Playoffs - Game 1 Sunday @ 1PM on TNT

[High5]

This series is really going to show how much Millsap is worth. We can't think about giving him a max contract if he continues to get outplayed by Morris Also, Dwight has to assert his dominance over Gortat. Playoff Dwight needs to still be a thing. Mahinmi is supposed to miss at least a couple of games with a calf injury so that should help. Dennis needs to keep his composure and focus on facilitating the offense first and foremost. I can see him trying to go at Wall unnecessarily to prove something. We can't have all these careless turnover and don't let them drive and kick for wide open 3's all day long. I'm fine with Wall trying to beat us with his scoring. Play tough defense and let's hit some shots. 

[Lurker]

One move that may need to happen for stretches even if Dennis plays within himself is Bazemore or Sefolosha in to guard the ball with Wall in, Hardaway Jr bringing the ball up and playing PG, and Dennis on the bench.

[Dakin]

Nothing easy!

Go Hawks!

[Guest]

Coach Wall...

 

The rebounding edge may belong to the Hawks in this series, but Wall believes Smith, a revelation as a 7-foot three-point shooter, can help neutralize Howard in ways that a more traditional big like Mahinmi may not.

“Jason does a good job defending for us, blocking shots and being able to space the floor, so I think that can help us a lot because you can be able to play Jason and ’Kieff down the stretch,” Wall predicts. “Space the floor and give us an opportunity to get Dwight away from the paint.”

[Thomas]

17 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Atlanta Hawks beat writer Chris Viviamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was good enough to answer five questions about the upcoming Wizards-Hawks first-round series which starts Sunday in Verizon Center.

Guess Cviv paid a visit to the Emerald City.

[Guest]

Somebody hold me .....

Frank Isola and, perennial Hawk-hater, Mitch Lawrence both picked ATL to beat WAS in 6. 

Said they're hearing the team feels they 'found themselves' late in the season and are very confident heading into the playoffs.  If you're being honest, you acknowledge that's a departure from the last 2 years.

I think we'll win in 6 ..... I'd feel a lot more confident if this were the NBATv series and we had some back-to-backs.  These national games and multi-day layoffs .... yikes.

[Thomas]

That guy Mitch, Nosferatu teeth much?

[TheNorthCydeRises]

26 minutes ago, Thomas said:

That guy Mitch, Nosferatu teeth much?

He needs to be punched in the mouth, have all of his teeth knocked out, and have dentures put back in.  I don't know why Mitch picked the Hawks.  He NEVER has anything good to say about them.  I guess he's just not a believer in Wall Ball.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Frank Isola

The way @kg01 feels about Isola...

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

He needs to be punched in the mouth, have all of his teeth knocked out, and have dentures put back in.  I don't know why Mitch picked the Hawks.  He NEVER has anything good to say about them.  I guess he's just not a believer in Wall Ball.

He's been coming around lately.  I think he's a 'Dwight' guy.  He said he'd talked to some people with the team and came away convinced that we're going to play well.

6 minutes ago, Spud2Nique said:

The way @kg01 feels about Isola...

First, Isola is the man.

Second, shouldn't it be a bannt-able offense for Spud2 to post vids of his last match.com "dates"?