Hawks-Pistons game thread
Greetings, all
Hope you’re well. I commend your loyalty if you’re spending a Sunday afternoon with this team (which, if you’re reading this, I presume you are).
A few notes, and on to the game.
1) Your team’s lineup: Al Horford, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, Kirk Hinrich, Joe Johnson. Larry Drew said he went with the lineup to match up with Detroit’s size in the backcourt.
2) Drew: “We’ve got to bring a physical style to the way we play. We can’t be a soft team.” I’ll leave it to you to connect the dots. Jeff Schultz is here for a column, and I gather his column will do that for you.
3) I asked Drew Saturday about the possibility of starting blog fave Damien Wilkins. “At this point, I won’t rule out anything. I do love what he brings to the table. His competitiveness, particularly on the guy that he’s defending. He’s one of our best defenders. But he plays with a physical style and I like that and we need that early in the game.”
I’m going to guess that addressing the possibility of Wilkins starting with “I won’t rule out anything” isn’t exactly an endorsement of it becoming a reality.
4) Hopefully you read my story about the Hawks’ leaders not being the types to confront and police one another.
5) Enjoy the game.
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352 comments Add your comment
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:04 pm
thats the shot i dont understand Josh taking.. the ball rotates finds him and he pulls it.
JeJe
March 20th, 2011
4:04 pm
Can we please trade Josh Smith?
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:04 pm
was the baseline not wide open for you to drive Josh?
cp
March 20th, 2011
4:05 pm
smh get Jamal out of there
Worldwide Clyde
March 20th, 2011
4:05 pm
We are playing good against a non playoff team. *yawn*
#wishwecouldhavehadthiseffortagainstmiami
ag
March 20th, 2011
4:05 pm
Stuckey killing Hawks. No point guard scored more than ten against Teague.
J.J.M
March 20th, 2011
4:05 pm
josh will never learn how to play offense
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:05 pm
2 ill advised jumpers from Josh.. though the 2nd not as bad, even though he had a lane to drive.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:06 pm
Hawks were 2-1 with the Teague/Hinrich starting back court. They won against one quality opponent (Blazers), blew out one not so quality opponent (Bucks), and lost to one quality opponent (Nuggets). Teague didn’t play all that well against the Nuggets, and ever since then he’s out of the rotation.
This team really p-sses me off.
Mac-Town, Georgia (urban-macon.blogspot.com)
March 20th, 2011
4:06 pm
Smoove swears he’s got a Ray Allen jumper
ag
March 20th, 2011
4:07 pm
Trade deadline over. Can coach make adjustment?
Paradise Lost
March 20th, 2011
4:07 pm
10 point lead to 3 point lead in a minute…JeJe, did you go to the bathroom or something???
ag
March 20th, 2011
4:08 pm
Nd, he did not have good games on offense, but played well on defense
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:09 pm
Rick Sund saved LD from himself when it came to Bibby and Mo Evans. He should have done the same when it came to Jamal.
Jae Evolution
March 20th, 2011
4:09 pm
Stuckey has 20 points off the bench on Jamal alone.
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
Najeh..
and whats even more baffling is coach Drew saying today he felt Teague played well when given the starts..
JeJe
March 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
LD has 2 plays: The Thumbs Up and The Thumbs Down
cp
March 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
they wont beat the Bulls playing like this
Mac-Town, Georgia (urban-macon.blogspot.com)
March 20th, 2011
4:10 pm
Crawford bringin the ball up runnin the point in crunch time = formula for success in the playoffs. Well known for his distribution of the rock and decision making. I trust this team.
……………………………
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:11 pm
“he did not have good games on offense, but played well on defense”
True. And maybe just as important, even when he didn’t have good games scoring, it’s not like he killed the overall ability of the offense to score. When Jamal plays the point, if he’s not hitting his jumpers, the ball never goes inside and never rotates so the entire offensive flow stops.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:11 pm
“they wont beat the Bulls playing like this”
They won’t even be competitive with the Bulls if Jamal plays point guard. Just like the last game against the Bulls.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
“and whats even more baffling is coach Drew saying today he felt Teague played well when given the starts..”
At this point I just assume every day is Opposite Day for LD, since he does exactly the opposite of what he says.
JeJe
March 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
50 Cent doing work on us
FIRE WOODY
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
Rodney Stuckey is a scrub against every other team, but whenever he plays the Hawks he looks like an All Star.
Mac-Town, Georgia (urban-macon.blogspot.com)
March 20th, 2011
4:13 pm
jump shooters
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:14 pm
Smoove is the best back to the basket scorer this team has.
Maybe that says more about the rest of the team than it does about him, but it is true.
tremaine
March 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
Struggling against a sorry Pistons team. SAD!!!
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
Woodson had the same problem..
big shot from the post by Josh..
