Atlanta Hawks

Pierce Hits Clutch Shot to Beat Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks rolled into Boston with a 6-0 record, and appeared well on their way to 7-0 after Marvin Williams hit a go-ahead three-pointer with less than 10 seconds remaining.
Stacked with three stars capable of going for a game-winner, the Celtics chose Paul Pierce, who has been on fire of late. Pierce proceded to [...]

Celtics Release 2008-09 Regular Season Schedule

It seems just yesterday that we were watching the Celtics overcome a 22-year drought from an NBA Championship by beating the Lakers in the Finals, but here we are today already looking at the schedule for next season’s reigning champs.
The Celtics open up this season with a bang. They start out at home on October [...]

Reactions to a Hawks Fan’s View of Round 1

Our good friend, Shotgun, over at the Blue Workhorse Blog recently put up an article where he addressed 33 points about the Hawks and Celtics round one playoff match up. There were several of these points that I agree with and I think most others who watched the series would also agree with. However, there [...]

Celtics Finish off Hawks, Set for Round 2

The Hawks scored the first basket of the game, but it seemed like that would just about be the only time they lead the entire way. The Celtics dominated the Hawks today by winning 99-65, giving them the series win and the chance to play Lebron James and the Cavs in round two. The Hawks [...]

Celtics Embarrass Themselves in Atlanta

Joe Johnson….for three!…..and for Game 7.
Yep, unbelievable. The Hawks hung in with the Celtics all game long. They were down by double digits, then battled back to four or five point deficits. The Celts entered the fourth quarter with a three-point lead, but the Hawks chipped away until they took the lead and held it [...]

Celtics Get Back on Track, Lead Series 3-2

The Celtics came back to Boston and did exactly what they needed to do while they were at home: get a win. After the two losses in Atlanta, the Celtics desperately needed to come back home and get back on track. They did just that by controlling the Hawks and beating them 110-85. Game 6 [...]

Hawks Continue to Surprise, Upset Celtics in Game 4

No one expected this series to go to a fifth game, and certainly no one expected it to go a sixth game. But after tonight’s loss, the series is going to return to Boston on Wednesday night for game five and then back to Atlanta for game six on Friday.
The heat was on early in [...]

BREAKING: Pierce Fined $25,000

Paul Pierce was fined $25,000 for flashing a gang-like hand gesture during the third quarter of Game 3 against the Hawks.
My thoughts: Well, David Stern laid the hammer down hard and he had to. The NBA just doesn’t tolerate anything related to gangs in the league and it shouldn’t. I totally agree with the fine [...]

Why The Hawks Will Fly South This Series

KC and Sports of Boston’s Geoff contributed to this piece in reaction to The Blue Workhorse’s take on the Hawks-Celtics series.

Many accuse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist for his comments about small-town America. As a candidate vying for an office of all the people, it was a careless comment and gave [...]

Hawks Turn 180 Degrees, Shock Celtics

The Hawks had their backs against the wall. Down 2-0, Mike Bibby said this was a must-win for the Hawks. Every player says that when down a couple games into a series; it’s really cliche. Most people didn’t think the Hawks ever had a chance of getting within ten points of the Celtics by the [...]

Celtics Continue to Pound Hawks in Game 2

The T.D. Banknorth Garden was not full of fair weather fans tonight, nor any sort of bandwagon fans that Hawks guard Mike Bibby thought there might be. No, these fans were true to their team and kept a roar going the whole game as the Celtics improved to 2-0 in the opening series against the [...]

Celtics Four-Point Play (4-23)

This edition of the Four-Point Play will be entirely devoted to Mike Bibby’s comments about the Celtics as “fair weather” fans. I will have four separate but related points to make about his stupid, baseless comments.
1. Mike Bibby told reporters after Game 1 of the Hawks-Celtics first round series:
“(The crowd was) kind of loud at [...]

Round 1: Celtics Should Sweep Hawks

The Celtics should be able to take care of the Hawks in four games during the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Here are a few reasons why:

The Celtics swept the season series. The final margins were all by at least ten points, but the Hawks held close in a few of the games.
Paul Pierce, [...]

Celtics Four-Point Play (4-16)

In this edition of the Four-Point Play, I’ll look into Doc Rivers’ chances of winning Coach of the Year, Kevin Garnett winning the Red Auerbach award, this week’s Sports Illustrated Cover, and my thoughts on the upcoming playoffs.
1. Doc Rivers was recently picked by one person on the ESPN panel to win the NBA Coach [...]

Cassell and Celtics Fly Over Hawks

The Celtics officially now have 40 more wins than all of last season (64 this year, 24 last year) after they downed he Hawks Saturday night by a final score of 99-89. Sam Cassell had 15 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Celts outscored the Hawks 25-15 after the score was [...]