Everyone is talking today about the home dis-advantage we had last night with all the Kobe-ites (Kobe-philes?) showing up to cheer on the Lakers. I want to say thanks to the Hawks fans who came and did their darndest to drown them out. By the end of the game, I think you were out-shouting them and ultimately helped retain the homecourt advantage we should have every single night.

I asked Marvin Williams about the crowd mix last night, and he said he and the rest of the Hawks definitely noticed it. But, they are pros, and he talked about how they just need to keep winning to keep converting people over to the home side.

No doubt though, last night's win was sweet, and hearing the Hawks fans taunt the Lakers on the way out of the Arena was music to my ears.

Congrats to all the guys for their hard work and effort in putting the West Coast trip behind them and strengthening their position in the Eastern Conference standings.