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THERE HE IS SUCH A GOOD
ATHLETE YOU USE YOUR PUMP
FAKES AND GET PEOPLE UP IN
THE AIR.
PETE: PIPPEN AT THE LINE
WHERE TONIGHT HE IS FOUR OUT
OF SIX, HAS 14 POINTS IN THE
BALLGAME.
HUBIE: DURING HIS FIRST FOUR
YEARS IN THE LEAGUE HE
INCREASED SCORING FROM 8
POINTS TO 14 TO ■RIGHT AROUND
16, TO 17, HE HAS HAD TWO
TRIPLE DOUBLES THIS YEAR, HE
IS STARTING TO BLOSSOM BUT HE
HE MUST BECOME A CONSISTENT
ROAD PLAYER FOR THIS BALL
CLUB.
PETE: CHICAGO FEELS THEY HAVE
THE MATERIAL NOW TO GO ALL
THE WAY AND WIN THEMSELVES A
CHAMPIONSHIP BUT SOME THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN
FOR THEM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
NOW WE ARE GETTING DEFENSE
IRPRESSURE IN THE BACKCOURT
APPLIED BY BULLS.
MOIKAL HAS CHECKED BACK IN
FOR CHICAGO.
TURNOVER ATLANTA.
HUBIE: THEY GOT WHAT THEY
WANTED THE TURNOVER.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT THEY HAD
THE HAWKS IN DISARRAY.
NO ONE WAS COMING TO THE
BASKETBALL.
WHEN YOU GET TRAPPED YOUR
OTHER TEAMMATES MUST COME TO
THE BALL AND CREATE A PASSING
LANE.
PETE: CHICAGO WITH THE BALL
DOWN BY FIVE PIPPEN ALMOST
HAD IT STOLEN.
MICHAEL OVER BATTLE.
WOULDN'T GO.
REBOUND PULLED AWAY BY DOC
RIVERS.
TO MONCRIEF.
PETE: BETTER MOVEMENT THIS
TIME BATTLE TO RIVERS,
MONCRIEF WILL TAKE IT HE WAS
ON THE LINE THAT IS A TWO
POINT BASKET.
BUT MONCRIEF IS HAVING
HIMSELF A GOOD BALLGAME OFF
THE BENCH.
HE HAS TEN THE LEAD BACK UP
TO SEVEN FOR ATLANTA.
HUBIE: THE HAWKS ARE OUT
THERE WITH A VERY, VERY SMALL
UNIT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT
FEREM IS BASICALLY PLAYING
YOUR CENTER POSITION, THIS IS
A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
PETE: FERRELL ONLY ABOUT 6
FEET 7 INCHES, JORDAN OVER
RIVERS, HE MISSED A COUPLE
DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
HUBIE: THE HAWKS HAVE RIVERS
AND BATTLE AT THE BACKCOURT
AND FERRELL, DOMINIQUE
WILKINS AND SIDNEY MONCRIEF
UP FRONT SO BOBBY WEISS SAID
HE LIKES GOING TO THE MALL
UNIT IT CAUSES MISMATCHES AT
ONE END OF THE FLOOR AND AT
THE OTHER YOU SAIR GOING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US BUT WHAT
WE DO IS WE DOUBLE-TEAM AND
EVERYBODY HILLS AND SCRAPS.
PETE: HODGES CHECK BEING INTO
THE CHICAGO LINEUP REPLACING
HOPSON.
PETE: MICHAEL GETS IT DRAWS
THE DOUBLE-TEAM TRIED TO GET
THE PASS TO GRANT AND FERRELL
TRYING FOR THE STEAL.
PICKS UP HIS THIRD PERSONAL.
HUBIE: THEY ARE REALLY DOING
A NICE JOB HELPING ONE
ANOTHER AND THEY HAVE GREAT
CONFIDENCE OUT THERE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME
EXCELLENT DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.
NOW, WHEN YOU ARE COACHING
AGAINST A GROUP LIKE THIS IT
CAUSES YOU PROBLEMS BECAUSE
IT LOOKS EASY, YOU SHOULD
SCORE ICY AGAINST THESE GUYS.
