Magic-Hawks
Happy Thanksgiving, all-
I hope you all have had joyful times of sharing with family and friends today before settling into some Hawks basketball. (and thanks, Honest Abe, for the kind words about the story. And, while I’m on that topic, thanks to all of you all for making me feel welcome in your space and for all of your encouragement. It’s made this a lot of fun.)
7:10 p.m. Mike Bibby will go. He tested out his ankle at shootaround and evidently feels good enough to go. He said he can go as long as necessary.
“I wouldn’t be dressing if I couldn’t,” he said.
Also, he and Joe Johnson have all-red Jordans, and it looks like those wearing headbands (Bibby, Josh Smith, Teague) are going red.
Also, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said he told Dwight Howard to be more aggressive with the ball. Remarkable stat — In the last five games, Howard’s shot totals – 5, 7, 4, 13, 5). He averaged 12.4 shots per game last year and 11.9 a year before that.
The Hawks’ PR staff says Mike Bibby is a game-time decision. He participated in the shootaround, which leads me to think he’ll play some, but perhaps his minutes might be limited.
One thing worth noting – Magic point guard Jason Williams played 39 minutes on his 34-year-old legs last night, three days after playing 39, so he might not have so much in his tank, either.
Got a tight deadline tonight, so don’t know how much I’ll be able to participate on the blog, but I’ll do my best.
Some links: a pre-game scouting report from the Orlando Sentinel
Some more national love: Yahoo! sports weighs in
An NESN.com (New England sports cable network) story on the Hawks.
Hope you’ve all had a Happy Thanksgiving. Let’s see what happens tonight…
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Blast
November 26th, 2009
10:16 pm
Don’t want Hawks to revert to old habits of not making shots and losing games. Come on guys!
J williams
November 26th, 2009
10:17 pm
The Hawks can’t buy a basket now. They’ve got to settle down, and get god shots. It seems that they’re pressing.
The Hawksta
November 26th, 2009
10:18 pm
AJ is eating Bibby’s lunch! Woodson has to see this!
J williams
November 26th, 2009
10:18 pm
4 for 25 in their last shots, the Hawks are.
J williams
November 26th, 2009
10:19 pm
Josh made the shot, but the Hawks are dribbling too much. Everything that they did right in the 1st half, they seem to have forgotten.
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:20 pm
Nire ,
He also seems to always be keeping company with chicks half his age. Whatever the deal is, you’re right. He’s a zoot suit throwback or something. Dude’s probably still got a multi-colored van that he drives to Woodstock every year, lol.
Samuel ,
True. Dude was looking like a serious scrub, then he got serious about his game. I still hate to see him scoring on us. I remember when KG was still in Minnesota and they got Wally Sczerbiak (I think they drafted him, I forgot, they might have traded for him). KG stayed on his butt, told him he needed to do the same thing: work on his body, work on his game….never happened, and KG was so disappointed with him. He never turned out to be more than a role player in my eyes. Thing is, he had more size, strength, and speed than Reddick had coming out of college. Huh….
Mike N.
November 26th, 2009
10:22 pm
Hawksta…woodson does not see it. He is incapable of changing his rotation and making in game adjustments.
Wabe
November 26th, 2009
10:23 pm
Are you freakin’ serious?
AJ?!?!?!?!?
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:24 pm
Can’t seem to buy a shot right now, but we’re also not getting very good looks. All the same, we are still competing in this game, despite the numerous miscues and mistakes. The Magic are having to fight for this, it ain’t coming easy.
And yet, a moral victory doesn’t do anything for me, ya know?
Mike N.
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
Notice how AJ is killing us and Stan Van keeps him in. Woodson would have gone back to his starting PG.
Viper
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
Barkley this is the reason people don’t come out to see the Hawks. They fold like lawn chairs. They aren’t an elite team.
J williams
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
The Magic has outscored the Hawks 43 – 20 in the 2nd half. How do you explain that. The Hawks have been off for 4 days, and the Magic play last night, so it can’t be that the Hawks are tired.
vava74
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
JJ got fouled on several of his shots in the third and Howard is getting away with dozens of offensive fouls…
On top of that, we have gone cooler than a glacier…
a-jax
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
I have got to learn to put money down against any Atlanta team in a national big-time game. I would be so rich by now.
Viper
November 26th, 2009
10:25 pm
Enter your comments hereWho the hell lets a 35 year old pg to light u up light Anthony Johnson.
Samuel
November 26th, 2009
10:26 pm
The difference in the game is that we are 5-25 in our last 30 shots. They missed shots in the first half. Call it what you want but that is the difference. We got one last run so here it goes.
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:26 pm
AJ…right past Bibby…again….
You know, I have to wonder. If Teague got into the game, could he play up to those standards? I mean, I’m sure he could miss shots and get blown by on defense. Surely we could expect that much from him….it’s not like we’re asking him to take the starting spot.
kwooden1
November 26th, 2009
10:27 pm
No ball movement the entire second half. Orlando went to inside and out and its working for them now. We need more drive and dish!
