In Breaking Down The Heat today with Herb Brown, Coach Brown spoke about their veteran leadership, and I couldn't agree more. The reason why they are where they are and we are where we are has more to do with know-how than talent. Miami has been through the battles before, and that mental toughness has allowed them to maintain their playoff position despite losing Dwyane Wade.

The Hawks have done well without their leading scorer, lest we forget, which the team deserves a ton of credit for. If they can keep it up through the rest of the season, regardless of whether or not they make the postseason, they will deserve kudos.

It should be a pretty fun night tonight at Philips. Based on my tickets, I am assuming it is going to be pretty close to a sellout, as it should be for a game involving the defending champs and the league's largest personality in Shaquille O'Neal. As I mentioned earlier, I will be live blogging, so please feel free to join me in the comments section with your questions and observations.

Also, with widgets becoming increasingly popular on these here internets, check out this Hawks widget put together by the fine people at the NBA:

There are widgets for all of the Hawks players as well, by the way, just click on their names on the Hawks roster page.

See you tonight!