:: Atlanta Hawks Dynasty :: Lakers recap ::

[kibaxx7]

Tough loss lpasso, hopefully you can get this team moving in the right direction.

[iG®]

The Hawks finaly fly!

November 25th, 2005, 7.00pm, Atlanta, Georgia.

85
89

Atlanta, even they didn't played well in first half, won, yhis high interesting game, after three straight defeats.

:: Game highlights ::

Good direction but...
JJ had solid game tonight. Not real JJ though...


Joe Johnson scoring from downtown in fourth quarter match against Toronto Raptors. Johnson had 9 points total in Atlanta's win over the Raptors 89-85 at Philips Arena, Georgia.

:: Pre game notes::

Starting lineups for the Hawks | Starting lineups for the Raptors

PG- Joe Johnson | PG- Rafer Alston
SG- Josh Smith | SG- Morris Peterson
SF- Marvin Williams | SF- Jalen Rose
PF- Al Harrington | PF- Charlie Villanueva
C- Zaza Pachulia | C- Chris Bosh

INJURYES: -

:: 1st Quarter ::

Again, in fourth straight game Atlanta alowed opponent to setp away from early minutes. Rafer Alston was unstopable at scoring and rookie Charlie Villanueva at rebounding. Alston ended with 9 points, and Villanueva with 4 rebounds in this quarter. Al Harrington, as always, was the best at the Hawks. 22-12 was at the end for Toronto.

:: 2nd Quarter ::

Pretty same things were happening here. With 11 Alston's more points, and 3 Charlie's boards, the Raptors had controll of the game, and at Atlanta, bench players did most of things to make deficit smaller. 43-35 at the end, and something has to changed if Atlanta want's to win.

:: 3rd Quarter ::

This period was crucial for Atlanta's victory. Al Harrington explode wit 11 of his 24 total points in this quarter, leading 10-run for even score, 43-43. In next couple of minutes, the Hawks had the lead for the first time in the game, 50-49. Alston kept Toronto to close score, while Villanueva was obviously tired, and had just one rebound. 59-61 at start of 4th quarter.

:: 4th Quarter ::

Starting lineup was Stoudamire, Johnson, Williams, Smith and Collier. They defended basket perfectly, and Stoudamire was outstanding at offensive end, also good at rebound and assisting. Finish didn't bring nothing spectacular, with Salim hitting free throws 6-6, win was out of reach for the Raptors.

:: Players's corner ::

"I don't know what happend, we just had big fallin the second half", Rafer Alston said, who had 24 points and 4 assists, "it seems we're doing that in all games. Sometimes we're lucky, most of times we're not, and you ain't win if you're waiting for luck to do job instead of you."

:: Man of the Match ::

Al Harrington- 24 Pts, 4 Rebs, 1 Ast, 0 Blk, 1 Stl, 2 TO, 20 mins.

:: Box Score ::

Atlanta Hawks | New Jersey Nets

[Kobe101]

Again nice win!

[Sac-1]

Great win..and nice recap...Harrington had a good game and Stoudamire had a good game coming off the bench

[Keo]

Close game but you were able to come away with the win. I think it's much better that you play 7 mins. a quarter.

[kibaxx7]

Finally a win Keep the 7 mins. games.

[iG®]

Thanks for the words guys. Harrington is my candidate for All Star, although chances for something like that are minimal. Yea, I think it's better with 7 mins too .

Champions won!

November 25th, 2005, 7.00pm, San Antonio, Texas.

108
117

Why so big score. Simple answer. Two OTs in San Antonio. The Spurs won very close game against Atlanta, thanks to Tim Duncan.

:: Game highlights ::

He slams it hole!
TD was absolutely unstopable tonight.


Tim Duncan (21), from San Antonio Spurs, dunks the ball hard in front of Atlanta Hawks' Al Harrington and Jason Collier (40) in 4th quarter of their match at SBC center, Texas. The Spurs won after two OTs 117-108.

Missing the game!
JJ didn't show a leading role tonight.


Joe Johnson missing an easy lay-up in finsih of first OT against San Antonio Spurs. That miss cost the Hawks a win, so the Spurs won after two OTs, 117-108 at SBC center, Texas.


