the 5 what if's

[thecampster]

What if number one. Hawks at Lakers Nov. 1st. Hawks won 43 minutes of this game. A 5 minute mental lapse in the 3rd quarter cost them this game.

What if number two. Knicks @ Hawks Dec 4th. Josh Smith ejected in the 2nd quarter changing the whole makeup of the game and handing the knicks a 7 point win.

What if number three. Hawks at Cleveland Dec 30. Hawks absolutely screwed by the non reset of the shot clock and it costs them the game. NBA in the bag for Lebron.

What if number four. Hawks at Golden State Feb 21. A bogus technical foul call on Jamal Crawford with seconds left in the game flips the game to the warriors.

What if number five. Dallas at Hawks Feb 26. Jason Kidd makes contact with Mike Woodson as he jumps into the coaches box. Replay clearly shows Woodson's feet make it to the coaching box as the contact is initiated. Kidd should have been ruled out of bounds.

An argument can be made that Atlanta could have or should have won each of these 5 games. 4 were screw jobs by the officials and 1 was just terrible coaching by Woodson letting LA score 17 points in 3 minutes without a time out. If these games go the way they are supposed to, the Hawks record would currently be 47-18, and in second place. The Cavaliers would be 51-16 only 3 games ahead with 2 head to head matchups left and we'd have something very interesting to talk about.

[Supporter]

Damn

[spotatl]

And you don't think there are any games where the refs were in the Hawks favor or the other coach messed up?

Edited March 15, 2010 by spotatl

[DJlaysitup]

Well there were a couple games where the other teams had complaints (I would imagine Boston fans would say especially)...but you do make a great point, it looks like things do tend to go against us a bit more than for us.

[thecampster]

And you don't think there are any games where the refs were in the Hawks favor or the other coach messed up?

I just pulled the 5 most obvious examples