Crank

Dude sit down . You mad ? Nelsons run produced a 3 pt difference . Thats right he scored but he only cut the lead from 17-13 points with those mad baskets . Secondly he didnt start scoring because Hinrich left he came out in the 3rd quarter aggressively looking for his shot something he didnt do in the first (3 shots entire first half 12 shots 3rd qt alone ) Did you even count the points ? Were you rooting for nelson so hard that you didnt notice that he was giving up baskets on the other end ? Some of you tossing Teagues name as if hes some type of difference maker is the biggest joke in all of Hawkfandom . To imply that we were reeling at the end of the 3rd quarter tells me that maybe you didnt see the game after all.

I expect us to to actually be hot tomorrow and play with even more energy. We know the strategy works now and we know what they will try and do to adjust to it .

I dont think so why would he get screwed Dwight had 40+ points . There wont be any need to call anything differently and didnt twin pick up 2 quick ones in the fist game ? If anything weve got to rebound better

Since when do you crack the rotation on a playoff team by playing good in ONE GAME .........against a team in the other conference at that ? Teague hasnt played well against Orlando and has really only played well in our losses so why would the coach play him on this road in this situation ? He will probably get his shot at home and its in his own best interests to be ready to play

Im gonna call BS and here is why Jameer had 7 of Orlandos first 8 points of the quarter on Kirk . Kirk was fantastic but during the 3rd Jameer got much more aggressive looking for his shot even before jamal came in to the game simply because Dwight was really starting to struggle ie.. the tech and 2-3 turnovers during that stretch etc . Jamal didnt play extended minutes he played the same 31 minutes hes played since the day he arrived . He had 9 points and one assist in the 4th .......We scored 18 total points in the quarter Jamal tied for the team lead in assists with 5 assists in 31 minutes . Jameer had one assist the 36 minutes Stan Van Gundy even mentioned hos our strategy worked because even though Jameer hit some shots it played right into our hands because no one else would get going . But they did realize that whoever is guard jameer would have no help the majority of the time as no one was gonna leave Dwight to seal off the lane and while the corner defender would occasionally help he wasnt gonna leave the shooter either . Kirk was fantastic but jameer kinda caught on to what was going at the half and got more aggressive as the game went on . But Ill take jameer taking 18 shots and getting one assist every time Now do I think teague should get some minutes ? yes but do I think Teague will get them on the road ? no I do not . During the entire 3rd quarter stretch of Jameers scoring barrage he shaved 3 points off our 17 point lead . Some of you are simply trying way too hard to make something out of nothing

Thats the regular season Kirk wasnt brought here for the regular season . Ive never seen so many fans who put so much emphasis on meaningless regular season games .

What future are you talking about ? It seems to me that you are complaining JUST TO BE COMPLAINING . It seems to me that you are simply living your life in a worse case scenario and no ownership or management can afford to think the way you do . At the rawest of truths they just flat out believe in the other players they had on the team more than you do ....how can you hate on that ?

So basically what you are saying that if we dont make it past the second rd no matter what happens its Hinrichs fault and we shouldnt have made the trade :cant believe:

I would hope he wouldnt do what you are suggesting as its an over dramatization of the facts . Since when are Reddick,Arenas,Hedo Jrich considered defensive players ? This is not Pietrus or Barnes we are talking about here . They will make adjustments but those players magically becoming a defensive forces over night aint gonna be one of then . Jameer had 7 of the Magic first 8 points of the 3rd when Kirk was on him he didnt magically start making shots when Kirk sat he just continued his mini run . He made two on jamal and then JJ took over after a timeout but we never shouldve taken jamal off of him because it didnt change anything . Jameer kept his streak going by making a couple of baskets off Magic offensive rebounds. You cant overreact to these type of situations . Key to the second is to anticipate there adjustments and be ready for them and to also rebound better as we got pounded 40-29 on the boards. If we are gonna be running bodies at Dwight and Josh and Al are gonna be at the forward spots well that means that when that shot goes up they have to come crashing in and chase down every rebound . I saw both of them trying to leak out way too many times hoping someone else will snag the rebound . When you are talking about the likes of Bass,Hedo,Anderson well then those two have got town those boards . I do expect Teague to play but I just think that it will be at home. I dont think LD trusts Teague on the road so he leans on his vets. I would hope Teague understands this and uses it as fuel for the home game .

actually when Hinrich went out Jameer already had all but one of the Magics 3rd quarter points . He went off but what was the score at the end of the quarter ? ahhhh so he scored a few baskets but it didnt have any impact right ?

