C'mon, man. I am not a Josh Smith hater, but he was BAD tonight, like first year in the league out of high school bad. My god, if Marvin had strung together that many boneheaded plays, this board would explode.
Let's see: If you go away from something that's working (Horford in the post) and instead let a poor shooter brick long jumpshot after long jumpshot, you're going to lose. Woodson is an absolute idiot and this team is quickly heading back to joke status.
As long as he keeps playing hard defensively, making shots when we need them, grabbing key rebounds and the team keeps winning, I don't care what his stats look like, and I'm sure Marvin agrees.
As much as I wanted to win this one, there's nothing you can do when a guy a makes a shot that tough.
This Hawks team has no quit in it, though, which is great to see.
Toronto fans are pretty out there, so I wouldn't put too much stock in what they say. They're good, passionate fans, but the homerism is fairly off the charts.
This is probably wishful thinking, but this could be the best thing for the team. It will force them to run more plays through Al and Marvin and also get Solo and Morris into the action. If these guys all step up and show they can contribute, man, we'll be dangerous when Josh gets back.