PETE: ALMOST STOLEN BY
WILKINS GRANT TAKES IT TO THE
HOLE HAD THE BALL KNOCKED
AWAY COMES OVER TO RIVERS TO
BATTLE.
HUBIE: GREAT BLOCK BY
DOMINIQUE STOLEN BY HODGES TO
MICHAEL.
PETE: GRANT FOR TWO EASY.
HUBIE: RIVERS DID A
SOMERSAULT HIT THE CAMERA,
HOLDING HIS HEAD HERE NOW, AS
HE HIT INTO THE CAMERAMAN,
WHAT AN EFFORT.
HE ALMOST GOT A PIECE OF THAT
DUNK.
PETE: BACK TO A FIVE POINT
GAME TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT
RIVERS,
HUBIE: WATCH HIM GO HERE
COMES HIS SOMERSAULT AS HE
GOES INTO THE CAMERAMAN, YOU
CAN SEE HE GETS HIT.
WITH THE CAMERA.
PETE: FIVE POINTED A --
ATLANTA LEAD
MONCRIEF JUST WHAT THE COACH
SAID.
WE HAVE THIS -- MISMATCHES AT
THE OTHER END OF THE FLOOR.
THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
GUARD US OFF THE DRIBBLE.
PETE: WE CAME INTO THIS GAME
LOOKING FOR A SHOOTOUT.
BETWEEN DOMINIQUE WILKINS AND
MICHAEL JORDAN.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE
TWO STARS OF THE NIGHT WOULD
BE MOSES MALONE AND SIDNEY
MONCRIEF?
A TIMEOUT.
PETE: JORDAN HAD THAT SHOT
BLOCKED.
PARTIALLY BY SIDNEY MONCRIEF.
HUBIE: THE MORE MINUTES HE
GETS THE LEGS ARE GETTING
STRONGER.
PETE: WILKINS OVER SCOTTIE
PIPPEN IN AND OUT REBOUND
PULLED AWAY JORDAN HIS 7TH
REBOUND OF THE NIGHT.
THIS ONE FAR FROM OVER.
HODGES TRYING TO GET WARM
FROM IN THAT 3 POINT COUNTRY.
WOULDN'T GO FOR HIM.
RIVERS PULLS AWAY THE REBOUND.
ATLANTA SHOULD USE -- WILKINS
GOING IN.
PIPPEN FROM BEHIND.
HUBIE: THAT TIME THAT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL PIPO PICK-AND-ROLL
AND DOMINIQUE WILKINS ROLLED
STRONG TO THE BASKET.
NOW WATCH HOW HE ROLLS.
HE FORCES RIVERS TO THROW HIM
THE BALL AND ONCE HE GETS
DOWN IN THERE YOU KNOW THAT
YOU ARE VERY SELDOM GOING TO
BLOCK HIS SHOT.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO FOUL HIM
AND MAKE HIM MAKE THE FOUL
SHOTS.
PETE: DOMINIQUE AT THE LINE
WITH 28 POINTS.
DOMINIQUE WILKINS IS A HUGE
STAR IN THIS LEAGUE AND HAS
BEEN FOR A TIME WITH THIS
GROUP OUT THERE WITH BATTLE
WE TALKED ABOUT HE HAS TO
PROVE HIMSELF EVERY YEAR,
MONCRIEF A GREAT COMEBACK
STORY.
FERRELL HAS BEEN HANGING BY A
THREAD IF THE NBA A COUPLE OF
YEARS AND IS STARTING TO GET
MORE PLAYING TIME THIS YEAR.
HUBIE: HE IS A STRONG
DEFENSIVE PLAYER CAN HELP YOU
ON THE BOARDS AND GETS THE
LOOSE WALLS.
LOOK AT THIS.
PETE: A LOOSE BALL THE ONE
THAT CAUSED IT TO BE LOOSE
THE STEAL BY FERRELL.
