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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
How’d you like your egg?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
INDIANAPOLIS - That’s the question that the Hawks should be asking their fans today.
Because they laid an ugly one here, just about an hour ago, losing a 112-98 stinker to an Indiana team still trailing them by two games in the Eastern Conference standings.
I’d love to dissect all the juicy details here, but there are none.
And perhaps I should have expected as much when I checked into my downtown hotel Tuesday and the guy at the front desk wanted to talk playoffs, standing and what needed to happen for “his” Pacers to unseat the Hawks for that eighth spot (fat chance of that happening in Atlanta).
Despite a near empty arena (and people knock Philips Arena) at the start of the game, it was clear which team showed up prepared, focused and ready to wage a nasty battle for this game - here’s a hint, it wasn’t the Hawks.
Sure, they got up early and looked fired up. But just as the adrenaline was wearing off and the real meat of the game set to begin, things became obvious. The Hawks are in deep waters right now and they’ve only got two floaties (guys with the type of experience needed to handle this kind of pressure).
One of the floaties (Mike Bibby) is currently out of air. So that leaves Joe Johnson as the lone ranger for the Hawks, the only dude on the roster with any serious playoff cred to handle what’s at stake here.
All the Hawks’ fire Tuesday night manifested itself in all the wrong ways (Flagrants, technicals, missed layups, turnovers, etc.). They were clearly the team out of sorts when it mattered most.
And yes, it was as ugly in person as it probably looked on the tube.
A brutal effort all around, and one that deserves all the venom you cats can muster here. So have at it.
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