Details: When: Thursday, December 30th Where: Phillips Center, Atlanta Time (Seattle): 11:00 am TV: League Pass Projected Starters: <font color="green">Seattle (20-6)</font> Luke Ridnour Ray Allen Rashard Lewis Reggie Evans Jerome James <font color="Red">Atlanta (5-22)</font> Tyronn Lue Josh Smith Al Harrington Antoine Walker Jason Collier Injury Troubles: <font color="green">Seattle</font> Mateen Cleaves: Strained shoulder, ruled out. Casanova Swift: Strained hip, ruled out. Damien Wilkins: Knee tendinitis, ruled out. <font color="Red">Atlanta</font> Donta Smith: Sore lower back, ruled out. Chris Crawford: Torn ACL, out for season. Brief Notes: <ul> [*]After a surprising and disappointing home loss to Philadelphia, what better way to bounce back than to go back to back against the league's worst teams, Atlanta and the Bobcats. As the start of a five game trip down the East coast, Seattle aims to sweep the Hawks and start their second road trip in similar fashion to their first, in which they went 5-1. [/list] <ul> [*]I really can't be bothered thinking of another point so boo baa bee boo boo waaa ni hao zheng. [/list] <ul> [*]All-Star Watch: Lewis is coming off perhaps his worst game of the season, with only 10 points against Andre Iguodala and the Sixers. Not All-Star form, but All-Stars bounce back, and Rashard has a chance to do have a big set against the Hawks and Charlotte. Al Harrington will be keen to continue his good form however, after 31 points on 11/16 shooting against the Cavaliers. [/list] <div align="center"><u>Random Family Guy Quote</u></div> Peter: I'm not afraid of anything, I laugh in the face of Death. See? HAHAHAHA!! Death: Oh great. Thanks a lot. As if it wasnt already hard enough to fit in. All predictions, analysis and discussion relating directly to the game, both before, during and after, to be posted in this thread.
A pretty comfortable win in the end. Game was pretty much over by halftime, although a nice highlight was Nick's first (and hopefully first of many) career double double, 10 points and 11 rebounds (six offensive) in 22 minutes. May have been a few junktime stats there, but it should still give him confidence to help out with Okafor.
Didn't expect this one to be much of a contest. Glad to see Nick posting some big numbers. Another all-around good win for the Supes.
