HorfordMustang

Time for ownership to dip into the tax and show a commitment. DS/Baze/Sap/Al/Dwight starting lineup, oh my goodness! That's 1a and 1b with the cavs as the most talented starting 5 in the east.

It will be nice to see what coach Bud can do with him. Always looked like the Rockets' culture was a bit of a disaster, which overshadowed the fact that Dwight is still a rim protecting and rebounding force. Glad he's finally coming home, heh. Going to miss big Al though

2008, I'm in school in Atlanta. Never really watched the NBA before, only college. Got tickets to a Hawks game and loved every second. From there I was hooked. Went to all 3 playoff games that year against the Celtics. Electric atmosphere. There was something so fun about those JJ/Smith teams, luckily for me Horford quickly became my favorite player. As Bud continues to develop his guys, I think we have a real good shot at 55-60+ win seasons for a long time and potential for deep playoff runs.

If we must go down, all I ask is that our team give them hell. Make this a 6 or 7 grueling, physical, play your heart out series. That's all I want. 4 more games like this.

Call me crazy, but the team showed me something tonight after Horford was unfairly ejected. I predicted Hawks in 7, and i'm sticking with it. We're about to make history.

Upgrade the talent level? We have four all star players already. Do you think we need five? Six?

Well I certainly don't think I hallucinated Al, Paul, Jeff and Kyle in the ASG this year, did I? I think you are underselling Paul and Al right here. Regardless, those guys had a pretty darn good record against Western Conference teams this year, did they not? We did go 22-8 against them this year, I believe.

We have four all stars. Health is the main issue; it's prevent us from playing our normal ball movement game.

I know it looks dire, but i'm still sticking with Hawks in 7. We're about to win 4 of the next 5. Cavs fluke shooting from deep is going to cease.

If that Wizard's team was garbage, then what were the Toronto Raptors? Do you think that one player from Cleveland is going to make twice as many threes as our entire roster again? Despite that disparity, Cleveland only managed to squeak out an 8 point win.

Fluke win. JR Smith will never hit twice as many threes as our entire roster ever again As I recall, we lost game 1 last series at home and still closed out in 6, did we not? I predicted a 7 game hawks series victory, and i'm sticking with it.

Like I said after game 3... we were gonna win this in 6. And we're about to beat the Cavs in 7

Championship teams make championship winning plays. This team has it. Al, my favorite Hawk of all time! I said after game 3 that we were gonna close this out in 6. I still believe it.

We're about to win the next three straight. Look it up, a lot of teams rally after learning that their best player will not be coming back. We're about to steal back home court and win this thing in six. Paul will feel better and Jeff will snap out of his funk. Spurs were down 2-1 to the Mavs last year in the first round. Heat have been down in several series against the Pacers and Celtics during their championship years. We're going to the ECF to play the battered and bruised winner of chicago/cleveland. I like our chances

Variance in shooting percentage was just bad luck. We'll be fine. Wizards aren't going to win a series on fluke shooting in both directions. We will win this series in 5 or 6. Sometimes the underdog gives it everything they have and wins the first game. We did the same thing against the Bulls in 2011.