Warriors! Come Out and Play!
(If you would be so kind, though, please leave those baseball bats behind!)
The Golden State Warriors have blazed across the Everglades, and now head north for tonight’s Friday Night showdown with our Peach State Hawks (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Bay Area). At the risk of a jinx, the Hawks are 7-for-7 in winning Friday night NBA contests this season.
How will they fare against the buzzsaw that has been Stephen Curry of late? Last night, the spicy Cu
What to do? What to do?
By now, you’re well versed in the potential Net effects of Brooklyn missing the postseason and the Hawks outperforming them. That circumstance presents unique dilemmas for tankologists whenever the Hawks play one of the less-sucky teams in the Atlantic Division, none more so than this afternoon’s opponent, the Boston Celtics (1:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN New England).
Should the Hawks (17-14) allow Boston (13-17) to close out 2013 on a high note, potentially t
Do you believe in magic?
If so, then last night’s overtime victory over the Bobcats, pulled out of the Atlanta Hawks’ collective wazoo and punctuated by that Captain Morgan-esque heave from Pero Antić to tie the game in regulation, would come as no surprise to you.
Believing in the 9-20 Orlando Magic right now probably takes a little more effort. Coach Jacque Vaughn continues to patch together lineups and rotations among a host of tradebait veterans and budding youthful talents. While Va
You know how, sometimes, you have to deal with an itchy tag? One of those labels that digs into you and chafes your hide, an uncomfortable label that you just want to rip off and toss into a shredder somewhere?
Michael Jordan knows just how you feel. Lately, when he hasn’t been pitching tagless underclothes on TV, his endeavor has been to ditch the label of a clueless, overbearing NBA owner. All reports are, so far, it’s starting to pay off. He made the right call to quickly return the Horne
Watch out, Hawks! You’re in Uncle Drew’s House now!
After another defeat in the clutch on the road, this time in Miami at the hands of LeGrinch, the Atlanta Hawks fly north to duel with the Cleveland Cavaliers (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Ohio). Atlanta has just a 4-9 road record, but six of those losses have been within a five-point deficit.
You can bet Kyrie Irving has had this game circled on his calendar for a couple weeks now. Were it not for Kyle Korver’s record-breaking
With a big holiday on the horizon, can the Atlanta Hawks stuff a lump of coal in the Miami HEAT’s stocking? We’ll see tonight, as the Hawks pay their second visit this season to South Beach (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, SUN Sports).
It’s the close of a five-game homestand for the Heatles (20-6), who will get to don their gay apparel on Christmas Day in L.A., part of a four-game West Coast swing heading into the new year. Will Miami come into this game playing bells-out, or will they let the
Friday Night Lights at the Highlight Factory! Our Atlanta Hawks hope to keep the good end-of-workweek vibes going strong tonight against the Utah Jazz (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Root Sports Rocky Mountain).
Former Hawk Ty Corbin is 0-3 coaching his charges against the Hawks (14-12), who seek to extend their Friday game-winning streak to 7-0 this season. Despite giving up over 100 points in their last three games, Atlanta has given up just 93.7 PPG to opponents on Friday nights (42.5 oppon
Following the Lakers down I-85 from Charlotte, the Sacramento Kings arrive in the home of the Ca$h Money Mega Millionaires to tango with the Atlanta Hawks (7:30 PM, NO LOCAL TV, CSN Bay Area). Here’s hoping last night’s big winner(s) will buy some season tickets!
It’s the second of a three-game homestand for Atlanta, who hope to cash in on a twelfth straight victory over the Raisin-and-Black, who at 7-16 in the Western Conference already seem to be looking forward to some more lottery magic
Paging Dahntay Jones! Kobe Bryant is calling you out, good sir!
After his L.A. Lakers scuttled the Bobcats in Charlotte on Saturday night, securing his first victory in four games this season, the Black Mamba insisted he wouldn’t be slithering around the ATL this weekend in search of the guy who sprained his ankle last March. “Unfortunately, Dahntay Jones isn’t there anymore,” he told his Time Warner Cable Sports affiliate (actually, Jones IS in town... he just ain’t playing for the Hawks).
Do NOT adjust your HDTV sets!
The Atlanta Hawks and New York Knickerbockers should be wearing sane pairings of unis today at Madison Square Garden (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, MSG Network). Countless Knicks fans have had to report themselves out for a couple weeks with eye strains, not just because of the garish red-and-orange combo on the floor, but because the Knicks’ shooting woes has become far too hard on the eyes.
Atlanta returns to the scene of the crime where they ran New York o
Looking for that tank-fest between Washington and Atlanta? Oh, I am so terribly sorry. You’ve arrived a couple days too early!
But since you’re here, stick around and treat yourself to a potpourri of prodigious point-guard passing tonight, as the Atlanta Hawks try to fend off the Washington Wizards at Philips Arena (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Washington).
You’ve got two of the three leaders among Eastern Conference teams in assists between the Hawks (24.4 APG, 2nd in NBA) and the W
Oklahoma City! Where the wins come sweepin’ down the plain…
The OKC Thunder rumbles into Georgia to tangle with a well-rested Atlanta Hawks team (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Oklahoma). Back home in Sooner Country, the Thunder’s winning streaks sure smell sweet. After easily dispatching the NBA East-leading Indiana Pacers on Sunday night, the 15-4 Thunder remains undefeated this season at Chesapeake Arena (10-0).
Grounded in untimely fashion by a knee injury in the 2012 Playoff
Let’s go streaking!
It’s Inspiration Night at the Highlight Factory, and with gospel music all abound, an appreciative Friday Night crowd hopes to stomp and sing one particular player’s praises when the Atlanta Hawks face the Cleveland Cavaliers (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Ohio).
