Duff_Man

Chris Paul's 4-point effort in his teams' 58-point loss was pretty impressive. And actually, even though I don't agree with JJ being the decoy all the time, the fact that Miami is constantly doubling him has played into our hands pretty nicely. Well, except when Smith gets it from 15 out and does his "I'm Dale Ellis" routine. But if they're going to continue to do that, we'll probably continue to burn the Heat (pun).

And if anyone knows a POS, it's this guy. They can smell their own.

Wow. Just wow. Did Terrence Moore ghost-write this?

Here is Wade drawing yet another foul... "COME ON REF! His face got in the way of my knee!!"

Yeah I mean why be happy about anything? The Hawks just won on the road for the first time in the last 12 tries in the face of pretty strange officiating. Don't enjoy it. Hate it because it wasn't pretty.

Best. Fans. Ever.

He's Ric Flair! Such drama out there. Hey Wade...stop flopping around and you might not hurt your back.

Except for one thing...she has eyes. And even she can see some of those fouls were complete crap. The second 4-point play was one of the worst have seen in 28 years of watching, playing, reffing, and coaching basketball.

Even my female roommate is bitching about the refs.

This ref job is absolutely horrifying.

Wins = very few posts. Losses = Infinite posts. This is tiring.

WHOOMP! There it is!

Not sure what you were watching, but JJ hibernated. Flip played well. He passed well and came on late. I think JJ took a step down, and someone had to take up the slack. My big issue was: why did Marvin get yanked so often? He played great when he was in there. Is he that hurt?

In before Hotlanta comes in to spread a lot of hate.

Try channelsurfing.net

In before it's moved!

Maybe for us Hawks fans, but for the overall basketball fan, there is no way Smith is more exciting than Lebron.

I mentioned this over at Peachtreehoops.com: We now call Wade "The Nature Boy" because he over-sells every bit of contact he gets. Last night everyone in my living room went "WHOOOOOOO!" whenever he bitched or flopped.

This will get you fired up. Love it. Hawks Game 1

The Heat's problem is that Wade is great and all, but his supporting cast is very underwhelming. Jermaine O'Neal is a shell of what he used to be and is a non-factor defensively. Beasley is good on offense, but can't defend either. Chalmers is a rookie. They played scared last night. Outside of Wade, if the rest of the team is completely intimidated by the atmosphere at Philips, they'll continue to get killed by the Hawks.

Watching PP miss that second FT was the equivalent of Christmas morning in my house.

I loved realizing that the Heat inside have the resistance of a stiff breeze. Zaza and Al should be salivating at the number of rebounds they can amass.

Wait until we lose. The number of posts after a loss grossly outweigh the number of posts after a win. And even after a win, a lot of the posts are making excuses for the other team. The Hawks are the only team in the NBA that win games purely by accident (according to some around here).

Injuries are part of the game. If it happens to their best player, good for us. I never feel bad about it. I WANT an advantage. Any advantage. I hate a lot of opposing NBA players. I always wished I had a picture of Paul Pierce being stabbed in that night club so I could blow it up to poster size and hang it on my living room wall. Yes, I hate him that badly. But, since I don't know him personally, who cares? He's basically a fictional character on a TV show.

I knew Spoelstra was in over his head when I saw he made a change to their starting lineup. As much as we rag on Woody, he's clearly the better coach in this series. Anyone notice Woody showing off the Championship ring? It took up half my screen!