Not just are the Hawks playing at two o'clock on the Sunday afternoon of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, the Hawks are playing at two o'clock on the Sunday afternoon of the Publix Georgia Marathon and the accompanying downtown street closings. I suspect five thousand fans present at tip-off is an optimistic hope.
TELEVISION: SportSouth
GAME NOTES: Hawks/Pistons
ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.
DETROIT INJURY REPORT: Jonas Jerebko is out.
BY THE NUMBERS
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| DET (off) | 88.8 | 1.07 | 49 | 20.2 | 27 | 12.2 |
| ATL (def) | 89.4 | 1.063 | 49.1 | 27.2 | 25.6 | 14.3 |
| 2010-11 | Poss | Off Eff | eFG% | FT Rate | OR% | TO% |
| DET (def) | 88.8 | 1.115 | 52.5 | 30.3 | 28.3 | 13.9 |
| ATL (off) | 89.2 | 1.064 | 50.1 | 20.5 | 23.8 | 15.4 |
OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Piston Powered
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: Atlanta -7.5, 189.5 o/u
PREVIOUSLY...the Detroit Pistons won two home games this week, 107-93 over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday and 99-95 over the New York Knicks on Friday. The Pistons have not won a road game in over a month, however.
The Hawks have won two of three games against the Pistons this season, splitting the games in Detroit (losing 103-80 on December 14th and winning 94-79 on Valentine's Day) and winning the previous meeting in Atlanta 94-85 back on November 3rd.
Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.
3 comments:
I cant even give away my 6th row center tickets
Speaking of which, what's the deal with Kansas? I (somewhat reluctant) picked them to win it all in my pool, but the fact that they let Boston U. hang around for over a half worries me.
Re: the Hawks, it will be interesting to see if there's any noticeable effect from the players-only meeting, or if we'll see Josh Smith the Jumpshooter return.
Bronn --
Kansas is pretty much the same team as last season: highly variable in their performances (often within a game) due to not-especially-good guard play. That's been mitigated some this season because no one's operating under the delusion that Sherron Collins is really good. Then again, no one has replaced Cole Aldrich's defensive impact though the Morris twins and Thomas Robinson do a really good job on the defensive glass.
In short, they're clearly again one of the two-to-four best college teams in a season where "best" could also be defined as "least bad."
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