Joe Johnson was a man among boys. That was so enjoyable to watch the Celtics lose. Hooray for the Hawks!

Lets hope the whole team sat there and watched the whole game. I won't say the Celtics are in trouble, but this one could go seven if each team takes care of business on their home floor. If you can penetrate the Celtics defense and score more than 90 points on them, you got a good chance to beat them...

Joe Johnson did to them what Lebron did to us last year, with the help of course of Josh Smith. Took them apart in one qtr.

Looks like the number 1 and 2 seeds in the east are having a much more difficult series than the 3 and 4 seeds..

Key. We should actually try to drive against them whether it be for the pass or the finish. They're not nearly as quick as the Sixers.

I agree, but let's hope the Pistons players don't start pointing to the Hawks-Celtics series as a diversion from their own poor play.

I'm worried that the Cavs have been sandbagging all along. Either that or the new players are meshing with Bron Bron. I haven't been following that series.

And not as young, but they did have the best defense all season...if you wear them down though they can be broken.

philly is obviously a decent team, and orlando will likely be the same, but how lucky did detroit get with the seedings. i would gladly trade HC in game 7 for philly > orlando over atl > cleveland.

atl is a talented team, i just thought they were atleast a year away. last i heard, bibby was playing 1 handed and horford was only a rookie (how much of a stud does he look?).

a bibby / johnson backcourt probably isnt THAT far down the pecking order from billups / hamilton, and atl has a young, talented, athletic front court. thats the ingredients for a nightmare if they play well.

im also happy for woodson. he weathered a rough storm there in atl and now seems to be getting some notice for being a respectable nba coach. for those who dont remember, he was a highly respected assistant coach for brown here.

Atlanta is better than Philly in my opinion. Boston has played at a high level all year. The problem is that they don't seem to have another gear for the playoffs. Their key guys also seem to get tired (Atlanta kept coming at them)as they are all over 30 which is on the older side in the NBA. Boston did continue to run their sets and hit big shots. But I would worry if I were a Boston fan...

How well would Atlanta have to play to actually win this series?

They would need to take it to ludicrous level.

Makes me wonder...how well would Detroit have to play to actually win the same series?

They would need to focus and play to their potential...like a few years ago. How bad do they want it?