Boston vs. Atlanta - Series tied (2-2)

[hoop_head]

Boston in 4.

[MalReyn]

Boston in 5.

Atlanta stuns the NBA taking Game 1 in Boston, due primarily to their young players being very fired up in their first playoff game. Doc then replays the final game in the Dallas-Golden State series last year for the players, and says "Do you want to be like Dallas?" Boston procedes to come back and destroy the Hawks in the next 4.

[Magz50]

Boston in 6

[celticfan42487]

Someone should fix the Joe pic. I mean come on he's a great guy and a very good player he deserves some more respect then that!

[conleyorbust]

Josh Smith and Al Horford can be a handful if they got their mojo working and they will almost certainly be fired up for the playoffs. I think that those two + Johnson will make a couple games interesting but the Celtics are going to be insanely motivated at home and by the time the series gets to Atlanta for the third game all the Hawks starters will be exhausted from having to play entire games (Woodson hasn't dipped into our bench since November). Also, a team as good as Boston can adapt to the other team's weaknesses, I expect Rajon Rondo to look like a star against the defensively inept Mike Bibby.

[rsavaj]

Boston in 4.

[hermes]

celtics in 6 there i said it

[Buck You]

Boston with the sweep. I think the 2nd game will be close, like a 5 point win but the rest won't be close. Boston is just too good.

[Celtsfan1980]

I picked Atlanta in 5.*




*If the games are reffed fairly.

You don't have a great reputation according to many Celtics fans and posts like that are the reason why. I think Atlanta has a good future, but the Celtics' time is now. Celtics in 4.

[ak06ma]

The Hawks in 8, you never know with the Atlanta scorekeepers.

[farzi]

LMAO, bibby needs a hair cut

[NDaATL]

Seriously, fix the Joe Johnson pic..

[LHughes/JSmooth]

On a side note regarding the pic on the front page, I wish the Hawks still had Donta Smith. He always did great in the D-league, and would add some depth at our weak SG rotation. Only Joe and Salim is there, if you count Chill as a SF, which I do. But yeah, J.J. is our best player and prob top 3 SG in the East, and you have a D-leaguer as the pic. Though you prob got that pic like at ESPN or something like that, because I remember one of those sites always had Donta for Joe.

[Nolan]

Celts in 4

[TheKingOfVa360]

Get the brooms ready

[JordansBulls]

( 1 ) Boston Celtics vs. ( 8 ) Atlanta Hawks

Game 1 - TBD
Game 2 - TBD
Game 3 - TBD
Game 4 - TBD
Game 5 - TBD
Game 6 - TBD
Game 7 - TBD

REGULAR SEASON SERIES
Celtics lead 3-0
Nov. 9: at Celtics 106, Hawks 83
Mar. 2: at Celtics 98, Hawks 88
Apr. 12: Celtics 99 at Hawks 89

(picture) Projected Starting Lineup

(picture)(picture)(picture)(picture)(picture)

PG - Rajon Rondo
SG - Ray Allen
SF - Paul Pierce
PF - Kevin Garnett
C - Kendrick Perkins

(picture) Projected Starting Lineup

(picture)(picture)(picture)(picture)(picture)

PG - Mike Bibby
SG - Joe Johnson
SF - Marvin Williams
PF - Josh Smith
C - Al Horford

*****************************************************

Who will win this first round series?

Nice set up, where did you get the pictures from?

Also Boston wins this in 4.

[ChampionRed]

Welcome to the playoffs Atlanta!!!...Celtics in 4 blowouts.

[Master8492]

That picture is not Joe Johnson.

You'd think he has some recognition by now.

[greenbeans]

Celts in 4 with an average margin of victory above ten

[keepthenetsinnj]

Celtics sweep.