The Hawks Are a Little Too Excited for Boston
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12/17/2008 1:02 PM ET By Matt Watson
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- Matt Watson is FanHouse's NBA Editor
After taking the Celtics to seven games in the playoffs last year and losing by a single point in Boston last month, the Hawks have convinced themselves that they can hang with the NBA champs. And with the Celtics coming to Philips Arena tonight for the first time this season, they're doing their best to convince everyone else, too.
The video above featuring highlights from last year's playoffs is what greets visitors to the team's official website -- as Marc Spears pointed out in the Boston Globe, "if you didn't know better, you would have though the Hawks won the first-round matchup."
The team has also booked the rapper Ludicris to provide halftime entertainment, which to me sets off a red flag. I know he's a hometown guy, but still, when you're booking a better halftime show in December than the league usually does for their All-Star game, you're taking things a little too seriously.
Ease up, book the girl that rides a unicycle and balances bowls on her head and act like it's just another game, because in the big picture, it is. There's no need to rile up the NBA champs until it really is the playoffs.
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That's hilarious. They show Zaza going nose to nose with KG, but they fail to show Garnett decking him on a screen in Game 7 when Boston was up by like 35.
It's not like Luda isn't on the court for every game anyway. This time, he'll just be performing.
Tonight is Atlanta night, guarantee !
The Celtics are due to lose one soon but videos like the one above will do nothing but motivate Boston. Look for the Hawks to get blown out tonight.
Come on folks, this is a game. Fans get excited about games. Really excited about games against champions. Not to long ago the Hawks fans didnt get excited about games, even against the defending champs. Being a Hawks fan im happy that our fans get excited about basketball again. So take it easy and enjoy the game of basketball, and dont put down any fan for getting up and excited for a game. That is the idea, dont you think....The game is over and im proud of the way my Hawks played the world champs. We lost, but it was a good game, and thats good for both the fans of both teams, as well as the NBA! I hope everyone has a very merry christmas!
Go Hawks!!!