Atlanta Hawks Surprise Us All
Are the Hawks back? After living in Atlanta for almost 12 years we have had very little to cheer about from our sports teams in recent years. Even the Braves had a dismal season last year. Now here come our Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs making it a seven game series with the Boston Celtics who boasted an all star roster after some preseason trades.
When everyone found out we had to play the Celtics in the first round nobody gave the Hawks a chance but as the series played out we were all eating our words. The Hawks managed to win all three home games and forced a seventh game which was played today. While the Hawks were beaten today and eliminated from contention the fans have renewed faith in our Hawks. I guess it would be stretch to say the nearly eliminated the best team in the NBA from the playoffs, but the certainly didn’t lie down and assume they were beaten. Well, at least in Atlanta home games. The Boston Garden games were another story where the Hawks were beaten badly at each time. It’s odd how they can beat a team two days ago and loose to them by 30+ points today.
We’ll take what we can at this point in Atlanta. Their first visit to the playoffs in nine years, and they nearly knock out the Celtics! That’s a great story. At least none of them have been federally indicted! It is pretty sad when all you hope for your teams is that they all stay out of jail long enough to stay out of prison.
Thank You, Hawks! See you next year!