Atlanta Hawks at Pistons: Bibby’s back, J.J. rests, Pistons show life
Bibby is back in the starting lineup vs. the Pistons. Zaza is available. Collins is not. J.J. is out until at least Friday vs. Toronto. Woody said: “If Joe had to play, he could play. But this gives Joe an opportunity to rest as well. He’s not played as many minutes as last year but he’s still top 10 in minutes played (he’s actually 11th). That’s OK. He’s not burned as much as last year and hopefully that will help for the playoffs.”
Rip Hamilton (ankle) is out for the Pistons. So are Tayshaun Prince (personal), Jason Maxiell (back) and Chris Wilcox (hamstring).
– Other than the daily injury tidbits, it seems the Hawks are in a sorta holding pattern. The Magic clinched the Southeast. The Hawks’ race with Boston for No. 3 in the East looks like it could come down to the final couple games. There’s lots happening elsewhere, though, starting with the Pistons.
Coach John Kuester apparently finally lost it and lit up his team during a practice. Charlie Villanueva, a $35 million bust (both for the Pistons and my fantasy team, though at least I didn’t pay him), took to Twitter to complain about it. So did rookie Austin Daye. And then both players missed the team flight to Philly on Monday. That’s an overpaid vet and a rook on a bad team complaining about their coach getting mad and then making matters worse by missing the flight. Nice.
What happens after all of that? Naturally, the Pistons beat the Sixers last night to end an 11-game losing streak with Villanueva going for 25 points and Daye for nine. So the Pistons might be rejuvenated just in time to welcome the Hawks to The Palace (though Prince did play at Philly).
– The Hawks could use a W since the Chris Bosh-less Raptors will be hard-pressed to put up a fight against Boston tonight. The Celtics are a good road team and they are still smarting after losing to the the Knicks a couple nights after they beat the Cavs.
– Don’t look now but as my boy Perk notes Dwyane Wade is ticked off. He’s balling and the Heat is climbing in the standings at the same time Milwaukee is just trying to survive after Bogut’s surgery. The Heat has unofficially replaced the Bucks as the team the Hawks don’t want to see in the first round.
MC
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Najeh Davenpoop
April 7th, 2010
9:52 pm
What…
the f-ck…
was that.
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:52 pm
lol hawks suck man
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:52 pm
WOW and Bibby is the Savior huh
vava74
April 7th, 2010
9:52 pm
Another great play!!!!
JeJe
April 7th, 2010
9:52 pm
HORFORD STSANDING IN THE BACKCOURT FOR 5 SECONDS, WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE BALL
Big Ray
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
See??!! See??!!
THIS is why Teague does not play!!!
Wait….that wasn’t right, either….
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
AND U GUYS THINK THE HAWKS CANM CRUISE IN THE 1ST RD
Melvin
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
Woody out coached by a rookie headcoach….
drmaryb
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
Woody needs a diaper & Kaeopectate!
Hawks shi-ttting BRICKS! Dammit!
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
LOL Northcyde come and defend your best friend BIBBY
Sid
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
first round burnouts!!!!!
Big Ray
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
JeJe ,
That’s because he had to take control of the ball for the guards, and we’re all standing around on the court. This is right after a Woody timeout, by the way…
BONE
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
TOLD YALL….HAWKS ARE FRAUDS,……….YALL SAY LET JOE WALK?? STFU YALL ARE IDIOTS
O'Brien
April 7th, 2010
9:53 pm
Najeh,
If Teague makes that pass, you would never hear the end of it. And Bibby had 9 pts in the first quarter, but only 2 points since. And our offense has not looked good.
What kind of offense was that? Seriously, if JJ or Crawford gets doubled, Hawks dont know what to do in a tight game.
Hawks only have 13 points this quarter. But our defense has given up 21 points,
JeJe
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
ONCE AGAIN THE HAWKS CANNOT SCORE IN THE 4TH.
