Game 7 (5:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, TNT), a game that was not supposed to happen, will not provide easy answers for either the Atlanta Hawks or the Indiana Pacers. But it sure will help clarify a lot of questions.
The Pride of Pike High School, Jeffrey Demarco Teague was still at Wake Forest when the Indianapolis Star acclaimed “The Magnificent Seven”, a Rushmore of top Indianapolis-area high school talents bound for greatness in the NBA. G
“The 'Ship be sinking!”
Larry will be on it, for sure. Paul, Lance, Frank, and Roy, too. But how about Mike Epps? Or Babyface?
“Jared” from Subway, or “Schneider” from “One Day at a Time”? Which one of Jim Irsay, Andrew Luck, Robert Mathis, T.Y. Hilton, or Trent Richardson? Which one among them carries the bass? And who gets to hold the bottle of milk?
These were not the type of dilemmas the contracted crew for TNT’s “Gone Fishin’” series were supposed to be pondering so soon. This wee
“Why, I’d be honored to take a picture with one of my finest doormen!”
The Atlanta Hawks took two out of three games in their series with the Indiana Pacers (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, NBATV). After having the Pacers on the ropes with minutes to go in Game 4, Atlanta now has to take two out of three games again. With a third road victory this month at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Hawks can earn a chance to close out a momentous playoffs upset in front of their home fans.
Paul Millsap
"Man, I haven’t felt this rotten since… since… May 18, 1988?"
This series was supposed to be a referendum, about whether a 38-44 Atlanta Hawks team deserved to be invited to the NBA’s postseason party. In the course of one week, the Humble and Hungry Hawks managed to flip the theme into an open reconsideration of the postseason worthiness of the 56-26 Indiana Pacers, who seem quite content hanging out at the NBA’s pity party.
No one is going into Game 4 of this series at Philips Arena (
"This kid helped me beat Lance Stephenson for the Locker Room title belt. Thanks for that steel chair!"
WE… BELIEVE? Don’t be surprised to see fan rally towels declaring “WE’RE NOT SO SURE!” when the Atlanta Hawks return to the Highlight Factory for Game 3 of their series with those Fightin’ Pacers (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, NBATV).
While guarded optimism reigns supreme in the stands, on the floor, the #8-seed Hawks arrive clutching home-court advantage, and knowing they were just 24
You could always just throw it in, Roy!
Blue Collar.
Red Dagger?
Five higher-seeded teams lost Game 1 of their opening-round playoff series at home over the weekend. But from the looks of it, after a thorough thrashing at the talons of the Atlanta Hawks, one would think the Indiana Pacers went down three games to zero in their best-of-seven series.
They’ll get a chance to even the series with the Hawks in Game 2 (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, TNT). It’s probably a must-win if the #1
“I need an Around-the-Way Guard…”
Two Weeks Notice.
Effectively, that’s what the top-seeded Indiana Pacers were served during the Atlanta Hawks’ last trip to Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the site of tonight’s Game 1 matchup (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, ESPN).
Up until then, the Pacers were teetering on the edge of a mutinous implosion. Paul George struggled to find his jumper (39.6 FG% post-All-Star-Break), while a benched Roy Hibbert was back to sulking on the sideline and moping in the
"Déjà Drew"?
You’ll forgive Milwaukee Bucks fans if they’re paying even less attention than Atlanta Hawks fans to tonight’s matchup at BMO Harris Bradley Center (8 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports Wisconsin).
There will probably be fewer attendees for this one than participants in Ekpe Udoh’s Book Club. But each Buck fan will have one eye darting at the sudden changes in the owner’s box, and the other aimed toward the goings-on over in Durham, North Carolina.
Today, Kohl and the G
He goes hard in the... yeah, you know. "Cover the Earth!"
Surely you remember that hapless kid, back in the day, who was a pushover patsy in the sandlot and a boundless source for extra lunch money? What’s that? “Sounds like a personal problem,” you say? Fine then, never mind.
But you do recall those Charlotte Bobcats, don’t you? The ones formerly led by Meddling Michael in the player personnel office? The guys that took Sean May and Adam Morrison in the lottery? The team that finally c
“If you like your jersey, you can keep it.”
Playoff positioning is on the line once again at the Highlight Factory, this time for both teams on the floor. The Atlanta Hawks can cement their claim on the final playoff spot in the East, and maybe build some momentum against a first-round opponent, with another victory at Philips Arena against the Miami HEAT (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, SUN Sports Network).