:: Pre game notes::

Starting lineups for the Hawks | Starting lineups for the Spurs

PG- Joe Johnson | PG- Tony Parker
SG- Josh Smith | SG- Michael Finley
SF- Marvin Williams | SF- Manu Ginobili
PF- Al Harrington | PF- Tim Duncan
C- Zaza Pachulia | C- Nazr Mohamed

INJURYES: -

:: 1st Quarter ::
First quarter was even with, last years the Finals MVP, Tim Duncan dominating for the Spurs, and teamwork of Atlanta Hawks. Still, Marvin Williams was team high scorer with 7 points, and suprisingly Joe Johnson grabed five rebounds. Enough for 20-18 lead for San Antonio at the end.

:: 2nd Quarter ::

Almost same as 1st one. Duncan was too powerful for Zaza Pachuila and Jason Colier. He scored easy 4 points and Al Harrington steped in as his guard. Quicker and younger he tired him enough not to enter the game for the first half anymore. Bench player were playing score for score and at the half it was 41-39, for the Spurs.

:: 3rd Quarter ::

Almost same picture, TD was dominant on offensive end, but SA got a high flying rebounder. Nzr Mohamed grabbed 6 rebounds in this quarter while Michael Finley assisted well, collecting three. In Atlanta, three players had 11 each, with Al harrington's 4 assist. 68-64 for San Antonio.

:: 4th Quarter ::

Manu Ginobili decided to be more effective, so he did it. On both side, offense and defense. Three of his 5 steals were in this quarter. And beleive it or not, 15 points of his 18 total. Mohamed collected 4 more boards, and with TD on the bench, the Hawks made score even, 70-70. It was really painful to watch all those in-face dunks by Duncan at the finish, while Stoudamire had solution for Spurs defense. But biggiest advantage for the Hawks was their teamwork. Two players had 15 points, and two 5 rebounds. Harrington assisted five times so far. 80-80, end of regular 48 minutes.

:: 1st OT::

Harrington was spectacular. Duncan as well. Al ended with 23, and Ducan with 26 points in this part of the game. Nazr was on top again, and Tony Parker waked up and did his part, 5 assists. Basicly all point for Atlanta were by Harrington, and rest of team didn't have right ideas on offense. That worth for last attack too, because they couldn't make a proper posution for last shoot. 94-94 after one OT.

:: 2nd OT ::

This was exhousting game for both team, and longer bench decided winner of the game. Nick van Exel, Brent Barry and other SA's bench guys were focused, making almost every shot through the basket. Same couldn't have been said for Atlanta, who was leaning to Al, and obviously he was tired, and no-one couldn't step in insta\ead of him. Many fouls by the Hawks and free throws for San Antonio resulted this game finish with 117-108 score.

:: Coach's corner ::

"You can't be happy after loss like this. You have 48 minutes to finish the game, plus two OTs, which could've been avoided. We need some guy who will take responsability to try to score final shots. We'll work on that in incoming weeks" said Atlanta Hawks' coach Woodson. He added that they have tough next game against Detroit and he's not sure if they'll have enough strenght to confront last years finalist.

:: Man of the Match ::

Tim Duncan- 34 Pts, 16 Rebs, 1 Ast, 2 Blk, 3 Stl, 0 TO, 29 mins.

:: Box Score ::

Atlanta Hawks | San Antonio Spurs

[Kobe101]

Tough loss man.But they the champs! You did your best so good luck next game!

[-BHZMAFIA-]

Nice to see you starting a dynasty, tough loss to the Spurs though. I hope you can rebound.

[Emiliano]

Tough loss man. Everybody from the Spurs played a great game. Either scoring or rebounding! Hope you can bounce back

[brad feet]

nice dynasty lpasso and good to see a hawks dynasty..... great recaps too.... keep it up by the way thanks for the rookie patch, awesome

[nbalive744]

thats was a tough loss but looked like a fun game, double overtime!!!

[kibaxx7]

Good luck next game man... hope you get some wins

[Keo]

Tough loss but Double OT with the Spurs is very impressive. Keep it up.

[iG®]

Tough loss man.But they the champs! You did your best so good luck next game!