HUBIE: THEY ARE TAKING THEIR
TIME.
EXECUTION HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.
PETE: YOU LOOK AT THIS GAME
AND CHICAGO SCORED 33 POINTS
IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
SINCE THEN THEY HAVE ONLY
SCORED 52 POINTS MAKE IT 54
NOW.
MICHAEL JORDAN GETS HIS 28
POINTS OF THE NIGHT.
HUBIE: THEY ARE SHORTING
UNDER 40% IN THE LAST TWO AND
A HALF QUARTERS.
PETE: SHOWS YOU HOW THAT
DEFENSE HAS IMPROVED AND THE
HAWKS HAVE NAILED 8 23
POINTERS ON THE NIGHT.
HUBIE: IT IS ONE OF THOSE
NIGHTS, PETE.
RIVERS WITH 18 POINTS.
99, 87 ATLANTA.
PETE: FOUR 3 POINTERS FOR
RIVERS, REBOUND TIPPED BY
FERRELL TO MON KRAEF DOC
RIVERS IS HURTING.
HUBIE: YES, HE IS, HIS LEFT
KNEE.
HE IS IN AN AWFUL LOT BEFORE
PAIN.
PETE: THIS COULD BE A SEVERE
BLOW TO ATLANTA.
DOC RIVERS.
ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE IN
THERE -- THEIR 8 MAN
ROTATION, HE ■IS IN AGONY.
IT LOOKED LIKE HIS LEFT KNEE
WAS THE PROBLEM.
HUBIE: HE HAS HAD BACK
INJURIES BEFORE, AND GROIN
INJURIES.
BASICALLY, A COLLISION WITH
HIS OWN MAN.
PETE:THEY WILL CALL A
FULL-TIMEOUT NOW AND TAKE A
LOOK AT DOC RIVERS, HE IS ON
S FEET FAVORING HIS LEVEL
-- LEFT LEG AS HE WALKS OFF
■■■■
MICHAEL TIES UP BATTLE, BALL
ROLLS LOOSE LOOSE IF THE
CORNER.
A 24 SECOND VIOLATION.
PETE: PAXSON HITS THAT OPEN J
AGAIN DOESN'T MISS WHEN
YOU'RE NOT ON HIM.
13 POINTS FOR PAXSON BUT A
TEN POINT ATLANTA LEAD.
FERRELL, TAKING IT AROUND
STACEY KING GETS IT RIGHT
BACK STOLEN AWAY BY HODGES.
THERE IS FERRELL.
HE HAS BEEN LIKE A LITTLE --
OOH !
HUBIE: YES.
THE WIND MILL BY DOMINIQUE.
PETE: RIFERS WILL CHECK BACK
INTO THE LINEUP NEXT DEAD
BALL PAXSON HITTING A JUMPER
BUT CHICAGO WILL NEED A
LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
THEY'VE GOT TO STOP THIS
HAWKS TEAM ON THE OTHER END.
HUBIE: NICE PASSING.
PETE: TO MONCRIEF AND TWO
MORE GIVING HIM A SEASON
HIGH, 14 POINTS.
HUBIE: THIS GROUP HAS BEEN --
DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR
ATLANTA.
BALL MOVEMENT, TAKING THEIR
TIME.
PETE: HODGES IN 3 POINT LND
THAT WOULDN'T GO.
BALL ROLLING LOOSE.
STILL A STRAMABLE FOR IT IT
COMES OUT TO BATTLE.
HUBIE: WHO PICKED UP THE
BALL.
PETE: WILKINS.■
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME KIND OF
PERFORMANCE TONIGHT OFF THIS
ATLANTA HAWKS.
MONCRIEF, MALONE, BATTLE.
AND FERRELL.
HUBIE: SUCH A BIG WIN FOR THE
HAWKS.
THEY ARE ROLLING ALONG, AND
THEY HAVE LOST TO THE CHICAGO
BULLS, THE LAST THREE TIMES
IN THIS BUILDING.
PETE: 3 POINTS AND 1O SECONDS
REMAINING.
