Friday, February 26, 2010

February 26th Open Thread: Dallas (37-21) @ Atlanta (36-20)

TIP-OFF: 7pm (EST)

TELEVISION
: ESPN, ESPN360

CHAT: Daily Dime Live
(in which I will not be able to participate)

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Mavericks

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.

DALLAS INJURY/ABSENCE REPORT
: Caron Butler is probable. Erick Dampier is out. Tim Thomas is not with the team for personal reasons.

BY THE NUMBERS

Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO%
DALL (off)
90.8
1.099
49.7 23.3
24.8 14.3
ATL (def)
89.5 1.077 49.8
27.8
27.4
15.9

Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO%
DALL (def)
90.8
1.077
49.5 26.7
25.7 15.7
ATL (off)
89.5 1.125 50.3
21.8
27.2
13.3

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
: Atlanta -3, 194.5 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: The Two Man Game, DallasBasketball.com, Mavs Moneyball

PREVIOUSLY, THE DALLAS MAVERICKS...beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-96 on TK for their fifth straight win. They've not lost since acquiring Caron Butler (who missed the Lakers game due to an adverse reaction to medication), Brendan Haywood, and, to a far, far lesser extent DeShawn Stevenson from the Wizards. Their current win streak includes a 95-85 win in Orlando last Friday.

The Hawks beat the Mavericks 80-75 in Dallas on December 5th.

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

2 comments:

dmorton said...

how many times has atlanta blown a lead of 10 or more? I feel like it's happened a ton of times

rbubp said...

Yeah, the 4th quarter issues are becoming an epidemic and Woody needs to figure this out pronto. There have been at least 5 games blown like this this year--
Cleveland, Chicago, Knicks, Golden State, Dallas. I am beginning to think that second Cleveland game messed with this team's head.