Jeff McDonald: Rooting against the Hawks



So it was a little bit interesting last week when the entire Spurs locker room was united against the Atlanta Hawks.

Moments after the Spurs had finished off the Rockets on Friday night, they gathered in a private portion of their dressing room to watch the thrilling conclusion of the Hawks-Sonics overtime epic.

When Kevin Durant hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to win the game for Seattle, a raucous roar went up in the Spurs’ locker room.

Frankly, the Spurs’ reaction had nothing to do with the Hawks, their opponent coming up on Tuesday.

It had everything to do with P.J. Carlesimo, the former Spurs’ assistant who now coaches the Sonics.

Apparently, he still has quite a few friends in the Spurs’ locker room. Those friends celebrated Carlesimo’s second Seattle victory for him.