Hawks-Cavaliers game thread
Greetings, all-
Hope you’re well. About to head to the court. The lineup: Kirk Hinrich, Marvin Williams, Josh Smith, Al Horford, Jason Collins. Interesting collection. We’ll see how it shakes out.
Gotta run. Will chime in.
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J.J.M
March 27th, 2011
7:22 pm
clumsy marvin…
bigdave
March 27th, 2011
7:23 pm
Josh calling a huddle..
N.D.T.K.A.
March 27th, 2011
7:23 pm
This game really shows the “potential” Josh Smith has when he keeps his head in the game his passing and rebounding really power the Hawks fast break. You can’t trade him strictly because of the “potential”.
It is good to see Teague on the floor even if it is strictly as a defensive specialist. Playing time is playing time. There aren’t many pg’s that can stop Baron Davis, JTO is doing a decent job on him….
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:25 pm
hinrich let’s some play some moderate defense on sessions
J.J.M
March 27th, 2011
7:25 pm
its sad that josh is the only shot blocker on the team
cp
March 27th, 2011
7:25 pm
Cavs are back in it
Ken Sugiura
March 27th, 2011
7:28 pm
i have to say, i find the fact that wilkins hasn’t gotten in yet a little confusing
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:28 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
March 27th, 2011
7:09 pm
Yes, Teague had three or four bad defensive possessions against Baron. He also had several good defensive possessions including the one where he forced Baron into an airball and a couple where he broke up passes leading to turnovers or forced shots, and he led at least two successful fast break opportunities. If you expect him to dominate the game every time he plays you are always going to be disappointed, but he certainly played well enough to secure a consistent role in the rotation, as he always does.
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Not really. But he has to play, in my opinion, to keep Jamal from playing PG. And if it balances it the team, that’s great.
What he needs to realize, is that he’s going to have to play hard EVERY NIGHT. When you’re only going to get a chance to play 5 – 15 minutes on a given night, you have to give it all you have. And you have to consistently do the type of things that you are known for.
If that’s defense, then bring it on defense EVERY NIGHT. If it’s playing the speed game, then be the speedy player EVERY NIGHT. He can’t afford to take nights off, in his situation.
The fact that Drew chose to start Mr. Useless ( Jason Collins ) instead of Teague, is not a good mark for Teague at all. We’re down a guard, and he starts a center?
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:28 pm
Glad they totally ignored crawford on that possession..]
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:29 pm
Nice shot crawford, give smith 8 assists.
cp
March 27th, 2011
7:30 pm
well that was quick.
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:30 pm
And while people are dissing Smith, he’s on the verge of getting a triple-double in the 3rd quarter. Despite the jumpers, a great game by him. I love when he’s rebounding like this.
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:34 pm
And the same goes for Marvin, as goes for Teague. It shouldn’t matter if JJ is in the game. Why can’t he do this on a consistent basis? Heck, he’s wide open when JJ’s playing.
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:34 pm
See Teague . . that was nice. Nice play between him and Jamal.
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:35 pm
Teague has to be more aggressive and not get easily satisfied after a lay up.
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:36 pm
The hawks could use this samuel “kid”.
J.J.M
March 27th, 2011
7:38 pm
crawford needs to be benched
Sautee
March 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
When Horford’s NBA career is over, he can find work at the State Department negotiating “non-aggression” pacts.
I wish I didn’t feel that way.
Melvin
March 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
SMH at Jamal… 2 straight bad plays of offense then gave up 3 on defense. No wonder his +/- is not good…
bigdave
March 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
Nice Jeff.. nice..
Ray
March 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
The Hawks are doing a bad job of boxing out right now. Especially, Josh. He’s letting Hickson run rampant on the boards. That failed box-out off of the free throw miss early was just completely unacceptable. Are we going to get the “bad Josh” in this half, since we got the “good Josh” (to some extent) in the first half?
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:39 pm
Cavs announcers talking about the Hawks being soft.
