{"id":408680,"date":"2011-04-29T19:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T19:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/hawks-getting-ready-for-top-seeded-bulls-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T19:28:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T19:28:24","slug":"hawks-getting-ready-for-top-seeded-bulls-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/hawks-getting-ready-for-top-seeded-bulls-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks getting ready for top-seeded Bulls (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.2834645669\">\n<p>ATLANTA (AP)\u2014For a team that comes across as emotionally fragile, the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/atl\/\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> sure showed plenty of toughness in the opening round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll have to dig even deeper this time around.<\/p>\n<p>After knocking off Orlando 4-2\u2014winning all three homes games by a total of 10 points\u2014the Hawks are getting ready to face the top-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/chi\/\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> in the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls won a league-high 62 games during the regular season and they\u2019ll have the home-court edge. Game 1 is Monday night in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Compounding the challenge for Atlanta: guard <span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3710\/\">Kirk Hinrich<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3710\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> went down with an injured right leg in the closing minutes of the clincher against the Magic. The Hawks don\u2019t know if he\u2019ll be able to play in this series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/859763c4i.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/nba\/SIG=11pei9rjb\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/news?slug=ap-hawksadvance\" title=\"Hawks getting ready for top-seeded Bulls (AP)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawks getting ready for top-seeded Bulls (AP)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> ATLANTA (AP)\u2014For a team that comes across as emotionally fragile, the Atlanta Hawks sure showed plenty of toughness in the opening round of the playoffs. 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