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Forget Game 6 - Let's Focus On Game 7
Posted by: Micah Hart on May 2, 2009 at 8:12AM AFT

I don't think anyone is happy with the way things went down in tonight's 98-72 loss to the Heat in Game 6. We can make lots of excuses of varying legitimacy (not having Al Horford and Marvin Williams is legit, complaining about the officiating not as much given the final score) about what led to tonight's result, but quite honestly, I don't think it's worth re-hashing.

This is the playoffs - every win or loss, no matter how grand or deflating, only counts as one game. And though tonight's loss was immensely frustrating, there is a bright side - namely, that we are going home to Atlanta for Game 7 where the team won 33 times this season, including routs very similar to this one in Games 1 and 5.

The Hawks set several goals at the beginning of the season. One of the biggest ones was to win enough games in the regular season to get home court advantage in at least the first round of the playoffs. They accomplished that goal, and because they did they will get to host Game 7 at Philips Arena on Sunday at 1:00 ET. To me, that is all that matters.

This is what they worked for all year, the chance to have their home fans cheering them on if it ever came down to a win-or-go-home scenario. That's what it will be on Sunday.

Much credit to Miami for the way they played tonight. D-Wade was as good as he's been all series, and they got unlikely contributions from guys like Joel Anthony and Michael Beasley to force the deciding game. Kudos to them, now let's shove it in their face in Game 7.

Feel free to vent about tonight's game in the comments, but let's also talk about what needs to happen on Sunday for the Hawks to move on to Cleveland.

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