Woodson May Go Down as Hawks Slip

Filed under: Bucks, Hawks, Playoffs

This does not bode well for Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson, whose contract extension might have just flown out the window.



His team has improved its win total in each of the last five years -- showing slow, steady improvement -- but all that feel-good stuff is about to get lost in a surprising, first-round playoff series against the undermanned but more motivated Milwaukee Bucks.



Woodson, who becomes a coaching free agent this summer, has good reason to be nervous. The Hawks talked all through this 53-win season about finally arriving as championship contenders.



Today they are one loss away from being the victims of a stunning upset, trailing 3-2 after blowing a nine-point lead in the final four minutes Wednesday, losing 91-87 to the Bucks.



"It's a terrible loss, embarrassing,'' said Hawks star Joe Johnson, also a free agent this summer. "It's the same thing, effort, toughness, that's killing us. Everybody here should check themselves in the mirror.''

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/04/29/woodson-may-go-down-with-hawks-ship/