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Saturday, March 22, 2008
Game of the Century II
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tell me if you feel like a fool for singing up for this duty, watching the Hawks play the Game of the Century every night for the rest of the season.
I know I do.
The chase certainly has me intrigued. Can they do it? If they do, who plays the hero? I know there’s been a lot of speculation here about who goes if they don’t make it and who replaces them in that scenario (all great questions without any clear cut answers at this point).
But I’m trying to stay caught up in the moment. I’m trying to remain locked in on the Hawks’ tasks at hand (all 14 of ‘em).
Because for all the prognosticating we do around here (yeah, I’m the cat that predicted 40-plus wins back in October), they still have a chance.
The eighth playoff spot changes hands by day, sometimes by the minute when both the Hawks and Nets play on the same night.
So there is an element of urgency to the end of this season, for the first time in years mind you. Are we fools for being engrossed in this moment? Or should we all start planning for the funerals to come (I still don’t know who might be gone. Shoot, the folks on the hockey side here in Hawksville have already been cleared for at least another season, or two).
Whatever happens, the games are the only thing that don’t come with a choose-your-own-adventure ending. The March Madness drama to this season lives on, at least for 14 more games (the Orlando game is moments away from starting).