Round of applause, Kyle Korver! Congratulations, you beat them odds! By raining one more triple from the heavens tonight Kyle will have an NBA record, consecutive games with at least one three-pointe
After a nail-biting loss in San Antonio, another hold-on-to-your-seat game is hopefully in store for fans of your Atlanta Hawks, hosting the L.A. Clippers this evening (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FSN Prime Ticket).
Formerly with the Celtics until they read the writing on the wall, several ex-Hawks (Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers and his assistants, Armond Hill and Tyronn Lue) will patrol the sideline as the group formerly known as “That Other L.A. Team” embarks on a seven-game road swing o
Your Atlanta Hawks can cling yet again onto the 3rd seed in the frail Eastern Conference with a road victory tonight against the… oh, c’mon! Who are we fooling, here, really? The Hawks don’t win games in San Antonio!
The last time the Hawks came out on top in The Alamo City, Paul Walker was just beginning to ponder whether he oughta be in pictures. Absent stars David Robinson, and Sean Elliott for most of that season, aging Spurs leading scorer Dominique Wilkins and two future NBA coaches, A
After another satisfying Schadenfriday, the Atlanta Hawks soar north to the nation’s capital to take on the Washington Wizards (7:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Washington). Never mind the Iron Bowl, or Clean Old-Fashioned Hate… because Hawks-Wizards is the Southeast’s oldest NBA rivalry.
Congress is always at each other’s throats, but the good squabbling this month in Chocloate City was going on just a few blocks west of the Capitol, at Verizon Center. As the Wizards struggled through, and
The Dallas Mavericks look to be the latest NBA squad to lasso the Atlanta Hawks at the Highlight Factory (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, Fox Sports Southwest). The Hawks last dropped three straight games at Philips Arena in February 2012.
While the Houston Rockets, absent leading scorer James Harden and eventually second-leading passer (to Harden) Jeremy Lin, were moving the ball like clockwork and tightening up their team defense as the game wore on in Wednesday’s 113-84 thrashing of the Hawk
Fourth place in your conference? That’s all? C’mon, Dwight! You could’ve done that back home!
After plugging the dam for two conference foes’ leaking seasons at the Highlight Factory, our Atlanta Hawks fly west to meet up with America’s Favorite Center, Dwight Howard, and the Houston Rockets (8:00 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN Houston), the league’s top scoring team at 108.7 points per game.
After spurning his hometown team and a few other suitors this summer, Howard hasn’t disappointed fo
So, did anybody call Georgia Power? Because we had a big power outage on Saturday night at the Highlight Factory.
The Atlanta Hawks were up 11 in the middle of the fourth quarter when the offense got stuck on stupid for over five minutes. Jordan Crawford and Brandon Bass flipped the script from a double-digit deficit into a seven-point Celtics victory, the tandem outscoring Atlanta by themselves, 16-6 down the stretch of the final nine minutes. While Atlanta’s defense fell through the roof,
Schadenfriday sure was FUN, wasn’t it?
Hawks fans had a good ol' time watching their revamped team fluster Josh Smith’s Pistons for the second game in a row, with an eye on Joe Johnson’s stumbling Brooklyn Nets at the same time. Now, fans will be pulling for their Hawks to keep the good vibes going tonight at the Highlight Factory against the reeling Boston Celtics (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, CSN New England).
Irish eyes seemed to be smiling on the Celtics, for a minute. Less than a co
Your Atlanta Hawks are up in suburban Auburn Hills, Michigan tonight (“A pro sports team in the burbs? Who does that anymore?” *cough*) to try and sweep a back-to-back tilt with the Detroit Pistons (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, FoxSports Detroit). But while the focus will probably be on outpacing Detroit for the second time in three nights, there’s a team over in Chicago that the Hawks may be placing their bulls-eye on.
With the Indiana Pacers blitzing to the top of the East standings and th
Josh Smith will be welcomed back with open arms tonight in his return to the Highlight Factory. Not just open arms by the fives of thousands of Atlanta Hawks fans in attendance, but arms flailing wide and far, in “Field Goal” formation, anticipating the varied and crazy shots from “downtown” that will surely come from his hands. When he has his hands on the ball, the “Boo” you may think you’re hearing at first might in fact be, “Shoot!”
After nine seasons coming of age with the Hawks, hometo
Are the world champion Miami HEAT hearing talon steps?
The Atlanta Hawks have a chance to conquer another Rated-R superstar and slide into the top spot of the Southeast Division with a victory tonight at American Airlines Arena (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, NBATV, SUN Network).
Despite a handful of early upset losses, nobody should be disillusioned into believing Miami has regressed in any way. Belying any anxieties down in South Beach that Eastern teams are closing the gap, the HEAT’s 7
Will Mike Woodson be saved by the Hawks once again?
The New York Knicks have a gaudy 6-1 record against the Atlanta Hawks during Woody’s tenure, including the last five meetings. But they’re seeking to avoid their fifth consecutive loss at Madison Square Garden. Woody’s Knicks (3-5) are rested up and lying in wait tonight (7:30 PM Eastern, SportSouth, MSG Network), hoping the Hawks (5-4) will oblige and help them end the week squaring their season’s win total.
Under the heat lamp of the
(REMINDER: NO LOCAL TV again tonight! 92.9 FM might be available online if they fix their feed)
Alright, Sixers. Stop playin’. No, really, I mean it!
The Philadelphia 76ers are 5-4 and ballin’ outta control, perhaps beyond the control of their own management at this point. They’re fighting for victories up until the final buzzer as if, no, they’d rather not pair up Andrew Wiggins with Nerlens Noel in 2014. No tanks!
My theory still holds that they’re gonna pull a Bobcats. Get everyone a