PETE: A 3 POINTEST FORT.
WOULDN'T GO MALONE TO THE
REBOUND, FOULED BY
LEVINGSTON.
HUBIE: HERE IT IS SHOW TIME!
YES!
POWERFUL.■
APPRECIATE THE WIND MIL.
PETE: A TIMEOUT
PETE: BACK AT THE OMNI IN
ATLANTA PETE VAN WIEREN AND
HUBIE BROWN, 3:01 REMAINING
THE ATLANTA TALKS -- HAWKS
TOOK A LITTLE TIME.
REALLY STRUGGLED IN THE FIRST
QUARTER BUT HAVE BEEN ALL
ATLANTA FROM ABOUT THE MIDDLE
OF THE SECOND QUARTER ON,
HUBIE.
HUBIE: THEY CRANKED IT UP
DEFENSIVELY.
RIGHT FLU THEY ARE ONLY
NEGATIVE IS THE FACT THAT
CHICAGO IS SHOOTING THE PEB
TEE ON THE NEXT FOUL.
PETE: WILKINS RIVERS, MALONE
BATTLE AND MONCRIEF.
HUBIE: THIS IS THE GROUP
BASICALLY FINISHING GAMES
LATELY.
PETE: RIVERS COULDN'T GET IT
TO FALL ANOTHER REBOUND HIS
TENTH.
MALONE PULLING DOWN DOUBLE
FIGURES IN REBOUNDS OFF THE
BENCH.
HUBIE: AS YOU ANALYZE THE
ATLANTIC GROUP ON THE FLOOR
RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, THEY EITHER HAVE
MONCRIEF OR RIVERS UP FRONT
AT THE SMALL POSITION.
THEY MOVE WILKINS TO THE BIG
FORWARD POSITION, NOW YOU
HAVE THE TOUGH DEFENSIVE
MATCHUP ON BOTH FORWARDS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE MOSES IN
THE MIDDLE AS THE REBOUNDING,
BUT BECAUSE WILKINS IS
REBOUND SOMETHING WELL YOU
ARE BLESSED UGT TWO ACTIVE
GUYS INSIDE.
PETE: WAYNE FERRELL.
HUBIE: THIS GUY HAS HAD SOME
GAME.
STEALS.
LOOSE BALLS, LAYUPS, RUNNING
WITHOUT THE BALL.
A COUPLE OF SHOT BLOCKS.
PETE:HE JUST CAME OFF THE
BENCH AND PUT IN TWO MORE.
HODGES BEHIND THE BACK TO
STACEY KING.
STACEY KING WITH FOUR POINTS.
PETE: DOMINIQUE OVER SCOTTIE
PIPPEN WOULDN'T GO.
REBOUND PULLED AWAY BY REV
REV, LOOSE-BALL FOUL CALLED
AGAINST DOMINIQUE WILKINS,
HIS FIRST PERSONAL.
HUBIE: IS THAT THE FIRST
REALLY FORCED SHOT OF THE
NIGHT FOR HIM TONIGHT.
I MEAN HE DIDN'T HAVE A
PRAYER.
WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO IN
THAT SITUATION WAS TO DRAW A
FOUL.
THERE WAS NO WAY THAT HE
COULD MAKE THAT SHOT ATTEMPT.
PETE: LEVINGSTON AT THE LINE.
MICHAEL JORDAN NOT IN THE
GAME WITH A MINUTE AND 55
REMAINING.
I THINK PHIL JACKSON IS
SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GAIN TIME OFF UNLESS A RUN
IS MADE BY CHICAGO, THEN YOU
WILL SEE HIM BACK IN.
HUBIE: THEY ARE PLAYING EIGHT
OF THEIR NEXT NINE GAMES ON
THE ROAD AND THEY KNOW THEY
MUST CONSERVE THIS GUY'S
ENERGY AND THIS ONE IS REALLY
OUT OF THE WOODS.
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PETE: LEV LOVE OR -- IT WILL
BE ON LEVINGSTON.