It’s Hip Hop Night and already, the HEAT got what the Hawks need. Miami (54-25) tr
This game was supposed to mean so much more! *sniff*
It would have been so awesome if it were tonight’s hosts for the Atlanta Hawks, the Brooklyn Nets (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, YES Network), and not just Brooklyn’s division foes across the East River, playing for their postseason lives. Alas, while the New York Knicks continued to sputter all season long, the Nets (43-35) bounced back strongly from internal strife and a season-ending injury to Brook Lopez to post the best record in the E
Never gets old, does it?
So, does anybody want to win a game around here? That’s the question two new coaches are likely asking of their teams tonight, as the Boston Celtics pay the Atlanta Hawks a visit (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Northeast).
Before burying their positive momentum toward the postseason in a barrage of missed three-point shots last night versus the Smoove-less Pistons, the Hawks’ most disappointing defeats at the Highlight Factory came in November, with losses to
Thanks to Josh Smith, Detroit's whole season just kind of bobbled away...
So, you like tanking, you say? Well then, tonight’s opponents for the Atlanta Hawks, the Detroit Pistons (7:30 PM Eastern, NO LOCAL TV), are your kind of team.
Sure, the playoffs are officially a lost cause in Motown for the fifth-straight year, likely the death knell for Joe Dumars’ worn-out-his-welcome tenure as general manager. But the Pistons still have something very important to (not) play for.
This year
Tell us the story about The One-Seed That Got Away!
If the postseason was based purely on locker-room levity, the Atlanta Hawks would stroll into today’s meeting with the Indiana Pacers (6:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth and FSN Indiana locally, NBATV nationally) looking like the probable 2-seed. The Pacers would probably be the team that has to play their way in.
After earning league-wide accolades with a 40-12 start before the All-Star Break, Indiana has been downright pedestrian ever si
Who will pick the Hawks' playoff hopes up off the ground?
The Cleveland Cavaliers got the wake-up call for their postseason hopes back in December. Now, they’ll come into tonight’s game with the Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Ohio) carrying a wet blanket, hoping to return the favor.
They’re not necessarily done dreaming of a four-day, all-expenses-paid trip to South Beach, either. At 31-45, the Cavs sit just two games behind the Hawks and Knicks in the race for th
"I'm Mike D, and I get respect..."
“Playoffs, ho!” The Atlanta Hawks truly mean that, in the most nautical sense possible.
It’s likely that only a few thousand stragglers will warm the seats of the Highlight Factory for this mid-week clash between the Hawks and the Chicago Bulls (7:30 PM Eastern, CSN Chicago). But there will be tens of thousands of people 860 miles away in Manhattan with a close eye on the goings-on here. The Madison Square Garden faithful hope a Bulls victory in Atlant
“That was FUN! Say, why don’t we all get together and do this again sometime? What are y'all's names, again?”
“Who He Play For?” I had a little fun with some associates recently, armed with a list of names from the Clark Atlanta University Panthers men’s hoops team and people who have suited up this season for the Philadelphia 76ers, the opponents for tonight’s alleged NBA game against the Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Philly). Only the hardest-core NBA aficionados had any
All right now, Dandy Randy... let's not get cocky...
Is some more Capitol Punishment in store for the Atlanta Hawks?
On Friday night, tonight’s host, the Washington Wizards (37-35, 6th seed in Eastern Conference), took an Indiana Pacers team (that leads the East and was smelling themselves a bit after besting the defending champion Miami Heat) and waxed them in a wire-to-wire 91-78 victory at the Verizon Center. They held the Pacers to 35.4 FG%, their best defensive effort of the yea
"'No days off. Or No playoffs.' Okay, that's one bar..."
The Portland Trail Blazers are in Atlanta to take on our half-baked Hawks (7:30 PM, SportSouth, CSN Northwest), and looking forward to being the latest team to stop their own three-game slide.
Portland has dropped eight of their last 11 games, the last seven without All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge (back contusion). During their trek across the Dirty South, they got throttled in Charlotte by 30 points, and on Monday got sunk by the
"No Playoffs Again? This is Hard to Swallow. A Hot Mess Grande..."
Are you gonna make it after all?
That question applies not just to the Atlanta Hawks but their hosts tonight, the Minnesota Timberwolves (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports North). Both teams come into tonight’s action having dropped three straight. But unlike the Hawks, who have the Knicks jogging in mud to chase them for the final spot in the East, the T’Wolves (34-35) have frittered away almost any chance they hav
"Whaddya mean by, 'All This Will Be Yours', Steve?"
Here come the Suns. And I say… is it all right?
As the 9th-seed in the Western Conference (41-29, just a half-game behind Dallas and Memphis), the Phoenix Suns are hungry to make a surprise playoff appearance one year after finishing dead last in the West. They pay a visit to the Highlight Factory (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Arizona) to face an Atlanta Hawks team that strives to… well, it’s hard to tell exactly what they’re
