Hawks Search for Answers Against Nets

Hawks 107 Nets 119

Playing a back-to-back, home and away has it advantages. After losing on the road to the Nets on Friday night, Atlanta returned home to host New Jersey on Saturday night at Phillips.

From the Hawks point of view, this game looks like a chance at redemption or your homecourt. However, for the Nets, they came into the game with the confidence of knowing that they were victorious over the same team less than 24 hours before tip-off.

Last night, the Nets got the better of the Hawks once again by exploiting Atlanta’s defense for 119 points.

Dropping their third straight game, it has become ever apparent that Josh Smith’s athleticism and Zaza Pachulia’s aggressiveness is greatly missed.

There is not much to say about this game except the Hawks got outrun and outplayed again by the Nets. Devin Harris was on fire both games. With each made shot, I couldn’t help but think of the poor decision made by the Dallas Mavericks to essentially trade Jason Kidd for Harris. No doubt in anyone’s mind, they wish they could have that transaction to redo.

Maybe this team matched up well against the Hawks. Perhaps, they caught them at the right time, being that they just ended a road trip highlighted by a hard fought game in Boston.

Whatever the case maybe, I am happy that we are through playing the Nets for the rest of the year and hopefully the Hawks can get back to their new found winning ways next game.