PETE: MONCRIEF MAKING IT ONE
09-96, STACEY KING, ANOTHER
REBOUND MOSES MALONE.
THAT IS HIS 11TH REBOUND OF
THE NIGHT.
AND ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THE
GROUP ON THE COURT NOW FOR
ATLANTA, WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE
MONCRIEF AND A MOSES MALONE
AND GUYS LIKE THAT IN THERE,
YOU WILL NOT SEE THEM TURNING
THE BALL OVER.
THEY WILL MELT THE CLOCK A
LITTLE BIT.
JUST AS WE SAY THAT THEY DO.
WHIS .
HUBIE: THE THING HERE IS NOT
TO GO HELTER SKELTER.
RIGHT NOW THE ATLANTA BENCH,
45 POINTS AND 18 REBOUNDS,
WHAT A CONTRIBUTION!
WHIS.
PETE: DOMINIQUE FOULED FROM
BEHIND.
SCOTTIE PIPPEN COMMITTING HIS
FIFTH.
RIVERS CAME OUT OF THE GAME A
WHILE AGO.
HE TRIED TO COME BACK IN AND
PLAY.
HIS LEFT KNEE THEY DON'T
THINK IT IS ANYTHING SERIOUS
BUT HE IS OUT FOR THE REST OF
THE NIGHT.
HUBIE: HE IS THEIR LEADER.
HE IS NOT ONLY A GREAT
DEFENSIVE PLAYER HE IS A
DOUBLE FIGURE SCORER FOR YOU,
HE IS A 3 POINT SHOOTER, BUT
HE IS AN INSPIRATIONAL GUY AT
PRACTICE DURING THE GAME AND
IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
LAST YEAR HE MISSED 32 GAMES
BECAUSE OF INJURIES.
AND IT WAS THE MAIN REASON
WHY THE TEAM WENT 41 AND 41
AND DID NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
BY ONE GAME.
THIS YEAR THEY HAD THAT
LITTLE LULL, HE WAS OUT WITH
A GROIN PULL AND THEY LOST 3
BALLGAMES.
THE
BASKETBALL TEAM OUT OF THERE
FOR TWO WEEKS AND SENDS THE
HAWKS OUT WEST.
THAT IS ALWAYS A TOUGH TRIP.
HUBIE: IT IS A TOUGH TRIP FOR
EVERY TEAM IN THE EAST.
LIKE DETROIT THEY ALREADY
HAVE THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
BOSTON, STILL MUST GO WEST.
AND IF BIRD DOES NOT COME
BACK BOSTON AS WE CAN SEE IS
QUICKLY COMING BACK TO THE
PACK.
PETE: HOW ABOUT THAT LOSS
TONIGHT AT HOME THE -- TO
NUER JERSEY.
HUEB YOU: RIGHT.
PETE A TIME OUT WITH 45
SECONDS REMAINING.
HUBIE: IN THE FIRST QUARTER
WE SAW CHICAGO RUN THE FAST
BREAK, SHOOT, GET THE REBOUND
ET -- PUT IT BACK IN THE
BASKET ATLANTA STRUGGLING
BACK AND FORTH.
THEN FOR THE LAST 3 PERIODS
THEY CRANKED UP THEIR
DEFENSE, PLAYED SPIR ITED
CHICAGO ONLY ONE SHOT, AND
THEN AT THE OPPOSITE END OF
THE FLOOR IN THEIR OFFENSIVE
SETS THEY DID JUST A
MASTERFUL JOB OF FINDING THE
FREMAN.
PETE: WILKINS MISSING THE
SECOND OF TWO FREE THROWS.
HODGES DISHING OFF TO SCOTT
WILLIAMS JUST CHECKED INTO
THE LINEUP FOR CHICAGO.
LOOK OUGHT.
FERRELL ON THE RECEIVING END
BUT THAT ONE OVER THROWN.
HUBIE: HAPPENING COACHING
STAFF RIGHT THERE.
THEY DESERVE IT.
