Encounter #79: "Joe Johnson Owns The Fourth Quarter"

I know this is a day late. But when the Suns get bounced after a truly valiant game from Boris Diaw and yet another obscene Hack-a-Shaq routine from Mr. Evil, Greg Popovich, I thought I'd go ahead and post some uplift. We all know the Hawks are bound to get bounced, too, cuz -- who are we kidding, here -- they're not this year's Warriors, but like Shoals said, all of "Johnson's slow-mo isolations that hovered somewhere between smooth and drunken" were awesome. And cuz this series just got way more fun (less depressing) than that "Oh SHIT Tony Parker is the real deal" cake walk the Spurs just finished. We'll just have to see what tomorrow brings us, as ever, won't we? No way the Hawks keep it up, right? As much as I loathe Boston, and don't find the Celtics' game to be that interesting, I still really dig KG (no matter how insane he's gotten) and Ray Allen (who doesn't like He Got Game?) and a Celtics-Lakers series would probably be pretty dope. And kind of hilarious. Imagine the spin. --RWK