Atlanta Hawks News and Rumors

Paul Pierce says there is ‘nothing wrong’ with his knee, but it sure doesn’t look that way

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

The truth is plain to see, as is The Truth. Boston Celtic legend Paul Pierce has not moved well at all since suffering a sprained knee in Game 4 of his team's first-round series against Atlanta. He suffered a sprained MCL, in fact, and though his next t…

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

The NBA fined Atlanta Hawks owner Michael Gearon $35,000 for publicly criticizing NBA officiating and making negative comments about an opposing player, executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced Saturday evening.

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Report: Hawks' Smith 'jealous' of Celtics' support

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The NBA says a foul against Boston with 3.1 seconds left in Atlanta's season-ending loss on Thursday should have been called sooner, which would have given the Hawks a free throw instead of just the ball out of bounds.

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BOSTON (AP) Doc Rivers knew there would be no rest for the aging Boston Celtics .

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The Atlanta Hawks on Friday entered a painfully early start to their offseason of uncertainty.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

For a team that is often compromised of reasonable individuals who typically play hard and have their basketball hearts in the right places, the Atlanta Hawks sure do seem to make a hash of things, year in and year out. The group has made the playoffs f…

Freddy Lopez, dimemag.com

“Welcome to Atlanta where the playas play” … stop it. Stop the chorus of the Jermaine Dupri/Ludacris hit single right there. It was an embarrassment. I don’t know what the ratings were for Game 4 between the Atlanta Hawks and the Boston Celtics, b…

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

Boston Celtics center Kevin Garnett opened his post-Game 6 news conference by firing a shot across the bow of Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon Jr. for derogatory comments he made about Garnett on Wednesday.

Chris Broussard, ESPN.com

Atlanta Hawks general manager Rick Sund, who is in the last year of his contract, has drawn interest from the Portland Trail Blazers, according to sources.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Kevin Garnett had 28 points and 14 rebounds, hitting a jumper to give Boston the lead with 31 seconds left in Game 6 on Thursday night, and the Celtics beat the Hawks 83-80 to win their first-round playoff series.

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

Celtics forward Paul Pierce (sprained MCL) is expected to play in Thursday night's Game 6 against the Hawks.

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ATLANTA (AP) Al Horford missed most of the season.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

The Boston Celtics missed an opportunity to close out the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night, dropping an 87-86 road affair that gives Atlanta the chance to knot their first-round series in Boston on Thursday night. Near misses like the one Boston had at Ph…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

The good and bad of Rajon Rondo surfaced in the final 10 seconds of Atlanta’s 87-86 Game 5 win against Boston. With Boston down one, the point stole the inbounds pass and came racing up court with a chance to win. Off a switch, he was matched up with Al…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

If you just looked at the play-by-play description of the final 10 seconds of Tuesday night's Game 5 between the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics at Philips Arena in Atlanta, you'd see something like this: 0:10, ATL 87, BOS 86: Atlanta full timeout 0:10…

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The Hawks refused to end their season at home Tuesday. Atlanta dominated inside and survived a late charge to pull off a 87-86 victory and push their season with Boston to a Game 6.

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The Pacers finished off the Magic in Game 5. The Hawks found a way to dodge elimination against the Celtics. Can the Sixers eliminate the Bulls in Chicago tonight? Follow all the action here.

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he expects all of his players to be available for Tuesday's Game 5 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Atlanta Hawks.