IT’S WOODSON’S FAULT FOR NOT HAVING AN OFFENSIVE SCHEME. BUT DON’T TELL NORTHCYDE THAT. HE THINKS WOODSON IS A GREAT COACH
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
how you not even get a clean shot off horrible
Najeh Davenpoop
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
Mario West in the game, our designated fouler.
vava74
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
When you thought that we could not suck more!
terrell
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
24th 4th qtr blown lead. FIRE WOODY!
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
hawks will lose the rest of their games
hawks vs. pistons
April 7th, 2010
9:54 pm
another 4rd qtr choke
sam'l
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Enter your comments here
Big Ray
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Heh…oh brother…
sam'l
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
who will take the last shot? No question crawford or bibby.
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Northcyde has vanished LOL’
Where u at. Defend ya boy Bibby
hawks vs. pistons
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
still not deserving of that 3rd spot
terrell
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Typical!
Najeh Davenpoop
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Bibby, more often than not, doesn’t make idiotic plays like that. But let’s face it. As smart of a veteran as he may usually be, he doesn’t do much to set up his teammates anymore, he is nowhere near as consistent as he needs to be knocking down outside shots, and he’s a matador on defense.
There is really zero reason not to give Teague more playing time. None. You cannot argue that he would cost the Hawks wins. He wouldn’t. Period.
Big Ray
April 7th, 2010
9:55 pm
Sam’l ,
You’re supposed to type something…
Ree Roe
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
Another 4th Q meltdown on the road…SMH
-REE Roe!!!
vava74
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
Yeah! Another time out and back to the guessing game!!!!
Could Woody surprise us and come up with something reilly remarkable?
Ummm…. What will it be?
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
How many times do i have to tell u guys. The offense is the problem. They can’t score when games get tight.
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
will the hawks get a shot off is the question
nique
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
Ha! I enjoy this loss again tonight.
Enjoy your 1st round bounce hawks!
Perennial loser, shouldn’t of thrown me into the toilet (clippers) in the middle of the best hawks season ever, 1993-94.
fire woodson. Bye bibby. joe johnson you are at best a streaky bench helper. horford, sorry you are stuck on a crappy team. but hey horford, if you stick around 10 years maybe the hawks will throw you in the toilet like they did me.
drmaryb
April 7th, 2010
9:56 pm
JJ. Where. R. U?
O'Brien
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
Melvin,
do you really think Wody got outcoached by a rookie HS? the same rookie head coach who did not have Rip Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey, and Tayshawn Prince.
I’ts not all Wody’s fault though. Players dont seem to know how to respond in a tight game down the stretch. And neither does Woody
I say ISO Crawford, with a long 3 is the play we run
Melvin
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
I will be shock if the pistons let Crawford take a shot. The ball will end up in Josh hands.
JeJe
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
THIS LOSS DOESN’T MATTER. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WE BEAT LAST SEASON’S REGULAR SEASON TOTAL.
RESIGN WOODY
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
if joe walks next season this is what you get people
Sid
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
Atlanta….what a great sports city. City of champions!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
At least the Braves won. They look really good this year, for the first time in a long time.
J.J.M.
April 7th, 2010
9:57 pm
umm jeje we fall to 4th place
JeJe
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
WHERE IS NORTHCYDE?
THAT GUY IS SO SMART THAT EVEN BIG RAY IS JEALOUS HAHAHAAHAHA.
COME DEFEND WOODSON–HE’S YOUR RIGHT HAND MAN
VenomSpitter
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
The hawks are gonna lose in the 1st round or get pushed to 7 games again
BONE
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
WTF WAS THAT
Big Ray
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
I agree. Bibby usually doesn’t make mistakes like that. And he’s got a great assist to turnover ratio.
Jamal’s shot was way better than the Bibby airball from earlier. Too bad he didn’t make it.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
Game over.
vava74
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
The Pistons’ announcers can’t believe that we went for 3!
JeJe
April 7th, 2010
9:58 pm
The Hawks CANNOT score in the 4th.
THIS IS WOODSON’S FAULT
terrell
April 7th, 2010
9:59 pm
Nique, please shut up! I stopped listening when you said “the Hawks have siezed control of this game”, when they were up 9 with 12 freakin minutes left.