Hawks starting strong against Cleveland

[guava_wrench]

Hawks are looking good against Cleveland. Gotta hit them while Big Z is out.

[housecall]

Can they win without one of their stars?...we did on more than one occassion.

[Who]

Cavs offense looks lost without Big Z. They don't have enough go-to scoring options to handle a loss like him.

[Fafnir]

They've climbed back into it with some strong D and rebounding. Cavs are now up by one, but they are in the penalty already.

In Atlanta will be a tough game.

[action781]

what channel?? the only game i get is nets/bulls

[Fafnir]

what channel?? the only game i get is nets/bulls

I have NBA League Pass Broadband. Only way for me to see most Celtics games within my price range, so I'm watching on that.

[guava_wrench]

Marvin Williams with choke at line, but Clev couldn't bury a 3 down by 3. Delonte with wide open brick.

[Fafnir]

Marvin Williams with choke at line, but Clev couldn't bury a 3 down by 3. Delonte with wide open brick.

Yup gave up the match up of Joe Johnson on a smaller player too easily defensively. Then they couldn't get the key rebounds at the end of the game.

Cavs streak ended in Atlanta. Atlanta's crowd will be crazy Wednesday.

[guava_wrench]

Time to claim #1 on the Hollinger rankings.

Cleveland still hasn't beaten many winning teams. Now we need to take care of Atlanta next week.

[NoraG1]

Marvin Williams with choke at line, but Clev couldn't bury a 3 down by 3. Delonte with wide open brick.

Yup gave up the match up of Joe Johnson on a smaller player too easily defensively. Then they couldn't get the key rebounds at the end of the game.

Cavs streak ended in Atlanta. Atlanta's crowd will be crazy Wednesday.

Which is funny since not so long ago they had trouble getting anyone to go to a Hawks game.

I'd also add so are the refs, who helped Atlanta a few times in the playoffs imo.

[Dybdal]

Great game by the Hawks' they were shooting lights out in the 4th and they needet it.

But what about Mike Bibby getting rid of the ball with 10secs left, sending another hawk to the free throw line? thats very unlike Mike Bibby

But what about the Defensive scheme by the Cavs? without a bigman to achor the defense during the 4th (no Z, no Ben) they went with very aggresive trapping on Joe Johnson and the Cavs payed for it big time as Mike Bibby was wide open again and again.. would you have made the same decision as the Cavs coach?

[footey]

I doubt we will be 1 on Hollinger Ratings. Too big a discrepancy to catch up in one game. Cleveland's average margin of victory still much greater than C's.

[Dybdal]

Oh yeah! the ESPN Curse strikes again, hopefully we wont be crowned the best of anything by ESPN anytime soon.

But [dang].. its cold on the top NBA' its soo cold up here looking down.

[footey]

Hawks' offense basically boiled down to getting Joe Johnson in isolation. He was dominant in 4th quarter. Delonte missed a few big shots tonight. The key to LeBron is doubling up on him in the perimeter. Once he gets driving to the hole, no double team can stop him, he is too fast and strong and good.

[NoraG1]

I doubt we will be 1 on Hollinger Ratings. Too big a discrepancy to catch up in one game. Cleveland's average margin of victory still much greater than C's.

That is ok I would rather have 2 less losses, which to me is more important. Home court advantage is always nice.