Shock the World indeed! Three wins in a week over the best team in the NBA-something no one thought could be done. Can you believe that there’ll be a Game 7 tomorrow?!?! I am so proud of the boys. If you’d asked me beforehand if i’d be happy with the Hawks winning two games, i’d say definitely. But now, I WANT A WIN and will be disappointed if they don’t win tomorrow, even if I know it’s less than likely.

Recap: Ismail and I went to the game, my third in a week. This was the biggest crowd of the three-20,425 in attendance for the biggest crowd in Philips history. The atmosphere was once again electric-this game meant something and the fans knew it needed to be a strong 6th Man, which it did.

Marvin had a huge game, his first good game of the series. Joe did not play well until the 4th Quarter, so we needed someone else to step up and Marv was the man. Josh was getting killed by the refs and sat for large portions of the game because of foul trouble. The Powers that Be must’ve been instructed to make sure the Celtics got the benefit of the calls as Garnett was getting every single call in his favor, hurting both Josh and Al’s PT. Despite this, we overcame two significant deficits (just like in Game 4) to pull out the victory. We almost shot ourselves in the foot with all of the missed Free Throws; I kept thinking that this was going to haunt us for sure, but somehow we found a way around it.

After the game, the crowd was the most animated that i’ve seen. Hundreds of people chanting “Let’s Go Hawks”, ”Boston Sucks” and “Overrated”. I would not have wanted to have been a Celtics fan in Philips last night as they were hearing it from the Hawks faithful; I couldn’t have been more proud.  

The Spin: Hawks Magnets again.