Hawks-Hornets
Greetings, all
I’m at the homestead for this one and will be watching on the television as you all will.
Some thoughts and on we go.
Why the Hawks win tonight
1) Marvin Williams has gotten himself in a groove and has an exploitable matchup against Peja Stojakovic.
2) The Hawks asserted themselves as the better team a week ago. Their fourth-quarter run from the last game may linger somewhere in the Hornets’ collective memory.
3) Joe Johnson and Josh Smith played below their capabilities Friday. Bibby’s numbers weren’t outstanding, either. It’s unlikely it happens two nights in a row.
Why they won’t
1) They’re just due. It’s the second game of a back-to-back with a flight in-between. The Hawks haven’t had back-to-backs in the streak except for the start. Further, the Hornets have been home all week and come into the game on a day of rest.
2) Houston took a lot out of the Hawks Friday night. The Rockets are a relentless bunch, as the final three minutes of the game revealed.
3) The Hornets have found something since losing to Portland and the Hawks to open the Jeff Bower era. They’ve beaten the Clippers and Suns since then. They took down 25 offensive rebounds against Phoenix.
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J.J.M.
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
game over
Blast
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
Ballgame!
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
The fat lady has sung
niremetal
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
This is why we need Bibby. You don’t want ball-stoppers Jamal and JJ “setting up the offense.”
Josh
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
dang, they have been makign some key 3s throughout this whole game
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
And I was right again
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
Absolutely horrific effort. Joe wasting the entire shotclock.
I hope this entire team is fined $15,000 for this effort.
pathetic.
nvnvnv
November 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
Probably over. Hawks can’t shoot, can’t draw a foul and the Hornets doin both. We weren’t about to win out or anything.
preston
November 21st, 2009
10:08 pm
lol…….they just froze it………sorry
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
Here comes the losing streak. We play f’ing Orlando on Thanksgiving.
We get to watch Vince Carter look like Michael Jordan against us and Dwight score 25 on 4 FGA. And Rashard and Ryan Anderson hitting every shot.
Time to watch Joe Cox win the game so Richt doesn’t get fired.
Awful night
The Hawksta
November 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
Like my previous post said, Joe won’t swing the ball! He never makes quick decisions! It can be errating at times. I got love for my boy but, I’m just sayin…
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
I hope they enjoyed the best record for them few days
Melvin
November 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
Just tuned in at the start of the 4th. The offense comes to a halt when JJ gets the ball. Drive it or get rid of it please….
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
AT LEAST COVER THE PLAYERS CLOSE ON DEFENSE. DONT LEAVE POSEY 320 FEET IF U KNOW HE CAN SHOOT
kwooden1
November 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Sounds like tired legs to me. These are the games that I really want to see what Woodson is made of. You need to find out if Teague is ready and if Othello can contribute.
GO HAWKS!!!
The Hawksta
November 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Josh hasn’t hit one jumper! Not one!
niremetal
November 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Correction – you don’t want Jamal and JJ charged with setting up Woody’s “offense.” You know, the offense that consists of a series of one-on-one plays and bailout passes. Bibby sets screens, calls pick and rolls, and keeps defenders off-balance. Jamal and JJ? There’s a reason they’re natural SGs and not PGs.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Well, they weren’t gonna go 80-2. Disappointing losing to a team minus their premier point guard at their place – especially when we were the “hottest team in the NBA”. But, guess it happens. The back to back killed us.
NOBODY played well. Sure Crawford and Marvin had “moments”, but that’s about it. Crawford shot 7-20, not a high percentage. JJ just looked sluggish. The guy was a step slow all night. Horford + Smith have had a rough couple of games.
Hope Bibby’s alright. We’ll need him against the Magic.
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Josh shouldn’t be taking any jumpers period. Like I said he has come down to earth. Expect him to be shooting jumpers left and right again.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
By the way, Collison looked pretty good tonite.
Josh
November 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
lets go hawks, 2 minute drill, haha
Josh
November 21st, 2009
10:13 pm
people need to contest some shots.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:14 pm
What you’re not getting about Josh’s jumpers is they were set up by bad plays from the gaurds today.
Most of Josh’s jumpers tonite came when he was thrown the ball with less then 3 seconds left on the shot clock. You can’t blame the guy from putting up an attempt at that point…
ant banks
November 21st, 2009
10:15 pm
hawks are still my team. 11-3 ain’t bad. boys were tired. houston took a lot out of them. bring on orlando
Blast
November 21st, 2009
10:15 pm
Hawks lose a game on the road and so called ‘fans’ are already jumping off the bandwagon? They are still 11-3 people!
Think biggest problem apart from not making shots was Joe pounding the ball too much.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:16 pm
Marcus Thorton – the kid out LSU – seems to be a pretty decent player.
Mychelfromatl
November 21st, 2009
10:16 pm
Wow, New Orleans got played LMAO!
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:16 pm
Josh is a PF he shouldn’t be out that far anyway. He’s not Dirk Nowitski so he shouldn’t be trying to shoot like him.
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:18 pm
WHY IS IT SO DAMN HARD TO FIND THE BLOGS ON THIS SITE?
HEY AJC WHY DONT U MOVE THE BLOGS UP SO WE CAN FIND THEM WHEN WE GO TO THE HAWKS PAGE? OR CAN U NOT AFFORD THAT EITHER?
