Watch "Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks", NBA live stream, online – Information of the NBA Playoffs Game 4, Magic lead series 3-0 match between Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks the game play on 10 May 2010, Schedule TV on Monday, 7:00 PM ET and will be live at Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA. fter five straight years of steady progress, the Atlanta Hawks have run into a major roadblock in their quest to become one of the NBA’s elite teams. A disheartening performance against the Orlando Magic has left the Hawks one loss away from ending this season just as they did the last one: getting swept in the second round of the playoffs. Enjoy with the Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks live score, preview, recaps and highlights here.
It’s also raised major questions about whether this team should dole out a huge contract to impending free agent Joe Johnson and bring back coach Mike Woodson for another season.
Woodson wants to return and hopes management will keep together a core group that has helped the team improve from 13 wins in 2004-05 to 53 victories this season.
Even the Magic are surprised at how easily they’ve handled the third-seeded Hawks, who finished just behind Orlando in the Eastern Conference standings.
The Hawks aren’t helping matters, either.
Al Horford, who won a pair of NCAA titles at Florida, said he’s befuddled by the lack of passion shown by this team — especially playing on its home court, where the Hawks went 34-7 during the regular season.
Some of it may come down to a lack of chemistry, that elusive element that bonds a team and helps it stick together when things get tough.
Individually, the Hawks have loads of talent. Johnson and Horford both played in the All-Star Game this season, and Josh Smith probably should have been there, too. Jamal Crawford won the NBA’s Sixth Man Award.
That might not bode well for Woodson, who’s contract is up at the end of the season. The team has declined to even start discussions on a new deal until after the season, which has put the coach in the difficult situation of trying to get through to a team that knows he may be a lame duck.That wall could lead to a major shake-up. The Hawks offered Johnson a contract extension before the season, but he turned it down to be part of perhaps the greatest free agent class in NBA history. The way he’s performed in the playoffs, Atlanta might be reconsidering whether he’s truly a franchise player who deserves a maximum deal. Johnson is averaging just 12.3 points on 29 percent shooting against the Magic. WATCH IT LIVE HERE
Not surprisingly, Johnson was roundly booed by the Atlanta fans during a 3-of-15 performance in Game 3, which prompted him to say afterward that he “couldn’t care less if they showed up or not.” Even after a night to sleep on it, he was still annoyed at the way he and his teammates were heckled by the home crowd.
Maybe the Hawks have just run up against a superior opponent, a team that lost in last year’s NBA finals and has been on a mission ever since to capture its first championship.
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