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Backdoor Cut: Thoughts on Atlanta Hawks/Cleveland Cavs Game Three 5/24/15
By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Observations from Atlanta Hawks’ 114-111 road overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavs in game three of the Eastern Conference Finals. -Atlanta shot 41 percent from the field but continued to struggle from the three-point line, making 11 of 30 attempts. The Hawks lost the game not exclusively because of Al…
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Backdoor Cut: Observations from Atlanta Hawks/Cleveland Cavs playoff contest 5/22/15
By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Observations from Atlanta’s 94-82 home loss to the Cleveland Cavs in game two of the Eastern Conference finals on May 22. –LeBron James scored a game-high 30 points, dished out 11 assists and grabbed nine rebounds in the win. It’s the eighth double-double of this postseason and the 68th of…
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Backdoor Cut: The Sports Inquirer’s NBA Playoffs Preview
By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor The NBA Playoffs have arrived which means its time for series predictions that will be incorrect and be used to mock my prognostication skills for the rest of my sports media career. Not much can go wrong with these. I’ll throw in my postseason award winners throughout my picks as…
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Backdoor Cut: Musings on the Atlanta Hawks and the rest of the NBA 11/6/14
By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor When you look at the Nov. 5 contest between the Atlanta Hawks and San Antonio Spurs, two things jump out at you. First, the final score with the Hawks only losing by two points on the road to the defending champions who were well rested, playing its entire rotation and…
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Backdoor Cut: Atlanta Hawks annonce acquisition of Thabo Sefolosha
The Atlanta Hawks have announced a completed a sign-and-trade deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder that will bring guard/forward Thabo Sefolosha to Atlanta, as well as the draft rights to Giorgos Printezis, in exchange for the draft rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis. “Thabo is an unselfish, competitive and playoff-tested player, and does many things well on…
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Backdoor Cut: Indiana Pacers/Atlanta Hawks Playoffs Game Four Recap
With a season on the brink of implosion and in front of a raucous road crowd, the Indiana Pacers defeated the Atlanta Hawks, 91-88, on Saturday afternoon at Philips Arena, to tie the best-of-seven first-round series at two games each. Paul George notched his fourth-consecutive double-double of the series, scoring a team-high 24 points along…
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