Melvin
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
Uh, Jamal just gave up a 2nd 3….SMH
tremaine
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
Jamal Crawford= a red carpet
Jae Evolution
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
Nice move Teague.
bigdave
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
crossed Baron..
keep driving Jeff..
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
Pretty Teague . . . gotta keep doing that.
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
That’s the aggressiveness we need from teague.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 27th, 2011
7:40 pm
Teague is looking a lot more confident on offense in this half than he did in the first half.
tremaine
March 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
Thanks for letting Teague play the point while he is on the court.
cp
March 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
Teague is picking it ip..Take Jamal out
Steven
March 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
5-16 shooting for Josh? WTF, Josh? Can’t you tell when your shot is not falling? Why is this guy leading the team in attempts, again, even when his shot isn’t falling?
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:41 pm
Like I said Marvin . . why can’t this be your consistent game? Great shot.
Teague still being aggressive. If this is your game, this is what you have to do every night. Good job from you too.
Jae Evolution
March 27th, 2011
7:43 pm
Baron Davis is simply too strong for Teague, that’s it.
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:43 pm
Ray . . tell Horford to help on the boards. Josh has 16 rebounds. Tell Collins or Horford to help out.
LOL @ talking about Josh not rebounding, when Marvin has just as many rebounds as Horford and Collins combined
Jerome
March 27th, 2011
7:44 pm
L.D. is really playing Marvin and Josh heavy minutes tonight. They’ve each logged 32 minutes already, and it’s not even the fourth quarter yet. At least the team has a day off tomorrow.
Sautee
March 27th, 2011
7:44 pm
Jamal doing his JJ impression.
bigdave
March 27th, 2011
7:44 pm
Marvin does the oddest things. no awareness.
cp
March 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
LD just refuses to sit Jamal even when his play hurts the team
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
Jamal held that way too long.
Melvin
March 27th, 2011
7:45 pm
LD, Jamal name will be on your pink slip after this season…..
prison mike
March 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
Teague just needs to tell drew he’s 30 years old, that way he can do whatever he wants.
Sautee
March 27th, 2011
7:46 pm
LOL at all these Josh haters while he’s leading the team in rebounds and assists.
Sleepy
March 27th, 2011
7:47 pm
yeah that was Jamals fault lol are you serious that was a set play for Marvin and he slipped …..again lol
tremaine
March 27th, 2011
7:47 pm
This game would have been over if Larry Dodo would have started Teague, Hinrich, Marvin, Josh and Al.
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:47 pm
I wonder if Hinrich wasn’t in foul trouble, would Teague even be in right now?
Sautee
March 27th, 2011
7:49 pm
Where’s Marvin’s Grandma?
northcyde
March 27th, 2011
7:50 pm
Drew may have stumbled upon something with Marvin playing the 2, or when he plays against smaller SFs. But will he pay attention to it, is the question.
Ray
March 27th, 2011
7:50 pm
northcyde,
In case you didn’t know, it’s boxing out that makes those rebounds available. Part of the reason that Josh has so many rebounds is probably due to the fact that guys like Horford and Collins are boxing out. With their men sealed, all Josh has to do is out-jump his man or wander to get the board. It’s not always the guy who boxes out who gets the rebound. I’m not complaining about Josh not rebounding, he’s doing a great job collecting loose balls. I’m complaining about not boxing out. Everyone on the team fails to box out once in a while, but there was a stretch there in the third quarter where Josh was continually failing to put a body on his man (Hickson), and HIckson was collecting offensive rebound after offensive rebound. Take a look at the footage if you have DVR.
By the way, I agree that Horford and Collins should have more rebounds than they do at this point, however, that doesn’t mean they aren’t boxing out. On another note, Collins has never been that great of a rebounder, so Marvin having more boards than him is not much of a surprise.
tremaine
March 27th, 2011
7:51 pm
Horford has no interest in giving the ball to Teague after a rebound.