Recap of day 1<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Sixers got off to an early start, taking a 12-0 lead capped off by a Louis Amundson dunk. The Spurs defense was really lacking, which allowed the Sixers to get many uncontested shots in the paint. The Sixers stifling defense caused the spurs a lot of problems in the first quarter, and it caused San Antonio to turn it over on six straight possessions, and the Sixers continually deflected the ball out of bounds. The Sixers built a 20-point lead part way through the first quarter and would maintain it for most the quarter, even increasing it before the Spurs finally got some offense going. After the first quarter the Spurs trailed 32-14. Offensively for the Sixers Louis Williams and Amundson caused havoc, Williams was able to get inside and even hit shots from the outside, while Amundson dominated Viktor Sankidze inside. Sankidze?s poor defense allowed Amundson to get a couple of dunks. Sankidze also fouled Amundson a couple of times trying to prevent dunks. Sankidze continually would switch leaving his man open.</div>I'll have some pics up later, they'll likely be really bad since my camera went all wonky.
Spurs got off to a quick start with two nice shots by Melzer, followed by a Sankidze dunk. but poor rebounding by the spurs allowed the Hawks to reel off 9 points in a row to take a 9-6 lead. Frederic Adjiwanu got one of the strangest scores ever, a blocked shot by James white bounced off of Adjiwanu and into the hoop The Spurs once again had trouble getting into their offense, on a couple of possessions they had a hard time getting it across half court. Turnovers were actually a problem for both teams, in the first 7 minutes of the game each team had 6 traveling violations. The hawks blew a four point lead on one possession, fouling Harvey, who missed the free throw, than following White who got a 3 point play. The Hawks seemed to have fouled the Spurs on every possession inside two minutes, but the spurs would miss 5 straight free throws. The Spurs did a nice job on the offensive glass giving themselves many extra shot opportunities, Sankidze was able to grab 3 offensive boards in the quarter, but for some reason was only credited with one. At the end of the first the Spurs lead 17-15 The teams traded baskets to start the second. Horford looked good again early, scoring six points for Atlanta in the first three minutes. But he would struggle for the rest of the game. The Hawks went on a run at about the 7 minute mark and took a 26-21 lead after a Solomon Jones put back. James white was running the point for a while for the Spurs, he struggled when he was doubled he?d usually turn it over or shoot it. White apparently has never met a shoot he didn?t like. http://nbahoopsonline.com/Articles/Summerl.../2007/RMR2.html
Recap of day 3<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Mavs pushed the temp early and got a lot of easy points. Barea is a good slasher and able to dump the ball off to big men in the paint. Hawks struggled once again with fouls, committing four defensive and two offensive in the first five minutes. Law did a much better job of running the offense, he was able to dish it off to Solomon Jones a couple of times for dunks. Nick Fazekas had some nice moves, but he?s mostly an outside type of guy. Both teams really pushed the tempo, which lead to a fairly entertaining first quarter. Barea continued doing a nice job running the offense for the Mavericks. He is small but very good at getting to the hoop, and he is very quick. Sheldon Williams did a nice job of getting himself in good places to grab rebounds and score in the first quarter. Towards the middle of the quarter the tempo slowed down a bit, with both teams running set plays. The Mavericks got a boost from Brandon Bass, who showed he has some post moves. Bass got a couple of nice shots in the low post which extended the Mavs lead to 22-19.</div>
