Hawks-Wolves thread
Hey, folks-
Kudos to those of you smart enough to figure out that I meant to ask for the Hawks of the decade about to end, not the one that ended 10 years ago. But, thanks to those who answered it. Maybe we’ll try Hawks of the 2000’s next week for real.
I’m trying to eat, do my game notes and study up on the game right now, so this will be brief. For what it’s worth, the Wolves aren’t as abysmal as they were at the start of the season. They started 1-15, but are 4-8 in their last 12 and 2-2 in their last four. Don’t know what you know about them, but coach Kurt Rambis is installing the triangle offense made famous by Phil Jackson in Chicago and Los Angeles. It obviously doesn’t work quite as well when Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan aren’t part of the triangle.
Obviously, players to watch are Al Jefferson, Kevin Love and Jonny Flynn, a rookie point guard whom Mike Woodson gave some props to.
Enjoy the game.
I’ll blog tomorrow from the plane to Denver, assuming the weather lets me get on it.
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KevinA
December 22nd, 2009
9:56 pm
Give JJ a 4 min rest
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
9:56 pm
I’ll ignore that. My reply might be…. mean …..
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
9:57 pm
Horford an air ball in iso on jefferson.
preston
December 22nd, 2009
9:58 pm
Seeing Jamaal hit these shots makes me even more pissed at Woody for inexplicably not playing him down the stretch and for most of the OT against the bulls the other night.
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
9:58 pm
jefferson fouled by al, 4 on al- Ray im not playing
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
9:59 pm
thank goodness for our guards
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
9:59 pm
Blast ,
I’m not at work, I’m at my in-laws up north. So yes, I’m bored. But even I grow weary of some things.
Blast
December 22nd, 2009
9:59 pm
Hawks getting the wrong end of the calls here. Wolves just running into people and getting calls while Hawks can’t buy any. We need the FBI to investigate the NBA!
Only Jamal is keeping us in this game right now.
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:00 pm
lights our jamal. twolves are about the worst team in the nba
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:01 pm
preston ,
That’s a head-scratcher STILL. But really, I think it wasn’t Woody’s fault. Al Horford is not a real center, therefore we can attribute all losses to him.
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:01 pm
perhaps you should grow weary of love having a career night
preston
December 22nd, 2009
10:02 pm
lol, big Ray…….I guess you could look at it that way.
KevinA
December 22nd, 2009
10:03 pm
Maybe Love dominates the rebounding because we have had 16 extra shots – they miss alot
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:03 pm
Ray, I understand that Al is all we got. I appreciate the effort. Im just hoping that we can get Sund to make a move. I think we can when it all if we get a center. Im not blaming Al just making the point that is where we are weak.
Thank goodness for our guards!
BONE
December 22nd, 2009
10:04 pm
See we woulda won that bulls game if Woody put in Jamal. Blame Woody for that loss.
Mz. Hawkdafied
December 22nd, 2009
10:05 pm
Honestly the Hawks would be blowing the TWolves out by about 40 right now if it wasn’t for all the foul calls. Love can set all the records he wants as long as the Hawks come out with the win.
Blast
December 22nd, 2009
10:06 pm
Starters cannot rest because the game is still undecided!
niremetal
December 22nd, 2009
10:07 pm
Ball movement = good
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:07 pm
Hawks up by 14. Guess the Wolves just haven’t attacked the middle enough.
It’s nice to see all three main guards beasting, not just ONE of them.
J.J.M.
December 22nd, 2009
10:07 pm
its official marvin is slow
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:08 pm
preston ,
Sorry, I was in smart-ass mode. Easy to do on your 4th rum-and-coke…
Melvin
December 22nd, 2009
10:09 pm
Mz.Hawkdafied, amen… We haven’t played for a over min without a foul called. This game doesn’t have any flow b/c the number of calls that’s been made….
mississippi
December 22nd, 2009
10:09 pm
i don’t miss flip murray at all tonight.
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:11 pm
rbs 19 for love 11 for jefferson. we are winning ray because of our guard play. lest be real
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:13 pm
17 points for jefferson as he drops another one on al. These guys arent all stars ray
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:13 pm
Meanwhile, the BURNING question on the minds of the general public….Will Kevin Love set a new record for rebounds in a game this season???
Better yet….will it matter??????
Stay tuned as we watch “WHAT did Joe Mama just tell you?!”
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:14 pm
He has already set that rebound record today ray
preston
December 22nd, 2009
10:15 pm
it’s all good Big Ray, I know you were alluding to your previous post with some of these other guys here……….man, youy know I been around here longer than that……lol.
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:16 pm
no ray it doesnt matter. Im just thinking of the playoffs. we will get to the playoffs with al. but we wont go deep with him in the middle. sorry
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:16 pm
preston ,
Sorry, man. I should know better, but my ass is fizzucked up right now.
Mz. Hawkdafied
December 22nd, 2009
10:17 pm
Well, well, well Al Horford just got named the Safe Auto Player of the Game. Hmmmm………….
hock
December 22nd, 2009
10:17 pm
His Awkwardness, Maaavelous Maavin, is a big zero. It’s like playing 4 on 5 when he’s in the game.
