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HAWKS MAD AFTER OVER-SITE BY CONCERT FORCES STADIUM SHUFFLE

          The Hawks were "forced" to play Game Five of their
     first-round playoff series against the Pistons at Alexander
     Memorial Coliseum, rather than the "spacious" GA Dome, to
     accommodate NBC, though the GA Dome "could have handled it"
     despite a concert there Saturday night, according to Jeffrey
     Denberg of the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION.  The Hawks had a
     sellout crowd of 20,884 at the GA Dome for Game One and
     16,377 for Game Two, but had to play Game Five in the 9,300-
     seat arena on GA Tech's campus.  Hawks Exec VP Lee Douglas,
     on the arena switch: "Upsetting?  That's a good word for
     it."  The game was being considered for one of NBC's Sunday
     time slots, but the net "abandoned" the game and gave it to
     TNT for an 8:30pm ET tip-off.  The game was not blacked out
     locally, even though only 6,200 tickets were sold as of
     Saturday afternoon (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 5/16).  The game
     drew a less-than-capacity crowd of 8,460 (ATL. CONSTITUTION,
     5/17). Fox's Keith Olbermann: "They couldn't bump a Dave
     Matthews concert for an NBA playoff Game Five?" (FSN, 5/16).

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