GAME FOUR IS A MUST WIN!

[Jody23]

It's time. Time to put the foot down hard. Don't make this about Pacers. This is about the Hawks. Win this series.

[anxietyreigns]

Win Saturday then take the next one, dammit

[cam1218]

Any 'Squawker close to ATL needs to go!

[Guest]

I'm in Cali and I'm thinking about going lol

[JTB]

DAAAAMMMNNNNN RIGHT!

As a hawks fan I'm glad to see them go up 2-1 on the #1 seed pacers but if they really want to put their backs against the wall Hawks NEED to win game 4 and go up 3-1! #TalkAboutShockingtheNBAworld #GoATLhawks

[LamarHampton]

Got my tix - Sec 116, Row F, 16 & 17 . Come say hi to my short, unathletic Hawks-lovin a$$ right before we stomp these b!tche$!!!!

Edited April 25, 2014 by LamarHampton

[Jody23]

The Pacers are going to play their best basketball Saturday. Believe that. So, none of this playing not to lose. None of this walking the ball down the floor. Play to win. Push the ball.

[DrReality]

Separate the men from the boys. Guess that leaves Hibburt out.

[JRid]

I will be there Saturday and I can't wait. I don't think I've ever been to a Saturday 2 pm. playoff game.

[Sothron]

This will be the game where we honestly see if the NBA sent a memo to the refs or not. The Pacers will be playing for their lives. We have to meet that kind of desperate dog starving for a bone mentality.

[somegsuguy]

Just got my tickets this morning! I'I'll be in Section 317. LET'S GO HAWKS!

[frosgrim]

A G4 win would be huge, but i dont see it as make or break. This series has up and down written all over it for both teams. However, if we take G4, then G5 looks much more plausible for a win. The Pacers are just too mentally fragile to get down 3-1 and make a big run, IMO. On the other hand, the Hawks have mental toughness to lose G4 and still come back to take G5 and then see what happens in Indy.

[Vol4ever]

I went last night and had a great time. You should have seen the Pacers bench, lol.

[Jdawgflow]

Can you go into some detail on how the pacers bench was? On tv it looked like they are just giving up. Too emotionally volatile it seems, while the hawks players always seem serious and upbeat.

[Jody23]

A G4 win would be huge, but i dont see it as make or break. This series has up and down written all over it for both teams. However, if we take G4, then G5 looks much more plausible for a win. The Pacers are just too mentally fragile to get down 3-1 and make a big run, IMO. On the other hand, the Hawks have mental toughness to lose G4 and still come back to take G5 and then see what happens in Indy.

It's absolutely must win. The last thing the Hawks should do is allow the Pacers to get back homecourt advantage on the way back to Indy for game 5. If the Hawks rely on the Pacers being "mentally fragile", their gonna lose this series. We saw what the Pacers did in game 2 and they'll be an even better team than that in game 4. This is a must win game.

[Gray Mule]

There is a huge difference between being rich and poor. We all know that.

Also, there is a huge difference between being down 3-1 or tied @ 2-2 and going home.

Someone has said that the Hawks are now playing with house money. We couldn't

possibly win more than one game. Hawk fans now know that was Bull feathers.

More than one player and coach has said, "All we need to do is increase our intensity

and everything will be fine." Indianapolis will be fighting for their NBA life while we,

the Atlanta Hawks, will be on an adrenalin high from the Hawk fans present.

If the Pacers wins, that means we have a best of three series and they have two

games left at home and one here. If Atlanta wins, then they would have to win three

in a row from our boys with game six, if necessary, here.

Must win? Maybe not, but this is about as close to must win as you can get.

GO ATL HAWKS!!!

[Guest]

Agreed. I think we need to get this one. I'm not saying we can't win in Indy. But it would be a lot tougher. GO HAWKS!!!

[DJlaysitup]

This should be an interesting one...these early starts tend to make for sloppy games...the guys are used to playing at 7pm.

Oh well...hope our shooting isn't too far off and if it is...theirs is too.

GO HAWKS !!

[cam1218]

This should be an interesting one...these early starts tend to make for sloppy games...the guys are used to playing at 7pm.

Oh well...hope our shooting isn't too far off and if it is...theirs is too.

GO HAWKS !!

I'm wondering who the early start is going to help? If our guys are excited to play they might benefit from not sitting around waiting all day. For Indiana, it helps them because it's less time to think about possibly messing up.

For me, it feels like it is a football Sunday. It's not often we get to watch our Hawks so early. Got the grill going and beers ready! Wish I could be down at Phillips for this one.

As for the game, I don't think it is a must win..but as others have said, it'll make it much more difficult to advance if we don't pull it out a W today.

[Jody23]

This should be an interesting one...these early starts tend to make for sloppy games...the guys are used to playing at 7pm.

Oh well...hope our shooting isn't too far off and if it is...theirs is too.

GO HAWKS !!

I do fear they are more acustomed to playing afternoon games and the Hawks are not.