Open thread: Regular season game 6

by Jake Whitacre on Nov 11, 2007 12:12 AM EST in Game Threads

The essentials:
Wizards (0-5) at Hawks (2-3)
2 p.m.
Philips Center
CW50

Last year:
October 18: Wizards 97, Hawks 96
March 2: Wizards 93, Hawks 92
March 7: Hawks 100, Wizards 97
April 13: Wizards 98, Hawks 95

Notable Hawks numbers this season (pound the salt):
20th in expected winning percentage (.357).
24th in pace factor (89.8 possessions per game).
23rd in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (102.1).
17th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (106.5).

Notable Hawks numbers last season
29th in expected winning percentage (.329).
24th in pace factor (88.8 possessions per game).
29th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (104.3).
23rd in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (109.8).

Key links
Atlanta Hawks Blog
Impending Firestorm
Competition Discussion: Atlanta
Atlanta Hawks Blog's Blog Preview
Impeding Firestorm's Blog Preview
Wizards: Worst in Show
...but at least they're cheap

Starting lineups:

Hawks
PG: Acie Law IV
SG: Joe Johnson
SF: Marvin Williams
PF: Josh Smith
C: Al Horford

Wizards
PG: Gilbert Arenas
SG: DeShawn Stevenson
SF: Caron Butler
PF: Antawn Jamison
C: Brendan Haywood

Tonight's lines:
Wizards at Hawks: Hawks by 4.5
Over/Under on Big 3 scoring: 60.8 points.

I'm not sure there's really anything to be said that hasn't been said already. The Wizards desperately need a win today, not only for confidence, but for the simple reason that they're playing a division rival on the road and need a W if they want to keep up with the rest of the division. A win today wouldn't heal all wounds, but a loss would create a whole lot more. Let's hope that Boston's beatdown of Atlanta on Friday night doesn't doesn't produce the same desire to redeem themselves like it did for Denver.

As always, this is an open thread so if you want to talk about this totally pales in comparison to this ~~or discuss if the Wizards are playing for Eddie Jordan's job today~~ do it here.

GO WIZARDS!

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For those of you wondering, I'm using retro players for the opening picture instead of retro logos for the game threads I'm in charge of, unless Prada says I'm not allowed to.

Also, 1 million swag points to the first person who can identify the player in question (no cheating!).

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by Jake Whitacre on Nov 11, 2007 12:24 AM EST reply actions

Umm...

This question was totally unfair for a huge Pearl Jam fan.

Mookie Blaylock.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Nov 11, 2007 1:41 AM EST up reply actions

I'm late to the party

Obviously, Prada beat me to the punch, but before I saw that there was a question about the photo, and that Prada had already answered it, my comment was going to be a simple one-word post: "M-M-M-Mooookie!!!"

"Now, obviously individual production does not unilaterally equal better team production, but there's a high level of causation."

by Vanilla Gorilla on Nov 11, 2007 8:46 AM EST up reply actions