Game 7

Well folks, Friday night was an incredible evening and the Hawks pulled in the largest crowd in the history of the franchise in Atlanta. It was a tight game with the Hawks pulling it out at the very end with some outstanding play from Joe Johnson and Al Horford. The arena went wild and the whole town was talking on Saturday. Unfortunately, yesterday afternoon did not turn out quite the way we had hoped as the Celtics absolutely thrashed the Hawks in Boston and put the dream to bed for this season. Oh well, but what a storybook series and even though we lost badly yesterday, it still took the mighty Celtics 7 games to put us away. I'll therefore not take any grief from any Boston Celtics fan. Imagine. The best team in the NBA having to play 7 games to put away the Hawks! With Cleveland, Detroit and the Lakers waiting in the wings, I would not be so sure of the future and I sure as hell would be counting my lucky stars to have won the final game so convincingly. At least that puts some lustre back into their reputation.

Should have some pictures soon from the night and next season should be a blast assuming we get some help on one or two key positions.

Game 6: The Hawks vrs Boston

That's right and who would have ever imagined that our Atlanta Hawks would have actually taken the Boston Celtics to 6 Games? Well, if I'm honest, certainly not me, and I suppose I owe the team an apology for not having more faith. Even worse, I missed games 3 and 4 at home and will now have to settle with attending game 6 this evening. After the beating we took in Boston on Wednesday night, which gave the Celtics a 3/2 lead, I'm not certain that we can recover and force the series to a 7th game, but I'll be there to support the team and hopefully we can find the right combination of players and plays to make things work out in our favor. I do think we are going to need a break-out performance from Marvin Williams and some outstanding bench play if things are going to work out for Atlanta. Moreover, I do think there is a strong possibility we can pull off the upset, but it's going to be difficult and even if we don't walk out with a victory the team can hold their heads high having beat the season's best team two out of six........let's just hope it doesn't work out that way and we end back up in Boston for a Game 7. That would be magical! By the way, the guy in the blue sweater and tan trousers with the white hair is none other than yours truly.....and if you look carefully to the left, you see a kid in a red shirt dancing in the asile.....yep, that's Joe!