GO HAWKS
niremetal
November 26th, 2009
10:27 pm
Well, SVG makes these things called “adjustments,” see…
JeJe
November 26th, 2009
10:27 pm
Great. Let’s let TurtleNeck AJ beat us. Rashard and Vince haven’t even done anything
Tim
November 26th, 2009
10:27 pm
Pretenders. Intimidated by Howard. No big man, no answer for Howard. Scared.
Coach T
November 26th, 2009
10:28 pm
Offense reverted back to old habits from last year in 3rd Q….one on one…no passing….jump shots.
Sad to see. Maybe they can figure it out before the year’s out. Josh Smith is not the problem this year. Methinks Crawford looked a little too much for his shoot instead of best shot. But it wasn’t just him. The Magic Defense was pretty stout too. Gonna take a serious turnaround to pull this one out.
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:29 pm
How the devil do you get home-team calls….AWAY FROM HOME????
Viper
November 26th, 2009
10:29 pm
ATL HAWKS=PRETENDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Viper
November 26th, 2009
10:29 pm
GAME OVER
Wabe
November 26th, 2009
10:30 pm
I’m heated man.
The Hawks just literally got wiped in the 2nd half. Wasn’t even close. Can’t remember the last time we’ve made a bucket…
Think it was the J Smoove 3 point play?
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:30 pm
Yeah, we’re missing damn shots, but the refs are missing all these shots Dwight is giving us with his elbows and forearms.
JeJe
November 26th, 2009
10:30 pm
This team is so far superior to us. Brandon Bass didn’t even play.
Shard and Vince didn’t even go off on us. We are never gonna beat this team in a series, and we had a full home crowd. Oh wait, they don’t boo the opposing teams. That would be too hostile
Big Ray
November 26th, 2009
10:31 pm
Marvin got bailed out on that call…he’d already lost the ball.
The Hawksta
November 26th, 2009
10:31 pm
Maybe Jamaal needs to take a seat also. No ball movement at all! Damn fellas common!
Mike N.
November 26th, 2009
10:31 pm
Exactly Big Ray…to me its all on Woodson. Make an adjustment…put in a quick pg who can penetrate instead of settling for jumpers. We are ice cold, we need points in the paint. Put Joe Smith in instead of Marvin..do something different. We all know who Woody is subbing every minute of every game. Why don’t we just coach.
Tim
November 26th, 2009
10:32 pm
Hawks were intimidated in second half – pure and simple. Lack of a center will keep them from becoming a first tier team.
Wabe
November 26th, 2009
10:32 pm
Collapsed.
Mike N.
November 26th, 2009
10:32 pm
AJ again…unreal
Tim
November 26th, 2009
10:32 pm
anthony johnson with the dagger. done.
The Hawksta
November 26th, 2009
10:32 pm
Past by Bibby as if he was a stick figure!
kwooden1
November 26th, 2009
10:33 pm
Better ball movement because of the fast breaks but we need stops now. Don’t know if we have enough time.
GO HAWKS!!!
JeJe
November 26th, 2009
10:33 pm
Did I forget to tell y’all I’m an anti Hawks fan? I hate the hawks.
Tim
November 26th, 2009
10:33 pm
Like all ATL teams… Not quite.
Viper
November 26th, 2009
10:34 pm
AND PEOPLE HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY WHY ATLANTANS DON’T COME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM.
LMAOOOOO
THEY LOSE EVERY SINGLE BIG GAME
niremetal
November 26th, 2009
10:34 pm
Even mediocre players have nights when they’re feeling it, and Anthony Johnson is playing the best game he’s played in 2-3 years. SVG is smart enough to leave him out there while he’s hot. What a concept!
bigdave
November 26th, 2009
10:34 pm
out schemed.
vava74
November 26th, 2009
10:35 pm
You are all too innocent: we got the royal treatment by the refs in the second half and the team then got cold.
It’s so simple to break a team’s rhythm with small bad calls. Howard should either have fouled out already or on the bench.
Call OUT 2
November 26th, 2009
10:35 pm
Yes we can just coach. After all, everything is on the players. The coach isnt really supposed to have to do anything or be responsible. Its all the players. So any fool could coach then right?
The Hawksta
November 26th, 2009
10:35 pm
We have to be able to play solid on the ball defense because our lack in size agains Howard! If you can’t stop the point of attack against a 35yr old journeymen your in trouble!
Tim
November 26th, 2009
10:35 pm
46-22 in second half. joke.
JeJe
November 26th, 2009
10:35 pm
Woody didnt even show concern after the 3rd
Call OUT 2
November 26th, 2009
10:36 pm
Viper sucks on goats nads.
Mr. Lau
November 26th, 2009
10:36 pm
Woodson is a good coach, but he just isn’t the one the hawks need anymore. These players learned all they could from him, but he has no more to offer. If the Hawks management wants to reach the top, they have to get a coach that can figure out how to get the most of this freaking athletic team. They have the tools, but need direction.
Jody
November 26th, 2009
10:36 pm
This is unacceptable.