Blazers at Atlanta Hawks: Horford out; Zaza and Teague in
Teague and Zaza have been in and out of L.D.’s rotation this season. Now they both will start tonight with Hinrich at shooting guard, J.J. at small forward and Josh at power forward.
Zaza gets the nod because Al, according to a Hawks spokesman, hurt his left ankle (not the one he injured before) when he came down on Deng’s foot at Chicago last night. Teague will start and Marvin goes to the bench because Atlanta’s free fall has prompted the lineup tweak that Drew has hinted at since before the All-Star break.
“We’ve lost four in a row,” Drew said. “I’ve got to shake things up. We’ll see if we start with more energy.”
Teague didn’t play at Chicago until garbage time despite Hinrich’s foul trouble and D-Rose’s easy (for him at least) drives into the lane. Now Teague gets Andre Miller, a matchup that Drew had concerned when Teague started at Portland while Hinrich got up to speed.
Zaza had one of his best games of the season at Portland, a couple days after L.D. indicated he favored Josh Powell and Zaza said he was unhappy. Two games later Zaza got just six minutes against the Thunder and then one minute against the Knicks.
After playing 22 minutes against the Lakers, logging 17 at Chicago and now starting tonight, Zaza presumably is back in Drew’s rotation.
“He’s done a good job,” L.D. said. “Looking back at our last game we played them, he played pretty well. Hopefully he will bring that type energy tonight. With Camby and Aldridge, they are pretty long. I was toying with the fact of starting Twin but elected to go with Zaza just [for] more of an offensive presence. It gives me a bit more flexibility.”
As for Al (who was in the training room pregame), L.D. said he thinks he’s still favoring the right ankle after suffering the injury at Miami on Jan. 18.
“I know he’s been a little sore,” Drew said. “I can tell he’s not moving as well as he has in the past. I saw it early in last night’s game. He tried to turn and shoot and had nothing, no lift on it as if he didn’t want to put any kind of pressure on it.”
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380 comments Add your comment
ole hawk's fan
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
Just think if Teague had been playing last year un Woody how much more advance this Kid would be now.
prison mike
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
probably dui.
N.D.T.K.A.
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
Hawks just found a point guard that’s been sitting on the end of their bench!!!
slimjr
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
Waive Marvin and Trade Josh!!
Marvin will get 2-4 points tonight!!! D-League??? Maybe not????
Worldwide Clyde
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
Leave Jamal on the bench and play Teague for the rest of the game.
ole hawk's fan
March 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
correction “under”
lewis
March 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
wonder how many more times teague will have to prove himself before he gets consistent pt
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
what’s up with this powell tweet?
Sautee
March 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
Did Teague get 4 steals on successive possessions?
And if so, is that some kind of record?
Nique's Revenge
March 12th, 2011
7:47 pm
powell verbally abused an office, allegedly. heh
prison mike
March 12th, 2011
7:47 pm
dude already looks spent, rightfully so. May want to sub him out.
Nique's Revenge
March 12th, 2011
7:47 pm
*officer
Booger
March 12th, 2011
7:48 pm
Just think if Teague had a jump shot! Please – keep Marvin glued to the bench – please!
Nique's Revenge
March 12th, 2011
7:49 pm
“don’t you see these rings beeeeyatch??” heh
Nique's Revenge
March 12th, 2011
7:50 pm
officer to powell “yeah I think your rings match my bracelets nicely. :clink:”
buwahahahahahahaa
MsDee
March 12th, 2011
7:51 pm
@Booger,
Well, he DID just hit a 3ptr
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
7:52 pm
Wilkins looked liked unc on that one
MsDee
March 12th, 2011
7:53 pm
Perfect line-up in the game. LD should continue to keep defensive minded players on the court at all times!!
Booger
March 12th, 2011
7:54 pm
Yeah, MsDee – I saw that. I need to see more.
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
7:55 pm
get marvin out of there
O'Brien
March 12th, 2011
7:56 pm
LD might need to bring Hinrich back.
And for $7.5 mil, Marvin sucks. Where you at, Rod?
