Celtics (23-53) at Hawks (28-49) 4/10

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Boston Celtics (23-53) at Atlanta Hawks (28-49)
Tuesday , April 10, 2007 • 7:00 PM ET
Regular Season Game #77 • Road Game #39
Philips Arena - Atlanta, Georgia




Probable Starters

Rondo/Ray/Green/Gomes/Perkins

Bench
Powe/Telfair/Pinkney

Injuries
Pierce - elbow - day to day
Jefferson - knee - out
West - ankle - day to day
Allen - knee - out
Ratliff - back - out
Scalabrine - hamstring - out
Szczerbiak - ankle - out
Olowokandi - foot - out

Player to Watch

Rondo is coming off a game where he came close to a quadruple double with Rajon Rondo: 14 Points, 8 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 7 Steals, 2 Turnovers in 40 minutes. It would be nice to see him continue this solid play. He has the ability to disrupt the other team's offense.

Notes: Gomes took a hard fall in the Indiana game and will probably be sore. We are already at the league minimum of 8 players so either he will have to play or dress and sit on the bench. If he is still hurting we may see Powe get another start.





Lue/Smith/M Williams/Jones/Wright

Bench
S Williams/Johnson/Medvedenko/Ivey/Stoudamire

Injuries
Childress - foot - out
Johnson - calf - day to day
Claxton - knee - day to day
Pachulia - ankle - day to day

Player to Watch

Josh Smith always seems to give us problems. He has the ability to take over a game.

Notes: The Hawks are dropping quickly and are 2 and 8 in their last 10 games. They dropped an OT game to Philly on Sunday night.

The Hawks always seem to play us tough and Josh smith has the ability to take over a game with his defense, and when he runs the floor he can beat almost anyone in the NBA with his athleticism and leaping ability. There's no telling what kind of line-up Doc is going to start tonight, but I would expect to see Leon Powe and Allan Ray get some minutes. Gerald's going to have his hands full tonight, but if he can have a solid night then this is a very winnable game, even without PP or Big Al.

No Josh Smith in this one, he's been suspended by his coach for behavior issues. Green looks real good, 11 pts in the 1st quarter.

Nice little breakout game for Green, but another Loss closer to Oden.

Whoops, sorry Mike, that's your line.

Rondo is one heck of a rebounder to have for a PG.
next year if Oden, Perkins and Jefferson along with Paul are on the front line, he may not see many rebounds though