Yup, I just couldn't stop TD anyhow. God damnit. Thanks for the wishes.

Nice to see you starting a dynasty, tough loss to the Spurs though. I hope you can rebound.

Thanks mafia, I hope I'll came up with something .

Tough loss man. Everybody from the Spurs played a great game. Either scoring or rebounding! Hope you can bounce back

Yea, I really was pissed watching times when PC couldn't miss. Oh well, I'll try to bounce, thanks.

nice dynasty lpasso and good to see a hawks dynasty..... great recaps too.... keep it up Thumbs Up by the way thanks for the rookie patch, awesome

Thanks kobelive, and for the rookies, no problems, pleasure is mine.

thats was a tough loss but looked like a fun game, double overtime!!!

It wasn't funny playing it, trust me .

Good luck next game man... hope you get some wins

Thanks Thierry, I did my best. Recap to come soon.

Tough loss but Double OT with the Spurs is very impressive. Keep it up.

Yea, it was tough, because they have so looooong quality bench.


Suprising Win!

November 26th, 2005, 7.00pm, Detroit, Michigan.

77
73

This was a suprising win for all. Including players and coach of Atlanta Hawks. This one, too, has been decided in last quarter.

:: Game highlights ::

For the crowd!
J-Smoove's only points.


Josh Smith goes for a dunk in third quarter of Atlanta Hawks' match against Detroit Pistons. Josh Smith is often critisized for bad performances this year. He had only two points in Atlanta's 77-73 win over Detroit at Ouburn Hill's Palace, Michigan.

Ripping!
Rip was on fire tonight, an yet, not enough.


Richard hamilton scoring from mid-range shot in fourth quarter of Detroit Pistons' game against Atlanta Hawks. He ended with 19 points in Pistons defeat 73-77 at Ouburn Hill's Palace, Michigan.

:: Pre game notes::

Starting lineups for the Hawks | Starting lineups for the Pistons

PG- Joe Johnson | PG- Chauncey Billups
SG- Josh Smith | SG- Rip Hamilton
SF- Marvin Williams | SF- Tayshaun Prince
PF- Al Harrington | PF- Rasheed Wallace
C- Zaza Pachulia | C- ben Wallace

INJURYES: -

:: 1st Quarter ::

Tight defense on both sides was opening scenario for this game. A lot of rebounds, steals and little points labeled this quarter. Marvin Williams steped up at Atlanta with 6, and Rasheed Wallace at Detroit with 9 points. 18-15 lead for the Pistons was final score.

:: 2nd Quarter ::
Rasheed decided to rebound more in this period and he grabed four rebounds of his total 6 at the half. Al Harrington, who else, was leading man for Atlanta with 10 points and 5 rebounds. Along with him, solid first half had Joe Johnson, who scored some tough shoots, signifying that maybe he's the "clutch" guy for the Hawks. That is exactly what coach Woodson is looking for. Little bigger lead for Detroit at the half, 36-31.

:: 3rd Quarter ::

It seemed that R.Wallace was only one in Detroit who played basketball. He led team in points and rebounds. On the other side, more pulse players took advantage in their favour, 55-50 with great Pachuila on rebound and Williams with smoove assists. Pachulia ended 3rd period with 8 boards and Williams with 4 assists. Finaly, it was tied, 57 each.

:: 4th Quarter ::

What "killed" Atlanta in previous game aginst the Spurs, saved them against the Pistons-bench. Stoudamire and Collier were more than decent subttitutions in 4th quarter. Rip Hamilton scored most of his team's points, while entire Hawks team was one. They had little misses and with tight defense, win was very close to them, 1 min. before the end. Detroit made strong fouls and Jason Collier has been very good free throw executor, shooting 5/6. The Pistons were powerless. 77-73 at the end for total outsiders in this match.

:: Players's corner ::

"Belevie it, we were suprised just like you. I mean, after game with two OTs yesterday, we couldn't even dream that it's possible to win this difficult game. And wew were oplaying against last years finalist. Awsome game for us, we gotta keep doing it like tonight" Joe Johnson, one of the heroes of tonight's game said.

