4 is the new 5

So apparently the Hawks never read the rules about being allowed to have five players on the court at one time. Yesterday, in appreciating the memory of MLK, the Hawks beat the Raptors on their home court by getting points from four players on the team. (OK so Evans had 2 points, but please ignore that as it came in the fourth quarter).

My first gripe deals with the fact that it is amazing to me that with only four players scoring the Hawks have the ability to win a game. I wonder if that has ever before happened in the league where four players beat the other team. In fact, when Kobe scored 81 points he had contributions from five other guys. The Hawks had five guys score last night, with one of them scoring only 2 points.

Is this not bizarre? Does this say more about the Raptors then it does about the Hawks? Yes to the first question and no to the second, although the Raptors really are hurting now. The Hawks won a game at home with only four players doing anything, imagine what is going to happen when we get to full strength with Horford and Marvin both coming back. If we can win with four, there is no excuse for us to win with six.

If you have been reading this blog, or anything else on the Hawks, it seems they are all saying the same thing - criticizing the team for its play as of late. Me, I am impressed with this 4 v. 5 effort especially with the win that came out of it. If we had lost, this post would be about how piss poor it is for the Hawks to lose a game especially since only four players did something. Instead, we win and I say how amazing it is for us to win with only four players contributing. See how that works. If you win, we shut up and do not have anything to talk about. So keep winning and leave me with nothing to say.

My second gripe is the fact that MLK is from Atlanta, has a big presence here in the city, and yet the Hawks are relegated to a 2pm contest against the Raptors not shown on national television. The NBA needs to do something about this where the main MLK games should be held in Philips Arena. Am I right?

Side Note: How did Thomas Gardner get more playing time than Acie Law. Did Acie run over Woodson's dog and that has caused Woody to hate on him so much? With the amount of disrespect thrown Acie's way I'm guessing he ran over one of Woodson's kids.