NBA.com recap from todays game

[Admin]

Miles Simon hit a desperation three-point shot at the buzzer to give the Atlanta Hawks (5-0) an 83-81 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Shaw’s Pro Summer League. Simon’s shot spoiled a dramatic fourth quarter comeback by the Timberwolves (2-3).

Atlanta led 73-63 with 5:02 left in the game when the Timberwolves started their comeback. Marcus Taylor hit an 18-footer, Tommy Adams hit a three-pointer and Cal Bowdler hit a 17-footer to cut the deficit to 73-70 with 3:57 remaining. After a pair of Dion Glover free throws, Adams and DeMarco Johnson hit jumpers to make it 75-74. After Glover hit a three to put Atlanta back up by 4, Johnson hit a jumper to cut it to 78-76 with 56 seconds left. Then Adams stole the ball from Glover and converted it into a three-pointer with 23.8 seconds left to give the Timberwolves their first lead since late in the second quarter and set up the frantic finish.

After a timeout, Chris Carr came off the bench to hit a short jumper to put the Hawks ahead by 1 with 11.8 seconds left. Minnesota pushed the ball downcourt and set up Adams for an 18-footer which gave the Timberwolves what they thought was the winning basket with 1.2 seconds left. But the Hawks did not give up. After taking a 20-second timeout, the Hawks inbounded the ball to Carr for the attempt at the winning shot. Carr missed but was fouled by Maurice Evans with 0.7 seconds. However the referees ruled that the foul occurred before the shot and rather than having Carr go to the foul line to try to win it, Atlanta was faced with the near-impossible task of having to inbound the ball and score in less than one second. But that is just what they did. Dan Dickau inbounded the ball to Simon who heaved up a prayer from 26-feet to win it.

Atlanta led 37-36 at the half with Carr scoring 13 points in the half, before outscoring the Timberwolves 12-1 in the first three minutes of the quarter to take a 49-37 lead. Quincy Lewis and Loren Woods each scored to cut the Atlanta lead to 61-55 after three. The Hawks built the lead back up to 10 midway through the fourth quarter, before Minnesota started its comeback.

Glover led all scorers with 21 points and Carr finished with 17, while Lewis (15 points) led five Timberwolves in double-figures.

[ATLien_]

Man this could be an good Omen. It seems like our team can't lose even when they should. Lets hope this kind of magic translates to the regular season.