January 8th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Perhaps it was less than 24 hours ago when the Indiana Pacers blew a double-digit lead against the San Antonio Spurs. Perhaps it was their lack of focus during their game against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night. No matter what the true reason was, Indiana never led for the entire 48 minutes and Atlanta cruised [...]
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Pacers Drop Third Straight, Clawed By Hawks 108-93
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CP-3′s 13 Third Quarter Points Help Hornets Sting Hawks 93-86
“We started the third quarter and we just didn’t have any energy. We came out very lethargic. We stopped running, we stopped pushing the basketball for easy transition points, and we started settling for jump shots.” Those were the words of Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew after Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. What [...]
Balanced Scoring Keeps Pacers In Check, Hawks Win Big 102-92
A pretty decent matchup took place Tuesday night when the Atlanta Hawks visited the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. That is, until the opening tip. Usually, Joe Johnson punks the Pacers in the scoring column; however, this wouldn’t be one of those games. The Hawks had nothing to fear as six players scored in double-digits [...]
Hawks Rally Comes Up Short, Suns Hold On 118-114
Imagine this scenario: The Atlanta Hawks on Sunday hosted the Phoenix Suns. The game was pretty much dominated by the Suns early on in the first half while the Hawks rallied, but came up a bit short as Phoenix held on to fend off Atlanta 118-114. Keep in mind that what happened during the game is fairly [...]
Johnson’s 14 Fourth Quarter Points Help Hawks Remain Unbeaten, Bounce Wizards 99-95
In the NBA’s Southeastern Conference, it is pretty easy to forget the Atlanta Hawks, especially with the Miami Heat and their Big Three of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and the Orlando Magic with Dwight Howard and company. After Saturday night’s game between the Hawks and Washington Wizards, the rest of the conference [...]
Magic Make Hawks Vanish 98-84, Advance To Conference Finals
The Atlanta Hawks, being behind 3-0 in their best-of-seven series with the Orlando Magic, obviously would need to step up their up until now anemic anemic offense. Just the fact that they have lost to the Magic by an average of 25 points seems to dictate that the Hawks are in deep trouble. Monday night [...]
Howard, Lewis Help Magic Embarrass Hawks At Philips 105-75
The best-of-seven series between the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic appears to be one where it may be a short one as the Hawks have been pummeled in the first three games thus far. Philips Arena during Game 4, like the team that the arena claims, was quiet as a church mouse as the Hawks [...]
Around The Association In A Friday Night Full Of Fun, Stars, Hoops
It was Wade’s performance that left the Magic in the dark The Miami Heat came out to “Hate Me Now” by Nas right before the tip-off. LeBron scores under 20 points for the second consecutive game, the first time he has went for less than 20 in back-to-back contests since the 2007-08 season. Chris Bosh [...]