March 4th Game Thread: Atlanta (34-26) @ New York (24-35)

TIP-OFF: 7:30pm

TELEVISION: SportSouth

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Knicks

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: Speedy Claxton is out.

NEW YORK INJURY REPORT: Eddy Curry is out. Both Jared Jeffries (bruised left knee) and Nate Robinson (sprained left ankle) are listed as questionable. Per Howard Beck, they're both out tonight.

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY: New York -1, 214.5 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: Knickerblogger

PREVIOUSLY, THE NEW YORK KNICKS...lost their third straight game Saturday night in Miami, 120-115. During their three days off, they signed Cheikh Samb to a 10-day contract.

The teams split their first two meetings with the home team winning both times: 98-95 in Atlanta on December 5th and 112-104 in New York on January 28th.

MORE LINKS: Anytime I do a morning links post, I invariably end up coming across more (in the quantitative rather than qualitative sense) worthy links later that same day. Lesson learned: I don't learn my lesson.

• Traveling in the NBA: A True Hoop Investigation (Parts 2, 3, 4, 5)
• At The Painted Area, M. Haubs augments his review of When March Went Mad with video. Must-see stuff if my review or interview spurred any interest in the book or its subject matter.

Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.