ajc.com - 11/4/2009
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Hawks forward Josh Smith (left) is fouled by Portland’s Greg Oden Tuesday.
bustabucket.com - 11/4/2009
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BOX SCORE After so many thrilling, and ultimately
positive endings to games against the Atlanta Hawks, Joe...
Johnson got revenge with a 97 to 91 victory over the Blazers in Portland tonight. Confidence seems to be down, already two losses at home, and the team with such high expectations ...
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Blazers 91, Hawks 97
bustabucket.com - 11/4/2009
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Team success is dependent on zillions of variables,
only some of which are controllable. We human types...
know this but prefer to boil things down to a single factor. Its easier on the noodle. Last season Portland's single factor for success was the team's "ability to stay healthy." That was all ...
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Blazers Chemistry Review #1
peachtreehoops.com - 11/4/2009
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Hawks 97 Trailblazers 91
Hoopinion —
... a 42 eFG%) is nice but it doesn't complete the work of getting the ball back. The Hawks won the rebounding battle for the fourth time in four games and are, on the year, grabbing 78% of possible defensive rebounds (3rd in the league). It's early, but that's up from 71.6% last year (24th in the league). None of Al Horford, Josh Smith, or Marvin Williams especially distinguished himself offensively last night but their effort on the defensive glass secured the victory. Al Horford: "We definitely have learned out lesson and having a guy like ...
Game reaction: Hawks 97, Blazers 91
Blazers Blog —
... out of the roof, and sometimes has the block and rebound totals to prove it. It's the offense that has fallen off. 14th in the NBA entering Tuesday. Bound to drop after Tuesday night. And I'm not worried about it. Why? Because the Blazers have proven themselves as an all-world offensive team. Sure, last year's top ranking may have been a fluke of sorts, but there's no reason why they can't get back into the top three. We're five games in. Sekou Smith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Resilient Hawks bounce back to upend Blazers: Crawford didn't hesitate to assert himself, ...
Smiling through the quotes, links, and graphs
Peachtree Hoops —
... Finally, for the sake of symmetry on these first two road trip games, we end with a Joe Johnson quote where he sets aside the general for the matter at hand. And that matter being that ...
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