The Pistons (37-13) will be in Atlanta to take on the Hawks (21-26). The tip will be at 7 pm est from the Philips Arena. The game can be viewed locally on TV20 Detroit.
Hawks’ snapshot
Home record: 15-10
Last game: 2/9 (Sat) - L 89-108 @ Rockets
Last 10: 4-6
Last meeting: 12/14 Hawks (81) @ Pistons (91)
UPDATE! Rip Hamilton missed Tuesday’s morning shoot-around at Philips Arena due to a gastrointestinal illness believed to be food poisoning. Hamilton is in Atlanta, and the Pistons will re-evaluate his condition before today’s game. Krista Jahnke is reporting that if Rip can’t go Arron Afflalo would start in his place, Flip Murray would be activated because Lindsey Hunter is still in MI battling the flu.
This will be the 58th 4th and final meeting between the Hawks and Pistons this season. The Pistons will be looking to sweep the season series from the Hawks tonight for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
The Hawks are coming off a bad 19 point loss to the Houston Rockets. The Hawks gave up 54% shooting to Houston while shooting 32%. The Hawks struggles were highlighted by no Atlanta starter being able to crack double digits and a season low 10 point second quarter.
Look for the Pistons to jump on the Hawks early like the did with Portland and Charlotte. I am personally looking forward to seeing Rodney Stuckey in his first action versus the young and athletic Hawks.
Amir Johnson / Marvin Williams is an intriguing matchup to look for. They’re both young and athletic with similar builds. Williams has the offensive upper hand but we know how Amir gets after it on the defensive end. Should be fun.
- The Hawks currently hold the 7th playoff seed in the East
- Detroit is 17-9 away from the Palace
- The Pistons, going for their 9th straight victory, are a 6 point favorite tonight
- Also see, Hawks rookies victimized by practicle joke:
“Jermaine O’Neal and I came into the league together,” [Lorenzen]Wright said. “JO told me that when he was in Portland that Gary Trent, Rasheed Wallace and all them jumped him, took all his clothes, locked him out of his room and then trashed his whole room. And I’m talking about flushing sheets down the toilets, soaked all his clothes and everything.”
February 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I don’t know where the Philips Arena is. Is it in Atlanta? Did the Hawks team pay all the restaurants to purposely poison Rip’s food?
The Hawk cheerleader is hot but the Pacer one from the other week or is slightly hotter.
February 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Isn’t it weird that “flu like symptoms” and food poisoning seem to be more prevalent in the NBA than actual injuries?
February 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
It is weird but you know how it is, all these players travel to different opponents cities and run into surprisingly….too much food poisoning or not properly cooked food.