What's gotten into Josh Smith tonight!!!

[dakast]

Dude looks great!!!!!

Whatever he's smokin' on tonight he needs to give Bibby a hit.

[dakast]

Why the devil can't the Hawks play like this every night!!!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

He's definitely playing under control tonight.

[DrReality]

He's showing a maturity that this team needs. I think Horf has challenged him in this regard and he's stepped up. Horf definately does not play like a rookie.

[foeteen14]

josh smith is a balla. WOW

[Peoriabird]

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Dude looks great!!!!!

Whatever he's smokin' on tonight he needs to give Bibby a hit.

Smith is unconscious tonight!!!!

[TheTruth]

He's playing under control and doing all the things we know he can do. This is what a COMPLETE all-around game would look like from him (just gotta work on his man defense). He is something special when he is on offensively and under control.

[DrReality]

He's really risen to the occasion and play tough against KG.

[Deeman]

j-smoove is da man!!!

[mrhonline]

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He's playing under control and doing all the things we know he can do. This is what a COMPLETE all-around game would look like from him (just gotta work on his man defense). He is something special when he is on offensively and under control.

I'm fine with off-games offensively from him. I just want him to play under control and attack the rim.

On defense, I'd be happy with him picking his spots to block shots, but ALWAYS boxing out.

[exodus]

They got out and ran which got him going early. When his confidence is flowing he can be scary.

But he is an up and down player. That isn't likely to change any time soon but he was huge tonight.

[dig]

Our defense has been OK/solid this series, but up until tonight the offense had been atrocious (much of that due to Boston's D, but Bibby, Marvin, etc were terrible offensively).

Tonight we made much better decisions, didn't turn the ball over, and -- most importantly -- moved the ball well to create open shots. Of course, fortunately, we made those open shots...

I think we had something like 28 assists tonight on 36 FGs while we had 26 COMBINED in the first two, and just TEN in game 2. Bibby needs to play exactly like he did today...

[mrhonline]

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Our defense has been OK/solid this series, but up until tonight the offense had been atrocious (much of that due to Boston's D, but Bibby, Marvin, etc were terrible offensively).

Marvin and Josh tend to play poorly if Bibby doesn't take care of the ball, and that's not too surprising considering they're athletic wings.

Bibby's going to have off-nights, but he should NEVER have games where he's constantly losing the ball.

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Our defense has been OK/solid this series, but up until tonight the offense had been atrocious (much of that due to Boston's D, but Bibby, Marvin, etc were terrible offensively).

Marvin and Josh tend to play poorly if Bibby doesn't take care of the ball, and that's not too surprising considering they're athletic wings.

Bibby's going to have off-nights, but he should NEVER have games where he's constantly losing the ball.

I don't think it is going to change. If you watch him closely you will see he constantly jumps to pass and that leads to a lot of turnovers.