11:05 - Paul Pierce scores 5 straight to start the quarter, and the Celtics push the lead to 23. They are really playing well right now.10:13 - Marvin gets a putback off a Joe miss, and I have to say I am really impressed with the way he is playing today. He struggled for much of the series, but the last two games have shown he still has a very bright future.
9:09 - Oh boy. The Celtics get a break off a Marvin miss, and as Rondo goes up for a lay-up Marvin comes over to try to give a hard foul to prevent the bucket. The problem in these situations, when guys are running full speed, is that it's hard to commit that kind of foul without your momentum making the foul worse than you intend. Marvin Williams is probably the most easy-going guy on the Hawks, and there is no doubt in my mind he intended no harm on the play. But he pretty much tackled Rondo in the air, and after conferring, the refs gave him a Flagrant II and ejected him from the game. I'm not surprised that was the call, but it is devastating for Atlanta as Marvin is really the only guy having a decent game right now other than Joe.5:17 - Well, the outcome is pretty much decided, as Pierce hits a jumper to make the score 62-32. Anything that could have gone wrong for the Hawks has pretty much done just that. I really feel for the guys, who have scratched and clawed their way to this seventh game and deserve a better fate that what they are getting. You can give a ton of reasons why the score is what it is, but above all else, the Hawks just can't score. They are 12-50 from the field. Some days, it just ain't your day, you know?
