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Wow Trae Young effortlessly hitting from their 4-pt line @ 2:22.. reminds me of a certain someone.

Good recovery by the Hawks to essentially turn Adreian Payne into this pick. Huerter looks like he'll have a much bigger impact than Payne ever did. Kid has gorgeous shooting form - should be a treat to watch him shoot 3's every night!

Going on now - if you want to watch Doncic live in possibly his last game in Europe: https://www.twitch.tv/elevensportsnext

1st tiebreaker is H2H.. Unfortunately Miami is 3-1 against us this season and owns the tiebreaker. This is why that home loss against the Heat a few weeks ago when Wade/Whiteside/Bosh were out (and Deng went off for 30) really, really hurt. We do own the H2H tiebreaker against Charlotte and likely will against Boston also.

http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2015/6/28/8860285/draymond-green-atlanta-hawks-interest

Find a way to bring back Zaza!

Dellavedova WAS known during college by those that follow the WCC as a 'dirty' player, actually, in a similar context to how people are talking about him now. When you have Al Horford (model professional) retaliating, Kyle Korver (2015 NBA Sportsmanship Winner) not exactly receptive to an apology, and Taj Gibson (don't know much about him off-court) feeling the need to kick you, there's probably an issue. How many of these controversial incidents have there been in this playoffs? Probably 4 or 5, and Dellavedova has been involved in THREE of them. Where there's smoke, there's usually fire.

ESPN says DMC will be commanding at least a 4yr/$50M contract this offseason. No way he'll sign with us for 4yr/$28M. The Hawks desperately need toughness and a gamer - along the same lines of what Paul Pierce brought to the Wizards this season. I would love it if we found a way to bring Zaza back to Atlanta.

Hawks should NOT HAVE tried scoring on that 5-on-4, up by 1 with only 5 or so seconds separating the shot and game clock. (When Mike Scott got rejected) Mike played hard but in key moments, he was highly disappointing tonight.

Now we know for sure - Dellavedova is a piece of trash.

Yes, I agree that it looked like a dirty play, and am surprised more people are not talking about it from that angle.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wizards-insider/wp/2015/05/18/bradley-beal-says-wizards-should-have-beaten-hawks-4-1/ Bradley Beal says Wizards should have won 4-1.. OK, buddy.

With a game every other day for two weeks, the longer this series goes, it favors the Hawks. All sorts of Cavs are nursing minor injuries and with no time to recover between games, advantage to the relatively healthy Hawks. Maybe Coach Bud's constant (and controversial) resting of players in the regular season may have a big impact in this series.

I was pro-fouling in that situation, especially when Wall's back was to the basket with around 5 seconds left. Wall likely would have tried making both free throws, and we had a timeout left where we could inbound it at half-court. Washington had used their LAST timeout setting up the play, so they would have to go the full-court in about 3 seconds to hit a game-tying 2 or 3. Although if they had tried intentionally missing the second free throw, the prospect of having our undersized front-court needing to pull down a series-clinching defensive rebound is indeed a little daunting.

C-Viv back in preseason form!

What is it about the Hawks and these afternoon games? This is the fifth underwhelming afternoon performance (out of 5 games) this season.. I fully expect a beatdown in Game 2, especially if Beal is out (or limited) with his ankle sprain, and if we figure out a way to not let John Wall take open 17-footers until the sun goes down.

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Hawks looked way out of rhythm - anyone going to mention the afternoon start time? I think that might be a significant contributor.. NBA players are creatures of habit and the Hawks are NOT used to preparing for an afternoon game, much less on the road. This was the third afternoon game of the season - first was the underwhelming win against the Pistons on MLK day, and the second was the whooping the Spurs gave us at home. I fully expect the Hawks to look much better Monday night on a more standard cadence of just one days rest (plus with no travel).

Lon Kruger.. Terry Stotts.. Mike Woodson.. Larry Drew.. COACH BUD! We've come a long way as a franchise and it shows just how important having the right coach is. Congrats Coach!! Here's to hoping there's more hardware for you in the future. Give that man a raise!!

The Pacers are in as the No. 8 seed with a win over the Grizzlies tonight. The Nets are in with a win over the Magic AND a Pacers loss tonight. The Pacers go if both teams win or both teams lose. Also, assuming Toronto beats Charlotte tonight at home - Chicago gets a 3rd seed if they beat us tonight, and the 4th seed if they lose.

Hawks resting the entire starting 5 - if John Wall does sit out, I hope Dennis is able to get 25+ against Sessions/Bynum.

That play on the go-ahead basket drawn up by Coach Bud was a thing of beauty.. Bud for Coach of the Year!

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/4/8/8368887/chris-copeland-stabbed-hawks-arrested-pero-Antić-thabo-sefolosha Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was stabbed and his wife slashed by a knife in a New York City nightclub incident on Wednesday, according to a wild report by the New York Daily News. Two Atlanta Hawks -- Pero Antić andThabo Sefolosha -- were also reportedly arrested on charges of obstructing justice as a part of the incident. The Pacers had been in New York preparing to play against Copeland's former team, theKnicks. The teams meet on Wednesday. The Hawks had beaten the Suns in Atlanta on Tuesday before flying to New York, where they'll face the Nets on Wednesday. Antić and Sefolosha could only have physically been in NYC for a couple hours before the apparent arrests. A suspect in the stabbings was arrested, according to the Daily News. There's no word yet on the severity of injuries for Copeland and his wife nor whether Antić and Sefolosha remain in custody. The report cited anonymous sources who said the Hawks refused to move when cops were attempting to set up a crime scene.

Huge run keeps me from having to pull my remote out of the TV. Hope Teague's ankle doesn't swell up too much overnight. It seems like when Al's jumper is falling, everything else on offense is smoother and falls into place. But he's really struggled the last few games. I wonder if he's hit a wall, fatigue-wise, from having only played 1 full season since 2011.