Hawks-Wizards game thread
Greetings, all-
Ken Sugiura sitting in for MC, who is at home celebrating his birthday. A few notes prior to Hawks-Wizards, or the basketball Super Bowl, as I like to call it.
1) Al Horford is not playing. He tested out his back after getting to the arena, but decided against it. Zaza Pachulia will go at 5, Josh Smith at 4, Marvin Williams at 3, Joe Johnson at 2, Mike Bibby at 1. He said he’ll be ready to go Tuesday for Philadelphia.
2) Larry Drew, not surprisingly, talked about the importance of containing Wizards rookie John Wall, remarking at his baseline to baseline speed. Bibby will start out on Wall, which will obviously be a bit of a test for Bibby.
3) Hawks have won 11 in a row against Washington.
4) Courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau via ESPN, Jamal Crawford’s 34-point game against the Clippers last night gave him three 30-point games off the bench for the season. No one else has more than one this season.
5) Wizards’ lineup: JaVale McGee, Andray Blatche, Rashard Lewis, Nick Young, Wall.
6) Hawks wearing red. I think they’re either 3-0 or 4-0 in red this season.
Ken Sugiura, Hawks beat
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Melvin
February 5th, 2011
8:54 pm
The Wiz front court are too fast for Collins…
Sautee
February 5th, 2011
8:54 pm
That’s EXACTLY what Marvin needed to do.
Now knock the FT’s down.
Blast
February 5th, 2011
8:55 pm
Marvin has a double double!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
8:55 pm
Solid second half for Marvin in this game.
Section 212
February 5th, 2011
8:55 pm
Need better effort from Mo Evans
ATL FAN
February 5th, 2011
8:55 pm
good drive by marvin
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
8:55 pm
Mo is not the defensive player he once was…
terrell
February 5th, 2011
8:56 pm
Nick Young needs to head to Mitchell Bros barber shop. Damn!
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
8:56 pm
Comeon Josh, time to take the ball back into the paint…
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
8:56 pm
Damien has made some good hustle plays while he’s been in the game. Solid minutes from him.
Blast
February 5th, 2011
8:56 pm
Damien! Defense!
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
8:56 pm
Damien Wilkins should have all of Mo’s mins.
Ra'mon
February 5th, 2011
8:57 pm
Bigdave, you said no back up PG. You mean no starting pg either. Bibby is a dribbling Shooting Guard now.
Sautee
February 5th, 2011
8:58 pm
Melvin,
Yeah, Marvin tried to show him how, but he didn’t notice.
Blast
February 5th, 2011
8:58 pm
Yeah, Josh needs to stop jacking up jumpers and take it to the rim, or rotate the ball.
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
8:58 pm
imo Mo was always an overrated defender. he is a walking foul.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
8:58 pm
The Hawks are trying to get the ball in the post on offense, but they give up when the Wizards deny the entry pass. If the defender is going to cut off the entry pass on the front end, they need to throw it over the top of him instead of pulling it back out. Gotta find a way to get the ball inside somehow.
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
8:59 pm
well Ramon of course..
can we have a @ least a former pg in the game..
is that better?
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:00 pm
Mo is the perimeter version of Jeff Foster..
Ra'mon
February 5th, 2011
9:00 pm
The Hawks seem a lot tougher going up against Washington, and last night. Maybe that fight did change their mentality in some ways.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:00 pm
Good work by Damien inside to get that layup. If Smoove’s right hand worked they would have got the layup on the first entry pass when it went to him, but he had to kick it back out because he couldn’t go to his left.
Co-sign Ramon. Smoove needs to tie his left hand behind his back and work on that right hand all summer.
Blast
February 5th, 2011
9:01 pm
I agree. Damien should have all of Mo’s minutes. Damien is clearly better, or more reliable.
Where all them fake fans today?
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:02 pm
Pull up jumper on a 4 on 3 break… bad shot by Jamal. The Hawks in general take too many jumpers in transition.
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:02 pm
Marvin is playing a great game..
Sautee
February 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
Josh and Al need to play one-on-one all summer. Josh all righty and Al all lefty.
ATL FAN
February 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
nice strong play by marvin here
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
damn that was nice..
Section 212
February 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
Nephew!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:03 pm
Great D by Smoove on McGee to cause that turnover. Made up for blowing the coverage on that Hinrich 3.
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
9:04 pm
Nice pass by Jamal to Damien for the dunk…
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:04 pm
i mean @ this point it must be the whole contract thing.. b/c Damien gives u more..
Ra'mon
February 5th, 2011
9:04 pm
Sautee, that would be good training for both of them.
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:04 pm
that was a slick pass.. great anticipation.. good for Damien to open up..
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:05 pm
Nice cut by Damien. I don’t get why the Hawks — who supposedly run a motion offense — don’t cut down the lane more, when they have so many players who can finish at the rim and so many players who can make good passes.
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
9:05 pm
This game has proven that Mo/Bibby can hit the road. Would be nice if the Hawks could get Hinrich in return…
Ra'mon
February 5th, 2011
9:06 pm
How much better would the Hawks be if they had Hinrich and Thornton instead of Marvin and Bibby?
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:06 pm
pfft.. all Josh needs is to dribble down some hills w/ his right hand..
and Al.. George Mikan left all day.
Blast
February 5th, 2011
9:06 pm
Like that Sautee. 9:03 post.
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
9:06 pm
Outside of a few bad shots, Josh has played a monster game…
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:07 pm
though on his hip.. Kirk never gave Joe and opportunity to feel where he was..
crafty defender that kirk..
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
9:08 pm
Damien should be guarding Wall instead of Jamal…
Section 212
February 5th, 2011
9:08 pm
Alright, lets close this one out
Section 212
February 5th, 2011
9:09 pm
Understand, most of Josh’s bad shot come with the shot clock going down.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:09 pm
Thanks for the bailout call, ref.
There was one second on the shot clock, for those of you about to criticize Smoove’s shot selection. Obviously that’s a bad shot in any other situation.
ATL FAN
February 5th, 2011
9:09 pm
lol
Melvin
February 5th, 2011
9:10 pm
Marvin is playing well tonight…
Section 212
February 5th, 2011
9:10 pm
Marvin!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 5th, 2011
9:10 pm
Big game for Marvin. He and Smoove have really attacked the glass in this game.
bigdave
February 5th, 2011
9:10 pm
2nd time Marvin needs to find that line and get the money ball instead of the long 2..
ATL FAN
February 5th, 2011
9:11 pm
atta boy marvin