Wizards at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- Zaza Pachulia said he woke up today with soreness in his left shoulder. He tested it before the game and said he’s good to go. Pachulia doesn’t remember suffering an injury. He went to the doctor this afternoon and was told it’s tendinitis.
- Jeff Teague (ankle) is in the lineup. “He didn’t complain about any problems,” Larry Drew said. Kirk Hinrich (shoulder) and Donald Sloan are inactive. Mo Evans (knee) is out and Jan Vesley (hip) is not on the trip for Washington.
- Jordan Crawford is back at Philips Arena for the first time since the Hawks traded him to the Wizards. He said there’s no extra motivation against his old team: “I’m always extra.” He did allow that there could be some spirited conversations with good friend Teague. “If it calls for it, I will definitely trash talk.”
- Drew said his main concern vs. the Wizards is controlling John Wall in transition. “He’s one of the fastest guys in the league,” Drew said. “We have to get him corralled. We’ve had problems with him in the past. He’s kind of the head of the snake for them.”
- Drew on the thing he liked the most about last night’s W at New Jersey: “Their energy and defensive activity. We’ve been preaching for the longest about being a better defensive team.”
- The Hawks said last night’s telecast on SportSouth earned a 2.82 rating. The highest-rated game last season earned a 2.68 rating.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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Sautee
December 28th, 2011
9:14 pm
THAT’S what I want to see from Al.
BoneKollector
December 28th, 2011
9:14 pm
Big Ray its like Josh is aching to shoot a jumper lol
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:14 pm
Good aggressive move by Al, going to the basket. Too bad he wasn’t in the process of shooting, or he’d have gone to the line.
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:14 pm
Horford and his jumpers are maddening…
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:15 pm
BoneKollector,
LOL…I know.
Nice “D” by Josh on Nick Young.
Runner-
December 28th, 2011
9:15 pm
lol has Zaza been in since he missed that layup? Give the man a 2nd chance lol, dude looks depressed
bigdave
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
that was an amazing pass
J.J.M.
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
nice pass…
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
When josh shoots that crap, he should be yanked. No exceptions.
Melvin
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
No matter how well Marvin plays, he will be LD first sub…. SMH at LD.
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
Well Josh got to shoot his clanker. Can he ever get that ish out of his damn system?
Al to the basket. To the line. What a coincidence.
RethinkPossible
December 28th, 2011
9:16 pm
Ball Movement FTW
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Melvin,
Yeah, it’s a shame.
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Smith defines brainless.
CLOS_ATL
December 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Harford need to drive to the basket al the time … stop all this outside shooting!!!!!!!
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
Nice job, Al. To the basket, he scores.
Must be another coincidence.
Runner-
December 28th, 2011
9:17 pm
nice move Al, that’s the move that got him into the All Star team last year
drmaryb.[*_*].
December 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
Match Ups!
“I will never understand how the Hawks fail to connect the dots between games. Vlad-Rad scores 17 last night and gets a single FGA in the fist half of this game. Why not feed him tonight? Oh well, Hawks have a double-digit lead despite little bench production (other than TMac).”
-Astro Joe-
___________
AJ, I was thinking the exact same thoughts. I surmised that it all comes down to match ups and game plans based on different teams personnel.
I see every game as different. Speaking of, this game is uglY.
74-55 Hawks
KevinM
December 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
Al and Josh inside=greater success than outside.
Boondox
December 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
i wonder if we get to see mini anthony mason minime ivan tonight
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
WTF Josh, what kind of pass was that?
Wall with a nice block, but we get the basket anyway.
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:18 pm
Nice follow by JJ….
J.J.M.
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
my goodness wall is flying by the whole hawks team
BoneKollector
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Teague gets no respect
Ryder
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Yeah than damn Josh.
Al hit his free throws.
hawks_4_life
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Teague is not getting any calls
Boondox
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Enter your comments here
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Refs are blind. Teague slapped twice, no call. Idiots.
Then they call one on Zaza. Morons.
Hawks4Eva
December 28th, 2011
9:19 pm
Can anybody tell me why goofy azzz Zsa Zsa is even in the GAME?
stizz
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Zaza coming in and f**king up on cue.
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Zsa zsa…
I like the guy but he is indeed brick stupid.
Blast
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Hawks seems to have a full house.
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Teague needs to just get mad and dunk it. That will solve some of this, I think.
Boondox
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
bring on anthony mason minime ivan
Runner-
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
T Mac can shoot man, great addition to replace jamal
Ryder
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Josh will you sit down so Ray can see All NBA ?
CLOS_ATL
December 28th, 2011
9:20 pm
Damn! T-Mac!!!!!
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:21 pm
T Mac with the whine…
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:21 pm
Zaza has his goofy games, agreed.
But last night wasn’t one of them. When we needed rebounds and defense while our starting bigs struggled, he got it done for us.
Melvin
December 28th, 2011
9:21 pm
Traveling? There is no such thing as traveling in the NBA.
RethinkPossible
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
Why are people telling Al to stop shooting? If I am not mistaken, he was a top ranked shooter in terms of FG% last season….am I wrong?
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
Ryder,
Come on, man. LOL. It ain’t gotta be like all that.
J.J.M.
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
full house because of school break
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
Fire FG!
Runner-
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
@ Melvin, lol, 80% of drive ins are travels if they actually went by the rules…
Big Ray
December 28th, 2011
9:22 pm
RethinkPossible,
He was fifth in the League in FG%.
CLOS_ATL
December 28th, 2011
9:23 pm
Will ya’ll leave Josh Alone ….. DAMN!! THE MAN PLAYS FEARLESS!! THAT WHAT ALL TEAMS NEED SOMEONE WHO AINT SCARED TO TRY TO MAKE A PLAY!!!!!
phil
December 28th, 2011
9:23 pm
House will be back to mostly empty soon enough…
J.J.M.
December 28th, 2011
9:23 pm
I dont mind horford shooting but I would love to see a little more driving the ball from him
Boondox
December 28th, 2011
9:24 pm
al looks a little slow tonight