frankthetank966 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 "What about all those Atlanta Hawks fans? They sure would like an explanation as to why their team was the victim of an egregious shot-clock malfunction that prompted coach Mike Woodson to announce that the Hawks would file an official protest with the league office over their 106-101 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday night." http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-091230/daily-dime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachx Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) "What about all those Atlanta Hawks fans? They sure would like an explanation as to why their team was the victim of an egregious shot-clock malfunction that prompted coach Mike Woodson to announce that the Hawks would file an official protest with the league office over their 106-101 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday night." http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-091230/daily-dime It doesn't matter that Jason Collins, of all people, actually had a three-possession sequence in which he took Shaquille O'Neal completely out of his game. What matters is the L -- and the fact that the Hawks didn't have a fair chance to come away with a W in what they themselves described as a two-day litmus test of their strength in playing the Cavs on back-to-back nights. "It was a great game. If you're a fan or you were watching on TV, it was great. Both teams fought and didn't want to give an inch, and it's unfortunate it had to come down this way, but as an organization we have to do what's right for our organization and our basketball team," Woodson said. "It's a shame it had to come down to that, and we'll figure it out when the league reviews it." Have fun swallowing that along with your morning coffee, Hawks fans, while also remembering this: All those black-clad folks at LBJ's birthday bash were feeling such good vibes, too, at your team's expense. And just a guess (our invitation was apparently lost in the mail), but if the words "conspiracy theory" were uttered, the James Gang all had a big ole belly laugh over it. Chris Sheridan covers the NBA for ESPN Insider. Glad to see one writer at ESPN will now bow down to LJ and stern. Edited December 31, 2009 by coachx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Blink Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Glad to see one writer at ESPN will now bow down to LJ and stern. I see the national media is already over it, well ESPN anyways. WAIT...WHOA!!...WOW!! I can't believe that I just gave ESPN credit with having the Hawks back. (a national writer anyways) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volman Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Yeah, this definitely had a "Hawks got screwed over" vibe to it. Props to ESPN for that...but the highlight on sportscenter made me absolutely sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrywest Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 The cavs shot clock operator screwed up to change the outcome of the game. Why should Hawks be penalized? Cavs should be fined just like Hawks were last year against Miami. The league looks good if the replay the last <2 minutes. They need to fake it to keep hiding that they are actually a subtle WWE hype machine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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