Al Horford

The Hawk announced today via Twitter that Josh Smith, who left with 4:20 left in the 4th quarter last night, has a sprained ligament in his left knee. Atlanta's Josh Smith has a strained left tendon and his status is day-to-day. If Smith is unavailable for Game 3, then we'll see a lot of more [...]

Michael Cunningham (ajchawks) on Twitter via kwout Horford being out only hurts the Hawks in that it doesn't give them that extra player that can help them.  He's been out for too long to be a big difference maker.  Like I said in the last post, Pachulia's foot injury is worse because it kills their [...]

The Boston Celtics will face the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the NBA playoffs. With that in mind, and home court advantage still in doubt in this series, we'll be keeping a closer look on the Hawks to see what they're up to. With the Hawks up four against the Clippers last night [...]

Now I'm thoroughly confused “This is the guy that performed my surgery," Horford told @YahooSports. "He gave me the OK. I’m feeling pretty good about it now. He just said, ‘You’re going to be limited. That’s all. You can go out there and play limited time.' That’s kind of why I’m back in there.”  So… [...]

With the Celtics set to face the Hawks in the playoffs    , one big question leading into this series was the availability of Al Horford for the Hawks.  After some initial reports that he was expected back, Horford today told Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports that he's probably out. "I don't feel like it is realistic [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. What remains to be decided is where the series will open. As Atlantic Division champions, the Celtics will be the No. 4 seed, but home-court advantage is [...]

Tip: 7:00 PM    Court: Philips Arena   Watch it: CSN, ESPN  Hear it: WEEI          Referees: Ken Mauer, David Jones and Eli Roe Get your tickets here The Matchup   Record: 37-26 (1st Atlantic, 4th East) Record: 37-25 (2nd Southeast, 5th East) On road: 15-17 At home: 20-9 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 2     Leaders [...]

On Monday night, Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo participated in his first basketball game since the playoffs ended against the Miami Heat in May.  Rondo suffered a gruesome elbow dislocation in Game 2 and was never the same.  This was the first time Celtics fans were able to see him in action and he [...]

Yesterday's matchup both involved the play of Delonte West.  We can all see his importance to this team when he's at least relatively healthy, as it's obvious that he can make plays.  The self-proclaimed jack of all trades has been known for some flashy plays sprinkled in here and there as well.  Delonte is featured [...]

Tip: 8:00pm    Court: Phillips Arena   Watch it:  CSN/ESPN    Hear it:  WEEI Referees:  Monty McCutchen, Tony Brown, Jason Phillips Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 52-22 (1st Atlantic, 2nd East) Record: 43-32 (3rd Southeast, 5th East) On The Road: 23-14 At Home: 23-15 Streak: Won 1 Streak: Won 3 Leaders Leaders Buckets: Pierce (18.7 [...]