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:15 pm
Bucks outscored the Knicks by 23 in the first quarter, but they are up by 6 at halftime. I’m going to go ahead and predict a 15 point Knicks victory.
ANT BANKS
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
JORDON CRAWFORD HIT 21 POINTS AGAIN!!! i effin’ hate the hawks!!!! we didn’t give this rookie a chance. the boy is ballin’ outta control
O'Brien
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
Even if the hawks win, I cannot and wil not get excited about a 5-10 pts home win against a team that has 7 road wins all season.
Paradise Lost
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
LOL @ Bob: Fans come alive for final 52 seconds…
Cuz fans can come alive for as long as Hawks can…
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
Jamal stays in?
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
Way to crash the boards Smoove. Another 9 board game for him.
Paradise Lost
March 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
O’B -
Co-sign that on a win that should be by 30, not 3-4.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:18 pm
“Even if the hawks win, I cannot and wil not get excited about a 5-10 pts home win against a team that has 7 road wins all season.”
Co-sign.
drmaryb (*_-)
March 20th, 2011
4:19 pm
Mental Midgets!
“Woody is calling the shots from his living room”
__________________
How many times do we need to bash Mr. Woodson, before he is really gone? Does his evil spirit linger in the rafters and scare people at games and in this case the recesses of Clyde and his little cohort, JeJe?
Does this guy have night sweats and little wet nightmares, from fear that The Boogie Man is lurking under the frame of his twin sized “race car” bed? Because, the rest of the “whole wide world” knows that
Mr. Woodson will NEVER be fired by The ASKG! That is mathematically – Impossible.
Is it because Mr. Woodson’s contract expired and was not extended, rendering him not FIRED and somehow his entrance to the next life is still pending and not complete? Perhaps Clyde and his little parrot should just go out back and end it now. How can they live a quality life from here on out?
____________________
Breaking News! Ta Dah!
Mr. Woodson is gone bye-bye. He is not walking through that door. You can say another little prayer, this time ask God to help you accept these simple truths, so that you can get on with your life and stop bothering the rest of the blog who have all moved on. It is not cute, insightful nor appreciated to have to keep scrolling past the tape recorders. Hopefully your rewind and re-play button will break or you will upgrade to a CD player. Unless you are Autistic? You can stop banging your little head against that brick wall.
________________
Question: Can two blind mice really not see? If not, can they hear?
(spoken loudly! Woody – be – Gone! (Ya heard?))
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Hawks Win! Yeah!
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:19 pm
Kirk giving Smoove words of encouragement going to the bench. Can we put this “Kirk and Smoove hate each other” bullsh-t to bed now?
tremaine
March 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
O’Brien
March 20th, 2011
4:17 pm
Even if the hawks win, I cannot and wil not get excited about a 5-10 pts home win against a team that has 7 road wins all season.
Co-sign.
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:23 pm
good game Al..
Paradise Lost
March 20th, 2011
4:23 pm
Nique, if beating the freakin Detroit Pistons by 6 is a “morale booster” for this team, it’s a sad, sorry statement about this team. Woo Hoo, we break into the 40s today…
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:24 pm
40+ minutes for Joe/Smoove/Al. DNP for Teague. Hawks struggle to beat an awful team at home. Thanks
WoodySorry Drew.bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
we went 7 deep today folks.
JeJe
March 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
FIRE LD
FIRE ASG
FIRE JOSH SMITH
FIRE SUND
Najeh Davenpoop
March 20th, 2011
4:25 pm
If Teague had a Twitter I’d tweet him that he should demand a trade in the offseason. I’m sick of this sh-t.
NCBravesFan
March 20th, 2011
4:27 pm
Actually it was an eight man rotation, although Damien only got a little over four minutes. Not much of a positive vibe given the competition, but a win is better than a loss at this point.
cp
March 20th, 2011
4:28 pm
The Pistons coach is terrible. I would have had Wilcox in. The Hawks had no answer for him….Hawks won but if they play like this against the Bulls they will lose by at least 15
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:29 pm
im not sure what Jamal is giving you where you cant find 18 mins a game for Jeff.. i can see if he’s shooting the ball well, but he’s not right now. what LD says about Jeff does not equate to how he’s handling the young guard.
Hawks Fan In New Orleans
March 20th, 2011
4:30 pm
This was a win we had to have but Teague having a DNP was not needed and was not wise. Drew still needs to get right. Should have had Teague on Bibby the other night too.
bigdave
March 20th, 2011
4:31 pm
that 3 mins doesnt compute to much of an impact on the game. didnt count it. there are 2 impact guys on the bench in Jeff and Damien who coach refuses to use..
u asked him to pressure the ball full court.. pick up the tempo, he did those things.. how do you show approval for his efforts. DNP’s.
Damien goes all out, and doesnt hurt you @ all.. 3 mins.