Hawks can knock Pacers out of race

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Back to Work
Published 4/8/2008 by Bret LaGree at Hoopinion
... Pacers are three games behind the Hawks for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. A victory cuts the Hawks' lead to two, gives the Pacers the tiebreaker and keeps the Hawks' magic number to eliminate the Pacers at three. A Pacers loss means they can't pass Atlanta and will miss the playoffs for the second consecutive season, something they haven't done since Reggie Miller's first two seasons in 1987-88 and '88-89.Sekou Smith tackles the same theme from the Atlanta perspective: With a win tonight, the ...

Worthy of Your Attention
Published 4/8/2008 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... Hawks @ Pacers: A win by the Hawks tonight would mathematically eliminate the Pacers from Playoff contention, and all but lock up the eight and final seed for Atlanta. ...

In Their Own Words
Published 4/9/2008 by Bret LaGree at Hoopinion
Pacers 112 Hawks 98 Boxscore Gameflow Monday, April 7 Josh Smith: "Don't think we don't know it, that we don't feel it. We have to keep our eyes on the prize right now. We know that, too. But if we play like we did in [Saturday's win] in Philadelphia ... we just have to handle our business." "We've had our ups and downs along that way, but we're in a good position now. We just have to finish what we started."Tuesday, April 8 Josh ...