Tuesday, April 07, 2009

April 7th Open Thread: Atlanta (43-34) @ Toronto (30-46)

TIP-OFF: 7pm

TELEVISION: Fox Sports South

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES:
Hawks/Raptors

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT
: Marvin Williams and Acie Law IV are is out.

TORONTO INJURY REPORT: Marcus Banks and Kris Humphries are out.

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Atlanta -1.5, 197.5 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Raptors Republic

PREVIOUSLY THE TORONTO RAPTORS...lost 112-103 at home to the Knicks on Sunday snapping a 6-game winning streak.

Atlanta beat the Raptors 110-92 on November 9th and 87-84 on January 19th in Atlanta. Toronto beat the Hawks 93-88 on November 28th, their previous visit to Toronto.

THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT BLOG'S PRE-GAME PEP TALK:
So as we look back to the beginning of the season and where we stand today with the good guys---we see that nothing has progressed, little has improved, and with every passing (or in the Hawks case, dribbling and draw the defense) game the hope that something might fades a little more.

They are locked into what they are---and what they are is an extremely talented team with many areas of opportunity---but little desire to change what they do in order to get there. They will be content to advance as far as this approach can take them.
Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.

1 comment:

Jason Walker said...

Bret, I just noticed you had this on your pregame thread---thank you--I laughed heartily at the "Pep Talk" angle---It's funny because it's all true---