:: Man of the Match ::

Al Harrington- 22 Pts, 9 Rebs, 1 Ast, 0 Blk, 2 Stl, 3 TO, 24 mins.

:: Box Score ::

Atlanta Hawks | Detroit Pistons

:: Players of the Month awards and MVP Candidates ::

Players of the Month | MVP Candidates

[kibaxx7]

Wow Bogut & Paul ROM's... they were also in my dynasty. Great win against Pistons bro!

[Kobe101]

Good job beating the Pistons! Thats gotta be tough! And nice job on the montly awards! 2 thumbs up!

[iG®]

Wow Bogut & Paul ROM's... they were also in my dynasty. Great win against Pistons bro!

Yea, but I was hoping that Marvin will be ROM. Oh well, in months which comes I'm sure he will.

Good job beating the Pistons! Thats gotta be tough! And nice job on the montly awards! 2 thumbs up!

Thanks. It was though, because my center line is very weak. But rest of the squad did their job properly.

Another great win!

December 11th, 2005, 3.30pm, Miami, Florida.

99
104

The Hawks performed extremly well and blowed out last years Eastern Conference finalist.

:: Game highlights ::

His range!
JJ had excellent shooting night.


Joe Johnson scoring his 5th three pointer in 3rd quarter of Atlanta Hawks' game against Miami Heat. Johnson scored three more later in game collecting 32 points in Atlanta's win over the Heat, 104-99 at American Airlines Arena, Florida.

Diesel power!
Shaq had enough fuel, but Miami didn't.


Shaquille O'Neal dunks the ball in 4th quarter of Miami Heat's game against Atlanta Hawks. O'Neal dominated the game, scoring 26 points and grabing 14 rebounds in Heat's 104-99 defeat at American Airlines Arena, Florida.

:: Pre game notes::

Starting lineups for the Hawks | Starting lineups for the Heat

PG- Joe Johnson | PG- Jason Williams
SG- Josh Smith | SG- Dwyane Wade
SF- Marvin Williams | SF- Antoine Walker
PF- Al Harrington | PF- Udonis Haslem
C- Zaza Pachulia | C- Shaquille O'Neal

INJURYES: -

:: 1st Quarter ::

Atlanta open this game suprisingly strong on defense and confidence on offense. That resulted with lead from start. Whole Hawk's starting five was inspired, especialy Al Harringtom who scored 10 points, and at Miami, O'Neal was dominant, as expected, on center position. Quarter ended with 29-18 lead for Atlanta.

:: 2nd Quarter ::

In this period, Heat lowered they deficit with extremly strong Shaq on rebound and perfect inside scoring. Obviously, Pachuila and Collier couldn't stop him on both ends of court. Joe Johnson kept Atlanta's lead with couple of three pointers. Teamwork could've been seen with four players collecting two assists at the half. Result was 53-47 for the Hawks.

:: 3rd Quarter ::

Basket for basket. O'Neal, Wade and Williams for the Heat and Harrington,Johnson and finaly Josh Smith for the Hawks. Smith finlay showed something of his repertory. Johnson and Stoudamire were hittng threes from all positions, while Harrington, Pachulia and Williams were getting offensive and defensive rebounds when Shaq didn't.

:: 4th Quarter ::

Teamwork has been demonstrated by Atlanta, with three players collecting 4 assists by the end of the game. Although Miami took the lead, 88-87, the Hawks in couple of incoming minutes made reversal with fast breaks and tight defense. Joe Johnson finaly showed why he supposed to be leader of this team, ending with 32 points and shooting outside the arc 8/12.

:: Players's corner ::

"We had problems with stoping Diesel (Shaquille O'Neal), but who doesn't?" said Mike Woodson "but luckely, we had couple other guys who steped up when it was needed. I just hope this isn't only game we'll play like we did tonight."

:: Man of the Match ::

Al Harrington- 25 Pts, 6 Rebs, 2 Ast, 2 Blk, 1 Stl, 3 TO, 20 mins.

:: Box Score ::

Atlanta Hawks | Miami Heat

[brad feet]

nice win against one of the nba's dream team they're not that strong after all keep it up lpasso all the way to the playoffs

[kibaxx7]

Both Joe & Al did great... but Pachulia didn't score... anyway it was a giant win, great job

[Keo]

You look like a contender beating the Pistons and the Heat! Keep it up.

