By John Carroll, Scouts Inc.
The Atlanta Hawks blew an incredible opportunity to end this series on Saturday night in Milwaukee. They had controlled the Bucks easily in their first two home games, but they let their foot off the pedal Saturday and it may come back to haunt them.They let a team that was doubting itself and wondering if they could beat Atlanta do exactly that. The Hawks have proven over the past two years that they are not a mature road playoff basketball team, and did nothing versus Milwaukee yesterday to dispel that notion.
The Hawks were 1-8 coming into road game and now 1-9 over three postseasons. Not only do they lose on the road in the playoffs they get destroyed. They have lost by an average margin of 24.1 points. Saturday's 107-89 thumping is just more evidence of their immaturity and lack of discipline on the road.
The Atlanta Hawks blew an incredible opportunity to end this series on Saturday night in Milwaukee. They had controlled the Bucks easily in their first two home games, but they let their foot off the pedal Saturday and it may come back to haunt them.They let a team that was doubting itself and wondering if they could beat Atlanta do exactly that. The Hawks have proven over the past two years that they are not a mature road playoff basketball team, and did nothing versus Milwaukee yesterday to dispel that notion.
The Hawks were 1-8 coming into road game and now 1-9 over three postseasons. Not only do they lose on the road in the playoffs they get destroyed. They have lost by an average margin of 24.1 points. Saturday's 107-89 thumping is just more evidence of their immaturity and lack of discipline on the road.
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