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Claimed Blog: The Human Highlight Blog

BallHype Member since May 2, 2009

Bursting Bubbles
humanhighlightblog.com - 14 hours ago
Bursting Bubbles
— humanhighlightblog.com — Funny thing about winning streaks, especially one like the Atlanta Hawks have been on lately,  is that you can never see them coming to an end. Logically, THHB could never see any scenario where the club would finish 80-2, but we were well into the streak enough to lose track of how they ... (more) Bursting Bubbles

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It Ain't Over Until Billy Ocean Sings
humanhighlightblog.com - 37 hours ago
It Ain't Over Until Billy Ocean Sings
— humanhighlightblog.com — It could have been over when... ...Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady was unavailable for the Houston Rockets. ...the Hawks won the opening tip and (6) seconds later was watching Josh Smith jam-in an alley-oop. ...Marvin Williams scored (13) first quarter points. ...Jamal Crawford hit a three and the ... (more) It Ain't Over Until Billy Ocean Sings

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Making A List, Checking it Ten Times (So Far)
humanhighlightblog.com - 3 days ago
Making A List, Checking it Ten Times (So Far)
— humanhighlightblog.com — Going into Wednesday night's divisional tilt against last year's first round nemesis, the Miami Heat, the Hawks showed the East's best record at 9-2. To post such a mark the Birds have been following a winning formula, one they wished to continue to use to add yet another win to the ledger. How ... (more) Making A List, Checking it Ten Times (So Far)

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Best in The East?
humanhighlightblog.com - 6 days ago
Best in The East?
— humanhighlightblog.com — The Hawks attempted to make the case in back-to-back games this weekend against the Celtics and the Hornets. Now the standings say so. Going into Sunday's games, (12) percent of the way into the season, there stand the Atlanta Hawks at 8-2, top record in the East. It's a small sample of games, ... (more) Best in The East?

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Second Chances
humanhighlightblog.com - 8 days ago
Second Chances
— humanhighlightblog.com — After losing what seemed like (20) games in a row to the Celtics and especially in Boston, there were no expectations that the Hawks could swoop into the C's back yard and take a Friday night, ESPN-televised win back out of there. Apparently, the Celtics didn't expect that either. Using a ... (more) Second Chances

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Horford Takes Game, Lee's Lunch Money
humanhighlightblog.com - 10 days ago
Horford Takes Game, Lee's Lunch Money
— humanhighlightblog.com — At the University of Florida in 2004-2005, David Lee went up in practice against the likes of freshmen and future national champions Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, and Al Horford. Lee and the other upperclassmen were known to have their hands full in such practices, but liked to have their way with ... (more) Horford Takes Game, Lee's Lunch Money

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Points Per Game and RBI Are Cousins
humanhighlightblog.com - 12 days ago
Points Per Game and RBI Are Cousins
— humanhighlightblog.com — We're not the most mathematically astute folks over here at THHB, we leave that to fine folks like John Hollinger , Bret LaGree , and the like. But we couldn't help but chuckle, as did our fellow Bird Watchers, when Joe Johnson won Player of the Week in the Eastern Conference in the NBA. Well ... (more) Points Per Game and RBI Are Cousins

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Exhibit A
humanhighlightblog.com - 14 days ago
Exhibit A
— humanhighlightblog.com — Through all the times we've pulled our hair out watching him, Atlanta's Saturday night 125-100 victory over the suddenly staggering Denver Nuggets showed why you just can't give up on a player like Josh Smith. Smith's was omnipresent throughout the dominant home team win on both ends of the ... (more) Exhibit A

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humanhighlightblog.com - 15 days ago
Ghosts of Success
— humanhighlightblog.com — In Friday's night matchup between in Charlotte, one team moved the ball effortlessly, used their athleticism to play good team defense and initiate fast break/transition opportunities. The other team was the Hawks. Absent of everything that has led to their early season success, Atlanta allowed ... (more) Ghosts of Success

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Progress
humanhighlightblog.com - 17 days ago
Progress
— humanhighlightblog.com — It's something when THHB can sit back and stroke their collective long, gray, novelty beards while the Good Guys appeared to be conserving energy and effort throughout a game, allowing an inferior team to hang around until the final quarter, where their good friend "Defense" waited for them to ... (more) Progress

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The Toast(ing) of Portland
humanhighlightblog.com - 17 days ago
The Toast(ing) of Portland
— humanhighlightblog.com — The star of the 97-91 Hawks win over the Portland Trailblazers was Jamal Crawford, who proved more than capable of borderline criminal distribution with his (7) assists off the bench to go with his game high (27) points. That Crawford was able to score the basketball wasn't a surprise, after ... (more) The Toast(ing) of Portland

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Margin of Error
humanhighlightblog.com - 18 days ago
Margin of Error
— humanhighlightblog.com — The road win. It's one of the more cherished pieces of the NBA season---a statistical mirror into a team's growth and their standing in the league. You can see the curve: A bad team can hardly hold their own home court, much less get away from that comfort zone to pluck victory from another ... (more) Margin of Error

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Grinding in the Hightlight Factory
humanhighlightblog.com - 22 days ago
Grinding in the Hightlight Factory
— humanhighlightblog.com — For those of you hoping to see some "in action" looks or screen caps of folks dancing to the Sprite Jam Cam at Philips Arena or some Kiss Cam "After Dark" footage---we do apologize for our misleading title. For those who watched the Hawks 100-89 win over the visiting Washington Wizards, you ... (more) Grinding in the Hightlight Factory

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Early Season Sorting
humanhighlightblog.com - 23 days ago
Early Season Sorting
— humanhighlightblog.com — Going into tonight's game against the predicted resurgent Wizards, we were surprised to see just how much folks believe in the Wizards rebound, even before it happens. The below is a table from the Wizards NBA.com site, which lays out some of the choices for the Southeast and East in ... (more) Early Season Sorting

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Opening Night Victors
humanhighlightblog.com - 24 days ago
Opening Night Victors
— humanhighlightblog.com — We love Opening Night. We especially love Opening Night at home. The Atlanta Hawks gave us plenty to love about Opening Night at Philips Arena Wednesday night by kicking off the 2009-2010 season the same way they did it last season, by winning--this time casting aside the Indiana Pacers ... (more) Opening Night Victors

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