Melvin
December 22nd, 2009
10:17 pm
Love -14 and Jefferson -18 yep, they dominated the game…
Blast
December 22nd, 2009
10:18 pm
1st foul out for Hawks this season! Zaza!!!!!! Thanks, refs! Who is next? Josh or RandMo?
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:18 pm
Joe Mama,
Two things real quick:
1) Kevin Love had 19 rebounds against the Lakers earlier this year. So unless he hits 20 tonight, he has TIED the record, not set it tonight. By the way, you might want to send Kobe and his crew (Artest, Bynum, Gasol, etc) a nasty-gram telling them how bad they suck for letting a scrub get 19 rebounds on them, even though they won the game.
2) Do you think we’ll meet Kevin Love in the playoffs?
Melvin
December 22nd, 2009
10:19 pm
Why is Kurt Rambis still calling timeouts??? Rookie coach…
Blast
December 22nd, 2009
10:19 pm
Marvin seems to be getting his confidence back.
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:19 pm
Well, well, well Al Horford just got named the Safe Auto Player of the Game. Hmmmm
Sautee
December 22nd, 2009
10:20 pm
LOL at Big Ray!
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:20 pm
no ray it doesnt matter. Im just thinking of the playoffs. we will get to the playoffs with al. but we wont go deep with him in the middle. sorry
You know…they same the EXACT same thing about Woody! Go figure….
J.J.M.
December 22nd, 2009
10:28 pm
wow number 15 and those faces
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:30 pm
Okay team. I have the answer now. Based on the fact that Al Jefferson had 17 and 10, and Kevin Love had 15 and 19 against the Hawks, we can geometrically predict the results of the playoffs for the Hawks.
Okay, here goes. If the Hawks get into the second round of the playoffs against Cleveland or Orlando, Al Horford has to average 35 points and 22 rebounds a game to win the series. It won’t matter if Joe Johnson, Mike Bibby, and Jamal Crawford all shoot less than 30% for the series. It won’t matter if Josh Smith gets thrown out of each game. It won’t matter if Woody calls 296 ISO plays in a row and refuses to play any more than a 6 man rotation. That just means that Al Horford has to average 5 more points and 7 more rebounds per game.
Now..if Al gets a regular dose of accelerated growth hormone twice a day for the next two months…he might grow another 2 inches. At this point, we can dispense with all of the prior mathetmatical, hypothetical and hypocritical analysis. They will suddenly become irrelevant on the strength of 2 inches. Isn’t math great?
Anyway, that’s the deal. If we lose in the playoffs, Al is the fall guy. Send Woody that memo, along with a promise of a 5 year extension and a box of marshamallow Santas, and a fresh fruitcake. He’ll be glad to see it.
Get it? Got it? Good!
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:31 pm
This just in….
“Hawks win by 25, and it’s all Al Horford’s fault”
Wait…is that a misprint?
Big Ray
December 22nd, 2009
10:31 pm
Rum and coke #5, down the hatch….peace out y’all…
Hey, is there a “drunk” smiley face for Word Press?
Joe Mama
December 22nd, 2009
10:34 pm
Have a good night ray.
Sautee
December 22nd, 2009
10:45 pm
Joe Mama,
You said awhile back that if Horford got to 15 and 10 that he’d be ok with you.
His last 5 games: 14.8 pts, 10.2 rebounds.
And yet you keep amping up your dissatisfaction with Al. Even when he’s playing at a rate YOU said you’d be ok with. Did you change your mind?
And were you just giving lip service to “enjoying the season”??????
cp
December 22nd, 2009
10:47 pm
lol ray. Is Teague back in the dog house? How did RandyMo play more although he was terrible all night. We got a big game against Denver hopefully they wont have tired legs.
And seriously just how many names does this one guy have on here? Ive seen about 4. Regardless of the name they type the same crap over and over. Its amazing how good this team is without this legit center they keep saying we need. People this is not NBA 2K or NBA Live. You cant just create dominating centers.
The Hawksta
December 22nd, 2009
11:14 pm
I really can’t say what had happen on this blog tonight but it was dam! funny(lol)! joe mamma sounds a lot like…. well never mind. Don’t want to get his panties in a wadd(hee! hee!) Sometimes it’s better just to follow the blog and not post! Especially when we win! We get comedy and a good ball game! Eat the cake anna mae! Eat the cake!
Go Hawks!!!!
JSmoove has to stay out of foul trouble. The refs have paid a lot of attention to him since he was thrown out! Wonder what he said! What I wish he said was “Good call”! But not Josh! He’s the bad cop! Horford’s the good one(lol)! Don’t be mean Big Ray! Don’t be mean!
Blast
December 22nd, 2009
11:15 pm
Don’t think Teague is in any doghouse. Just think this was an important win for Hawks to get, and Teague wasn’t going to do that, bad team and all. He did have a terrible last game.
JeJe
December 22nd, 2009
11:36 pm
MARVIN HAD ANOTHER MONSTER GAME! 10 POINTS! HE HAS SO MUCH ATHLETICISM AND POTENTIAL!