This is an abnormality for Teague, but he plays so much better with the starters. LD needs to start Teague and bring Hinrich off the bench. That way, he wont have to play Jamal at backup PG
Booger
March 12th, 2011
7:56 pm
Who the heck told Josh Smith that he had a jump shot? Ugly.
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
7:56 pm
here come the jump shots again. we going to slip in that black hole if this continues
Booger
March 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
Marvin gets no respect! Sad.
Sautee
March 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
Lazy D by Joe closing on Wallace. Really lazy.
Earn that $199,000 tonight, Joe.
Jae Evolution
March 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
Wow, nothing on that, Marvin got ran over.
lewis
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
marvin is awful, so terrible
Najeh Davenpoop
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Joe on the perimeter = complete and utter failure.
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
marvin should elevate his game if he wants respect
MsDee
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
No foul was called b/c that was Marvin..Needed to be Joe or Kirk to get that call.
Paradise Lost
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Can we start a pool at outset of every game blog: how many times will Marvin fall down?
drmaryb (*_-)
March 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Teague!
Just WOW! Najeh told me a few weeks back that Teague was strong enough. I just saw him arms – Nice! He looks and is playing like Rondo!
Ok, we got our PG now we need that super big in the post.
Josh Powell prolly got arrested for expired license or insurance lapse.
He’ll be out in 20 mins. Unless, he went to Abu Graib on Rice St.
It takes them 2 weeks just to book you in and another 2 weeks to process you out once, the bail is paid. I hope he is ok.
But, Teague is smoking! He should never ride the bench again.
Teague, may be better than Jordan Crawford? I sure hope so.
Just WOW! Where was he last night? Holding a clip board – Student Athlete?
Najeh Davenpoop
March 12th, 2011
8:00 pm
Marvin will never get that call. Everyone knows he falls down all the damn time. He is like an inadvertent Ginobili.
RayBud
March 12th, 2011
8:01 pm
MC….why isn’t teague starting….why isn’t teague getting at least 20minutes a game…is it me or does ATL not like playing rookies….i’ve bee a fan of our State’s (GA) sports for almost 30 yrs….why isn’t the obvious so obvious to them?
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
8:01 pm
Josh Powell new name is Lamont Sanford….Big Dummy
Booger
March 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
Teague better enjoy tonight – he may sit the next 3 games, who knows?
Jae Evolution
March 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
Teague is an all-star this game!
SteveW
March 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
Teague is garbage, Teague is trash, blah, blah. Some hawks fans are as stupid as LD.
And don’t worry, when Al’s healthy Teague goes back to the pine because LD is an idiot.
maavelous
March 12th, 2011
8:04 pm
I Marv aka The Big Footer need to be on the court. This team is in full suckalong mode without the Maaaaaaaavelous One. Trade Smoov, the dumbest player in the NBA and give me the pill.
Jae Evolution
March 12th, 2011
8:04 pm
Does Jamal even deserve a contract for his play this year?
Tremaine
March 12th, 2011
8:04 pm
Why is Hinrich bringing the ball up when Teague is in the game?
bigdave
March 12th, 2011
8:05 pm
again.. he has to start looking for his offense more..
Najeh Davenpoop
March 12th, 2011
8:05 pm
Ryan Cameron just said “Gerald Wilkins!” when Damien hit that shot.
Tremaine
March 12th, 2011
8:05 pm
Why is Hinrich bring the ball up?
jwdog8
March 12th, 2011
8:05 pm
Big Footer? explains why you fall alot
Jae Evolution
March 12th, 2011
8:06 pm
Damien may take the starting spot from Marvin, if Marvin doesn’t…if LD doesn’t stop the change.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 12th, 2011
8:06 pm
By the way, it was a terrible pick.
O'Brien
March 12th, 2011
8:06 pm
northcyde,
Do you still think Damien is a scrub? I think he is a SOLID backup SF. (I’m not sure what Marvin is).
prison mike
March 12th, 2011
8:06 pm
Game is fuggly outside of teague.
Booger
March 12th, 2011
8:07 pm
35 points for Atlanta at halftime? Pathetic.