Hoopinion: March 21st Open Thread: San Antonio (41-26) @ Atlanta (44-24)

[Hawksquawk]

TIP-OFF: 8pm (EDT)

TELEVISION: Fox Sports South, ESPN

CHAT: Daily Dime Live (In which I will be participating.)

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Spurs

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.

SAN ANTONIO INJURY REPORT: Tony Parker is out.

BY THE NUMBERS

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
SA (off)	90.2	1.117	51.5	21.3	26.7	14.9
ATL (def)	89.3	1.082	49.9	27.8	27.3	15.9

Team	Poss	Off Eff	eFG%	FT Rate	OR%	TO%
SA (def)	90.2	1.062	48.4	28.2	23.4	13.9
ATL (off)	89.3	1.133	50.5	22	28	13.3

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Atlanta -3.5, 194 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: 48 Minutes of Hell

PREVIOUSLY, THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS...beat Golden State 147-116 on Friday night. I don't know what's the most impressive item in that boxscore: scoring 147 points while barely making half their free throws? The rebounding domination? Tim Duncan's 17 points and 5 assists in less than 14 minutes? Manu Ginobili's 23 points and 11 assists in less than 22 minutes? Matt Bonner breaking the 100% mark in both eFG% and TS%?

The Spurs have won nine of their last eleven games (with the two losses coming at Cleveland and at Orlando) and beat the Hawks 105-90 on January 27th in San Antonio.

Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.

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