East First Round: [#6] Atlanta Hawks vs. [#3] Indiana Pacers

[EmpireWF]

Game 1 - Sun April 21, Atlanta at Indiana, 1 p.m., TNT
Game 2 - Wed April 24, Atlanta at Indiana, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
Game 3 - Sat April 27, Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 - Mon April 29, Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD
Game 5 * Wed May 1, Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 3, Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 5, Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD

 

[JimLeavy59]

Pacers in 4.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Pacers in 5

 

[NAHSTE]

Hawks in 6

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

If Atlanta sneaks out game 1 I think that may be their only chance to win this series. I dont like their chances playing in a pressure game 2 in Indiana already down a game.. but if they sneak out the road game they may be able to get past the Pacers, who arent playing their best ball at the moment. Id still lean towards Indy.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Hawks in 6

 

[Influence]

Lets do this

 

[DJ Rhude]

Hawks are going to win this series in 7

 

[Realist]

Would love for the home state team to win, but I think Pacers will take it.

 

[NAHSTE]

Can't believe this garbage rotation Larry Drew is going with. It's a playoff game and Al Horford is on pace for less than 30 minutes. Meanwhile Johan Petro and Shelvin Mack are out here getting major 2nd half minutes.

 

[Influence]

Paul George with the triple double tonight. The Pacers are going to be hard to beat if he can play consistently at this level the rest of the postseason.

 

[NAHSTE]

Paul George with the triple double tonight. The Pacers are going to be hard to beat if he can play consistently at this level the rest of the postseason.

:walker:

Yeah I'm sure triple doubles will be the norm all postseason. Seems sustainable.

 

[Influence]

Not even a triple double, but this aggressiveness he's playing with is great. He tends to play entirely different when playing on the road. I just hope he brings this aggressiveness to Atlanta. He shoots way too many jumpers on the road.

 

[Influence]

Should be another easy win tonight :smug:

 

[Agent]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Pacers in 4.

 

[EmpireWF]

Well, well, well.

Looks like Indy may be in trouble here.

 

[NAHSTE]

Haven't seen Influence in a few days, anyone know why he randomly stopped trying to talk NBA in the chatbox all of a sudden?

Worried about the guy.

 

[Influence]

I haven't been able to watch the past two games, but when I checked ESPN and saw that Atlanta had tied the series up I was :smh:. The pacers are playing terrible on the road.. but I guess that's what the pacers do. I hope this motivates them to close out the series.

 

[Agent]

Smith and Horford have been abusing their quickness over West and Hibbert in the past 2 games. Fuck. They could easily continue to do this and win the series.

 

[Agent]

Pacers close the series out tonight despite losing both of the games in Atlanta and playing in GA again tonight.

Mahinmi and Augustin both have nice statlines off the bench tonight resulting in the W.

Then it's time to get beat by NYK, unfortunately.