I chose jamal as the MVP of this series because of two factors The month of April his host has been back so far shooting 50% from 2 and over 40% from three . He stands to make himself bunch of money if we win and he plays well. I do believe that Joe will also bring it also .

What amazes me is how so many hawks fans are always vouching for the other team . Its not the same Magic team to say we have to match there energy when we dont even know who will show is is simply Hawks fan looking for excuses to bail. Last year it was they dominated us in the regular season will they fight back in the post season if we meet them Now this year we dominate the regular season and its will we match what they bring when they really havent brought anything against us ? I think they will show up in a big way now that they are playing for something

I dont think there is much confidence to be built up here . In the end I think this franchise will go the way of the the Sonics and soon the Kings . We lost only 7 home games all of last year and the feeling was still pretty much the same as was the way fans reacted to the team .

The fact is the crowd should look to energize there team not for the team to energize them all the time . To say we dont like the way the team is playing so we quit gives them an excuse to quit . We are not the Lakers the playoffs should not be something that this fanbase takes for granted. We should be rabid for playoff basketball no matter what simply because we understand what it is like to go nearly a decade without playoff basketball. This may not be the team we want but its the one we got and its in the playoff and the fans should support it . Maybe we should ask ourselves how happy would the Sonics fans be to have a team in the playoffs ? .....even our happy go lucky one :stirthepot:

but thats what they fans were hollering for last year and now that they got what they wanted they dont like it .

With as bad as the atmosphere at Phillips has been I wouldnt be looking for much fan support if I was JJ either .

and Teague has never been starter quality so where does that leave us ? Teague should get minutes but starting him is basically tanking because he doesnt compliment our starters at all.

Key to this series for us is REBOUNDING and to not allow Ryan Anderson and Brandon Bass run amock . Those are there 3 main rebounders we attack them there and we will sweep.

Exactly this fanbase is bipolar . They basically pounded in the teams head since we lost last that the regular season means little and that the only way they will be taken seriously is if they get out of the first rd and so now the playoffs start and all the fans talk about is the regular season record . Its like people dont understand that even if this team had won 54 games it still would be playing Orlando in the first rd and it still would be seeing the Bulls in the second and the same questions would remain. The only growth that this team can show is by getting out of the second rd . When I read the comments on AJC and around here I think its quite obvious that some of the fans are way more fragile mentally than this team. Joe couldve averaged 25 ppg and no one would care if this team doesnt get out of the second rd Jamal couldve repeated and no one would care because at this point there is only one way forward for the current makeup of this team . They players know it The front office knows it and any fans not in denial know it

and how did we head into the playoffs last year ? Riding high after winning 50+ games 7-3 in our last 10 and on a 4 game winning streak and what happened ? oh thats right we came out and got our butts handed to us by the Bucks and they took us to 6 games . The stuff you are talking means nothing because as of today if the are like you which is still thinking about last week well theyve already lost . This team will simply much better as underdogs.

Dont you just love it when a plan comes together ? :yahoo:

I dot think we are playing possum . Those games didnt mean anything and this bi-polar fanbase doesnt make things any better . This team has known since training camp that at this point there regular season record means nothing the only way to show the league or bi-polars anything is to get out of the second rd . This team improved on the road this year ,face our nemesis who weve beat 3 of 4 times and have shown that it can beat any of the top 4 teams in the East . This team had its issue in the regular season but thats just it THATS WAS THE REGULAR SEASON . A new season is starting now where nothing that you did back then matters and you can erase memories of the regular season with a nice post season run. The Bulls are beatable The Heat are beatable The Celtics are beatable The Magic are beatable I feel this team will play much better as the underdog than it would as the favorite . Lets throw that ball out there and get it on .

Is this some type of late April fools joke ?

Hawks in 4 you heard it here first ................. :stirthepot:

All he does is create shots for himself lol so why would anyone think that he would be better with the starters . The majority our offense is the pg giving up the ball AND SPOTTING UP and we have people who admit Teague cant do that so again why would he be in with the starters ? He struggles in the halfcourt because of these things and the fact that he doesnt really have any offensive moves just his blazing speed and athleticism . Teague is not a pg but a Bobby Jackson type guard off the bench . Im not slamming him he deserves to play more but he doesnt really fit our offense and he doesnt have the skills that forces a change .