Apr 13 2009
Hawks and Dwayne Wade Soon to Meet
The Atlanta Hawks will play the Miami Heat tomorrow but no one is going to pay close attention to this game or will they? Does this last game of the year serve a purpose when these two teams will face each other in the opening round of the playoffs this weekend? I’m sure many will have opinions about this game, but I don’t expect either team to play their hand tomorrow night in Philips Arena. Dwayne Wade actually looked relaxed the last time these two teams played against each other and perhaps he was already saving his best stuff for the playoffs. It is unusual to have a playoff series go 8 games, but we might just have it here, if you count the regular season match up as game 1.
Dwayne Wade brings a lot of problems for any NBA team. He proved that to the Knicks most recently when he scored an amazing 55 points. If you shut down Dwayne Wade is there anyone else on the Miami Heat that can beat you? The answer isn’t clear, but most would believe that Wade is the head of the monster and removing the head takes away the monster all together. Stopping D Wade is not an easy chore and no one on the Atlanta Hawks can do it by their self. I should say no one that will be on the floor for the Atlanta Hawks in the playoffs can do it. I know the fans would love to see Mario West get a chance to “D” up Mr. Wade, but Woodson is likely to play the starters 40 minutes in the playoffs and give the bench guys very little playing time.
Tuesday’s game might be one played by the benches and it should be interesting to see which team has the better bench. I think Flip Murray and Maurice Evans will be a tough combo to handle for the Heat and they may just lead the Hawks to a win on Tuesday night in Atlanta.
The real games start up this weekend and it’s going to get wild in Atlanta this year. I hope everyone has their playoff tickets ready and see if the Hawks can figure out how to win a game on the road in the playoffs. They are struggling coming down to the wire and this has many Hawks fans concerned. It will be a long trip to Miami if Dwayne Wade and the Miami Heat win either one of the first two games in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Hawks fans did pick to play the Heat in a voting poll recently done on the Atlanta Hawks website. Fans you got the team you wanted and chose them over the Philadelphia 76ers; now can the team beat them?
Hawks and Heat this weekend in Atlanta!