[Anthony15]

u beat the heat?? That'll be really cool if hawks can beat heat in real life!

[iG®]

nice win against one of the nba's dream team they're not that strong after all keep it up lpasso all the way to the playoffs

Hehe, thanks for wishes. I suprised myself how I played against them .

Both Joe & Al did great... but Pachulia didn't score... anyway it was a giant win, great job

Yea, Al is showing some good stuff out there. Afterall, maybe Pachulia will be benced after those Curry trade rumors .

You look like a contender beating the Pistons and the Heat! Keep it up.

[color=733A31]Well, what's the point when I lose against powerless teams like Toronto. I still have chances though. [/color]

u beat the heat?? That'll be really cool if hawks can beat heat in real life!

Yea, I doubt it will happen with real Shaq and Flash .

Double samsh!

December 15th, 2005, 7.30pm, Atlanta, Georgia.

99
104

The Hawks faced with double loose last night. They lost this tight game and Al Harrington for three weeks due to leg injury.

:: Game highlights ::

One for the crowd!
J-Smoove in his "element".


Josh Smith goes for reverse dunk while Marcus Camby and Kenyon Martin try to stop him in 2nd quarter of Atlanta Hawks' 82-80 defeat against Denver Nuggets at Philips Arena, Georgia.

:: Pre game notes::

Starting lineups for the Hawks | Starting lineups for the Nuggets

PG- Joe Johnson | PG- Andre Miller
SG- Josh Smith | SG- Julius Hodge
SF- Marvin Williams | SF- Carmelo Anthony
PF- Al Harrington | PF- Kenyon Martin
C- Zaza Pachulia | C- Marcus Camby

INJURYES: In 3rd quarter, Atlanta's star player Al Harrington injuryed his leg, but he returned later in 4th quarter. It turned out that it was bad decision because injury got worse and he'll miss next three weeks.

:: 1st Quarter ::

From start of this game, Harrington showed he's true leader of the team. He scored 8 points and had three assists at the end of quarter. On the other side, Anthony was scoring well collecting 7 points and Marcus Camby grabed 4 rebounds. 26-23 lead for Atlanta at the end.

:: 2nd Quarter ::

Harrington started this period even stronger than the last one. He dominated in every category, scoring seven more points and grabing 3 more boards with one extra assist. Antony has been guarded well by Williams so he didn't score. Johnson, Williams and Smith added their contribution helping Harrington in battle with Nuggets' centers. Lead growed to 9 points, 45-39 at the half.

:: 3rd Quarter ::

Now Andre Miller and Kenyon Martin took the lead of Denver's offense and deffense but that wasn't enough to stop brilliant Harrington who ended this quarter, even he endured leg injury, with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Triple double was nearing. Quarter ended with 63-54 lead for the Hawks.

:: 4th Quarter ::

Harrington got back in to the game and, guess what, played slashing basketball. When I say basketball, I mean on every aspect of the game. Collection 26 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists saying enough. But couple of minutes befor end, rest of Atlanta players were playing really, really bad. Bad passes, missed shots, solo play... Anthony used that and endidng with 26 points grabed win for Denver. Too bad for Atlanta because they had lead all over this match.

:: Coach's corner ::

"I can't express how dissapointed I am. We lost game in which we had lead whole time, and you can't be happy with that" said Mike Woodson "Also, we lost best player (Al Harrington) for next three weeks. I don't know how that happend. After injury he said he's feeling alright and that he can play. He played extremly well, but we lost him."

:: Man of the Match ::

Al Harrington- 26 Pts, 12 Rebs, 8 Ast, 2 Blk, 2 Stl, 3 TO, 20 mins.

:: Box Score ::

Atlanta Hawks[/url] | Denver Nuggets

:: Transactions ::

-- Cleveland Cavaliers signed PG Damon Jones to 4 year contract.

-- Denver Nuggets signed PG Earl Watson to 3 year contract

[kibaxx7]

Oh bad See if you can fix boxscores links man.

[Keo]

You had a good streak going but tough loss to Denver. Good luck next game.