PureGreatness

Listen im not arguing the the Hawks played perfect. Hell, I thought in the 4th our offensive execution in the 4th was ehh BUT I all im arguing is that whenever rose drives the basketball he gets the whistle 85% of the time but when we drive we hardly get anything. I don't care about ESPN or TNT cause they have nothing to do with us winning or losing. But ALL im asking is that DON'T blow the whistle every time a Hawk breathe on him and not call the fould at the other end. I saw the game from the 1stQ till the end of the game and Teage got hot every time he drove the basketball. The icing on the cake was when Rose grabbed Teague by the waist trying to foul and no whistle was called RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REF! Like I said our execution in 4th was ehh but them calls those BS calls against us and calls not called for us played a part in this loss.

I like rose but I hate the fact that he gets the whistle every time he drives annoys the phuck out of me. If he wasn't getting these BS ticki tack fouls in his favor he would be my favorite player.

Bulls offense= Rose(hell, even Deng) drive the basketball and a foul call will be called if the defense even breathes on you.. Bulls defense- Be real physical and nothing will be called against you. Seriously does Rose HAVE to get the whistle EVERY TIME HE DRIVES THE DAMN BASKETBALL? REALLY? REALLY?????

Funny, the people i hearing are saying the only hawk who didn't play well was Horford. Even the TNT guys said smith is playing great defense. It was funny when they showed a highlight of josh hitting that jumper last night and charles was like "Don't don't...ok it went in" i DIED laughing.

He playing GREAT defensively but offensively he seems out of wack. Thats what we need to, him to be our ben wallace. He just need to stop all the jumpshooting.

THIS! He had a bad 4th quarter but he wasn't horrible overall. Had big plays in the 4th.

I have a feeling josh will be fine this series. The Orlando series was so boring and so damn slow and didn't fit smiths style of play. McHale said it during the Boston game on TNT. He said josh smith plays better in a helter skelter, scramble game. In that Celtics game smith was STRUGGLING and had like 8 points cause it wasn't a style smith was any good at.. I have more confidence in smith THIS series than I did against Orlando.

Monday. Michael Cunningham said it on twitter a few minutes ago.

Just asking.

Josh has been HORRIBLE at home in the playoffs this year. He been fine on the road. PS: stop posting him up on the right smh. Heis LEFT handed. post him up ON HIS LEFT!

I understand what your saying. You should of said 6-21. 10-22 seems like a good night for anybody. I don't expect joe to drop 30 today or in any other day but I don't want 4-16. Just show up. That is all im asking. Im nervous for this game. I still dont trust this team completely yet.

No its not but I will take both. I just want a active and minimum mistake version of Josh tonight. I WANT BASED SMOOVE!

Please don't turn this into a josh vs al debate...PLEASE!

He called for it a few times where it looks like he was about to drive but 9 times out of 10 jamal or joe turns it over or jacks up a shot

Since we won im gonna give smith an opportunity to bounce back in game 4. I hope he does. *prays*

Smoove played like a dumbass but he will bounce back for game 4....He better.

This was probably the WORST game I seen smoove have. Lucky for him it was on ESPN2 lol. But good grief man. Im hoping he redeems himself in game 4. I don't care just DON'T have THIS BAD of a game again. I didn't have any reaction when jamal took that shot. I wasn't surprised he took and made it to be honest.

Jeff Schultz

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was visibly dejected after Saturday’s 103-93 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, sitting slumped in his chair and staring at the ground while the media was around. Despite his 46-point scoring outburst, Howard’s team didn’t come close to beating the Hawks in the first game of the playoffs. And the loss hurt even more because it came at the hands of the Hawks, a team the Magic have dominated in years’ past. “I was mad because I hate losing – especially to the Hawks,” Howard said on Sunday after practice. When asked what exactly he meant by saying “especially to the Hawks,” Howard didn’t expand. “Come on, you know the answer to that,” he answered. Later in the media session, an Atlanta-based reporter asked again why a loss to the Hawks hurts more than losing to other teams. Howard responded sarcastically, saying, “Uh, it’s my hometown team.” Anyone who’s spent any time with Howard knows that isn’t why he hates losing to the Hawks. It could have something to do with Josh Smith and Josh Powell — both childhood friends of Howard’s — playing for Atlanta, but it’s not even that. No, it’s more psychological than that. If you ask me — and I acknowledge that no one actually did — Howard especially hates losing to the Hawks because they don’t have his full respect. Howard doesn’t enjoy losing to teams such as Boston and Los Angeles, but at least those teams are filled with NBA champions and future Hall of Famers. When it comes down to it, he can live with losing to winners. But the Hawks? Their best player is Joe freakin’ Johnson, their second-best player was the second-best player on Howard’s AAU team (Smith) and their third-best player is a jump-shooting, soft-spoken big man who Howard routinely pulverizes (Horford). That’s not a collection of players Howard is OK losing to. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2011/04/dwight-howard-hates-losing-especially-to-the-hawks-video.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sports%2Fmagic%2Fbasketblog+%28Magic+BasketBlog%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

^THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have confidence Al, Smith & even Marvin but not Joe SMH.

Umm...Its been that way for the past 3 years. Last year against the bucks game 1 was the exact same way.

Game 2 — Tuesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., Local TV TBD/NBA TV (Orlando, Amway Center) Game 3 — Friday, April 22, Time TBD, Local TV TBD/ESPN 2 and ESPN 3D (Atlanta) Game 4 — Sunday, April 24, 7 p.m., Local TV TBD/TNT (Atlanta) Game 5 — Tuesday, April 26, Time TBD, Local TV TBD/National TV TBD, (Orlando, Amway Center), If necessary Game 6 — Thursday, April 28, Time TBD, Local TV TBD/National TV TBD (Atlanta), If necessary Game 7 — Saturday, April 30, Time TBD, Local TV TBD/TNT (Orlando, Amway Center), If necessary Can a moderator add this to my 1st post please

Game 1: 7pm Saturday ESPN I(or the mods) will update the schedule

Why would they be jealous?

Anybody got a free link(s) to Game 4 of the Boston series in 08?