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The Atlanta Hawks after winning game 3 someone in the lockeroom wrote this on the board “Don’t Be Satisfied”  The Hawks tonight had the city of Atlanta all to themselves.  The Phillips Arena was rockin and if you don’t even cheer for the Hawks you had to be pulling for the young team from Atlanta.  The Hawks came out and played a good 1st half having the home town hero Josh Smith playing well in the 1st half scoring and was a force to be messed with scoring.  The Hawks had the lead at the half the 1st time in the series 51-48 part of the big run in the 1st half was the foul trouble by the Celtics with, Pierce and Garnett picking up two fouls a piece in the 1st quarter.

The second half took place and the leadership of Boston took over the quarter lead by Kevin Garnett who was defensive player of the year prove why in the third quarter as a team the Hawks only scored 14 points and Boston had 27 and the Hawks was down by double digits going into the 4th quarter .  The Hawks tonight shot at 48% from the floor the Celtics shot at 41%.  The Hawks dominated really the 4th quarter at the half the Boston Celtics out rebounded the Hawks in the 1st half 25-16 by the end of the game the Hawks had more rebounds than the Celtics 37-36 but the 4th quarter was the story of the game and the season for the young Hawks 32 points in the 4th quarter 20 of them by Joe Johnson who was 7/10 from the field in the 4th quarter.  Joe Johnson” I’m proud for the fans.” that’s what Johnson said the big three for the Hawks had outstanding games Johnson 35, Bibby 18 and Josh Smith 28.  The Celtics big three Garnett 20, Allen 21 and Pierce 18.  The battle will continue this Wednesday night in Boston