THEY SCORED A FEW HOOPS IN
THEIR DAYS.
PETE: DID THEY EVER.
HUBIE: *** MOTTA HAD A
NUMBER OF PLAYERS PLAY FOR
THEM, FIVE ARE HEAD COACHES
IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS INTEREST -LG.
BOBBIE WEISS IN ATLANTA AND
THEN YOU HAVE MATTERY IN
ORLANDO, WES ON, RICK ADELMAN
OUT IN PORTLAND, AND THEN
JERRY SLOAN IN UTAH.
NOW, FOUR OF THEM PLAYED ON
THOSE GREAT CHICAGO TEAM.
WEISS ADELMAN JERRY SLOAN.
THAT IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS
COMPLIMENT TO THE COMRADE
EARLY AND CHEMISTRY OF THE
TEAMS AND INSPIRATION AND
LEADERSHIP OF A GUY LIKE ***
MOTTA.
PETE: ATLANTA WITH A 12 POINT
LEAD.
INSIDE THE NBA, JUST AROUND
THE CORNER HERE ON TNT AND A
REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT TNT
TELECAST NOT ON USUAL TUESDAY
NIGHT BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
NEXT WEEK AND WHAT MATCHUP
THAT WILL BE
PETE: WOULDN'T GO.
MONCRIEF PULLS IT AWAY OVER
TO MOSES.
LEVINGSTON PUTS ON A COUPLE
MORE TO MAKE IT A 112-102
MARGIN FOR ATLANTA.
AND MOSES MALONE WILL GO TO
THE FREE-THROW LINE.
HUBIE: MOSES DIDN'T FOUL OUT
TONIGHT, PETE.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
WILT NEVER FOULED OUT IN ONE
-- 1045 STRAIGHT GAMES.
MOSES HAS A CHANCE TO BREAK
THAT RECORD.
PETE: HE DOES.
HUBIE: WHEN YOU DIVIDE THAT
IN WILT'S RECORD THAT MEANS
WILT NEVER FOULED OUT IN 12
AND A HALF REGULAR SEASONS,
YEARS OF PLAY.
PETE: ONE THING WILT CAN'T
APPROACH MOS ON IS THAT FREE
THROW ACCURACY.
HUBIE: WAIT A SECOND.
HE SHOT ENOUGH.
PETE: YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT
THAT.
WELL.
113-102.
THE LATEST REPORT ON HIM, HE
WAS OUT WITH A PAIR OF BROKEN
WRISTS.
THEY MAY GET HIM BACK SOONER
THAN THEY THOUGHT.
HUBIE: THE RIGHT WRIEFT IS
HEALING AND DOING AN
EXCELLENT JOB AND HE IS
SHOOTING AROUND RIGHT NOW BUT
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE LEFT
WRIST.
YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT IT IT IS SUCH
A FREAK ACCIDENT I HAVE NEVER
HEARD OF A PLAYER EVER IN
HISTORY OF THIS LEAGUE
BREAKING BOTH WRISTS.
PETE: MALONE NAILS TWO MORE
FREE THROWS.
COMPLETEING A BIG NIGHT FOR
HIM OFF THE BENCH.
HE PULLED DOWN A BUNCH OF
REBOUNDS BLOCKED A COUPLE
SHOTS, SCORED NINE POINTS.
HODGES WILL TRY TO CUT THE
MARGIN DOWN, NAILS THE 3
POINTER.
THERE WILL BE -- TOO LITTLE
TOO LATE FOR CHICAGO BULLS.
WHO HAVEED THAT SEVEN GAME
WINNING STREAK COME TO AN END
TEES LANTA HAWKS RUN THEIR
HOME COURT WINNING STREAK TO
12 STRAIGHT GAMES AND THEY
DID IT WITH A CONVINCING
COMEBACK.
DOWN BY 11 POINTS EARLIER THE
SECOND QUARTER THEY COME BACK
TO WIN ■IT 114 TO 105 OVER
CHICAGO.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR
BUDWEISER PLAYER OF THE GAME.