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:18 pm
Ain’t nobody jumping off the bandwagon. I knew they were gonna lose becuz Woody played them major minutes last night. It’s just they make bad teams look good which is annoying.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:18 pm
Josh is that far out because they’re trying to space the floor so guys like JJ and Crawford can drive the lane.
ant banks
November 21st, 2009
10:18 pm
BLAST,
i told you. everyone on this site ain’t really HAWKS fan. one road loss and everyone is screamin’ for woody’s head, for marvin and josh to go.
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:19 pm
Sucks because we gotta sit on this loss for 4 days.
niremetal
November 21st, 2009
10:20 pm
Uh…why did they reset the clock? The ball never hit the rim and the Hawks never got possession.
Blast
November 21st, 2009
10:20 pm
Check out the Hornets celebrating!
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:20 pm
Then again, we could use the rest.
Just hope we come out against Orlando much sharper than we were tonite. Hope Bibby’s alright come THURSDAY.
O'Brien
November 21st, 2009
10:21 pm
Woody played JJ 45 minutes last night, knowing the second game of a back to back was gonna be on the road, against a NO team who just beat Phoenix. Is anyone surprised JJ has played the way he has?
And why cant the Hawks realize that we are 4-21 from 3? Stop shooting 3’s and drive to the basket. Its not exactly rocket science! And Marvin is 1-5 from 3 (thats unacceptable), and Crawford is 2-9 from 3 (thats even worse).
I’m glad the Orlando game is in ATL, because if it was in Orlando, I would be very concerned. That being said, we are 11-3. All we have to do is beat Orlando, and we’re still the best team in the league.
That beign
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:21 pm
Of course people are gonna be pissed at MARVIN. He has a good game and his fans try to be like “where are all the Marvin haters now” then the next 15 games he’s horrible again.
The Hawksta
November 21st, 2009
10:22 pm
Once again another point guard has a career night against! Crawford plays no d at all! Wow!
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:24 pm
Surprised Woody still has JJ in there. I’d just pull him now. The game’s a done deal at this point anyway.
Josh
November 21st, 2009
10:27 pm
dang. tough loss. let’s get this next game
BONE
November 21st, 2009
10:28 pm
Thas exactly why I can’t stand woodson he overplays his players and wonders why they don’t have energy later on. But all the woodson lovers would say he’s a genius.
Dante Fitzgerald
November 21st, 2009
10:28 pm
I hate when scrubs have career nights against the Hawks. Typical Hawks.
bigdave
November 21st, 2009
10:30 pm
these refs are funny…
Crawford is no PG…
we were lazy and played with a lack of discipline on defense; went under screens instead of over the top guarding shooters (3 ball killed us) …
offensively there was no flow (w/ or w/out Joe in the game)…
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:31 pm
GOOD JOB MO EVANS FOR PLAYING LIKE SH!T
GOOD JOB JJ FOR WASTING EVERY SHOT CLOCK
GOOD JOB SMOOVE FOR TAKING JUMPSHOTS
GOOD JOB WOODY FOR LETTING US LOSE TO THIS MISERABLE TEAM
O'Brien
November 21st, 2009
10:31 pm
I wonder why Teague only played 3 minutes, considering Bibby only played 5 minutes? This is one reason why we have been saying Teague needs to get minutes every game, because you just dont know if/when Bibby will get hurt.
I’m okay with Jamal playing PG sometimes, but not for the whole game. Hopefully Woody will find time for Teague (although Teague has made some mistakes when he’s gotten PT).
Wabe
November 21st, 2009
10:34 pm
Common guys. I understand that it’s frustrating losing a game that many here probably thought was a “gimme”. But, don’t lose sight in the bigger picture. We still hold an 11-3 record and that’s tops in the EAST. I know it’s been a while since we’ve lost a game, but we weren’t gonna go 80-2.
Chalk it up to a bad performance. We just didn’t have enough gas in the tank tonite. We shot 4-21 from beyond the arc tonite. Seemed like we were a step slow all night, and that happens from time to time.
Wouldn’t make so much out of this loss. Let’s not forget that these same Hornets beat the Phoneix Suns a couple days back. They’re capable of putting together good games, and on this particular night, they put together a better game than the Hawks did…
11-3. Sucks to lose, but enough with the bashing.
Don’t let a loss get you to catch a case of amnesia.
JeJe
November 21st, 2009
10:38 pm
We need to dominate in December because our January schedule is very rough.
If Falcons lose tomorrow I may just quit this site altogether
Josh
November 21st, 2009
10:40 pm
Nique and Rathbun addressed the rookie thing, except about how the hornets were doing the right thing by putting them in for minutes and commiting to using them, even if they don’t perform right away… which is something that needs to be done with teague.
and yeah, this is a loss, but let’s learn and move on. we’re at home next game, let’s play big against orlando!
kwooden1
November 21st, 2009
10:40 pm
I agree with announcer about the emotion just wasn’t there. I only listened to the game, but I got the feeling that they just didn’t have it. These are the games that you really need Bibby to hit some big jumpers. I would have liked to see some Morris or Othello, but Woodson did exactly what he always does which is let the starters work their way through the game. No one was sharp tonight, though I think the guys should take a page from Horford and consistently take good shots. This is another good learning experience, because the Hornets are the kind of team that is going to work hard and just play. One observation from the stats is Smoove lead the team in assists with 7. Teague had as many assists as Crawford. Crawford really doesn’t play the PG position when he’s in, I think the JJ, Crawford lineup is really a two SG lineup. Bibby, take care of the ankle!
GO HAWKS!!!