Game 1: Indiana @ Atlanta

[TheTruth]

Man, I wish I could watch it live :(

[exodus]

I know i might be jinxing it but Josh Smith is playing smart basketball on offense so far.

[Admin]

Man, I wish I could watch it live :(

Is League Pass Broadband not working for you either? I'm watching it live right now through it.

[TheTruth]

He sure is playing smart (from a statistical standpoint). And Teague hit a 3 earlier...yay! The team sure is hitting on all cylinders offensively. Need to step it up on defense. How has Teague looked? And Houston, we have a bench!

Is League Pass Broadband not working for you either? I'm watching it live right now through it.

Haven't tried that. Thanks for the tip Dolfan!

[ngc7]

anyone know why league pass isnt working?

[ATLNY7]

Josh Smith and Marvin Williams are playing extremely well. Joe Johnson needs to play better. The hawks need to stop leaving Danny Granger and Troy Murphy open for three.

[TheTruth]

anyone know why league pass isnt working?

Working for me...

[Admin]

Working for me...

Same here

[Admin]

Hey Ex how about your favorite "pansy" Horford tonight? Looking pretty damn solid!

[exodus]

Hey Ex how about your favorite "pansy" Horford tonight? Looking pretty damn solid!

Those are the same scoring opportunities that he has been passing up for two years. I have said all along he needs to look to score and tonight he is.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Wow . . I guess Smoove was serious about laying off the jumper.

The play he made with under 2 min to go, when he passes up a wide open corner 3 . . drives to the hole . . and passes to Mo for a wide open 3 in the other corner that he makes, was one of the best fundamentally sound plays I've ever seen him make.

This team needs to play better D on Granger and keep Hibbert off the boards in the 2nd half. And good lord, don't let Troy Murphy look like an All-NBA PF.

[exodus]

Smith and Horford are the reason the Hawks are leading. If they were playing just average the Hawks would be down decisively instead of up 8. Those to have played pretty much flawlessly so far.

[DrReality]

Smoove sure tried a power dunk. Hope he didn't hurt his hand?

[MVP23]

ehhh I hate having to watch the games on streams.......

[exodus]

The ball movement has really stagnated all of a sudden.

[MVP23]

The ball movement has really stagnated all of a sudden.

..yeah well...thats Hawks basketball..

[exodus]

As a general rule offense lags the defense early in the year. It is pretty wierd to me to see the Hawks, not noted for their offensive execution, actually playing pretty well offensively and with only 6 turnovers. It is much more common to see teams turning it over a lot and struggling with their shot early in the season.

Edited October 29, 2009 by exodus

[DrReality]

Playing better defense though

[Packfill]

Did JJ really play 39 minutes in this game?

[TheTruth]

They buckled down BIG time defensively in the 4th. The offense looked good in general (only saw the second half), and the bench played quite a bit. If Crawford had played better (and not gotten into foul trouble), Joe would have seen less time. Overall, good win for the Hawks...gotta play defense like they did in the 4th quarter though.