Atlanta Hawks at Heat: Game thread

Go Hawks. WTF is a Mickell Gladness?

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“Josh Smith has some swelling in his right knee. He had an ice pack on it at shootaround. Reminded of the spectacular dunk he had during Atlanta’s 93-89 victory here last season, Smith said: “I have to try to re-live it.””

Please tell me he will get very little minutes tonight. lol

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Hey, true believers, can anyone post a link to pick up the Hawks-Heat game? I am at work and not near a television.Would be very appreciative

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atdhe . fm

sportlemon . tv

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firstrowsports dot tv

forum dot wiziwig dot eu

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Dallas signs 7″0″ Yi Jianlian to a One year deal. The kind of move champions make!

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If Hawks come with the same energy/effort they did in Houston, Miami is gonna smoke them. Houston’s defence wasn’t so great, but jumpshooting Hawks could not make shots, turned the ball over, missed free throws…could go on and on.

Also watch how the refs call this game in favor of Miami.

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Mickell Gladness – 6′11 shotblocker, Alabama A&M

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Hawks win

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What Time Is It……?

Its MAN UP TIME ! !

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@ O’Brien

January 2nd, 2012
7:31 pm
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TRUE !

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how can i watch the game online?!?

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1) Will Josh cut back on the jumpers?
No, we’ve been asking the same question for 2 seasons now, won’t happen overnight like that…
2) Will Hawks make FTs?
Doubt they will get to the line tonight as much as they did thus far, because…
3) Will refs be biased again?
The refs WILL be biased

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“The Clippers, in search of more depth for their front court, worked out several big men Monday at the team’s practice facility. They had in 7-footer D.J. Mbenga, 6-11 Hilton Armstrong, 6-10 Solomon Jones and 6-11 Dan Gadzuric. Los Angeles Times”

I can’t believe Solomon Jones is still available and the Hawks haven’t signed him.

“Paul Coro: The #Suns waived Garret Siler after the game. The roster is back to the 13-man minimum”

Or maybe the Hawks could bring Siler back.

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Drew: “You can’t get into a run-and-shoot game with this team. They run with force. They run in waves.”

And just why not? Why can we “run with force” Why can’t we “run in waves”

Already this azzzhole sound like someone ALREADY defeated before the ball is tipped off.

I’ve always been taught that when you face a bully, you don’t back down!

Hawks – MAN UP !

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@ Najeh Davenpoop

January 2nd, 2012
7:32 pm
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LOL –

I got a friend who can say NUMBERS also -

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It would be interesting to see if the Hawks play SCARED or if they BELIEVE they belong on the same court.

It all starts BETWEEN the ears. I don’t know if this team is Mentally tough. We shall see.

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Over/Under 5 Jumpers from Josh

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Yeah Nique, great idea, our 170 pound point guard should take a charge on LeBron. I guess if you don’t want Teague to play in the first place…

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Gotta finish Al…

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Nice pull up by Teague

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One jumper for dummy

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“Good sign for Josh to hit that first one.” -Bob

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the count is 2 jumpers for Dummy so far

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The Heat makes it look so easy…

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James needs to be knocked on his Azzzz a few times. This is too easy. Where are the bad boys when you need them.

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Hawks are 0/2 at the rim, Heat are 3/3 at the rim.

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Keep shooting Josh. You’re open. smh

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Runner- Was just thinking the same thing

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Ryan Anderson and Rashard Lewis are Stretch 4’s. Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant are Stretch 3/4’s. Josh Smith, you are no Stretch 3 or 4; stay in the paint idiot.

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JOSH SHOOTING JOSH! LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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Joe and Al are playing like they are scared to take it inside and possibly get their shot blocked.

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Game Stop!

Looks like the Hawks came to watch the Heat play NBA basketball.
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UNLEASH TEAGUE! Drive Baby Drive!!!! Bump them jump shots, maane.

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Now Dummy can’t rebound lol

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When Lebron is on, I dont think anyone can stop him.

Hawks offense is not looking good. However, that is usually the case when they go up against a good defense.

And Hawks need to rebound the ball…SMH

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Where’s Ivan when you need him?

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SGDH. I guess the Hawks are taking another night off, huh?

FIRE Larry Drew!!

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ALL-AAU JOSH!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WANTS TO BE LEBRON, RUH-OH!

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Hawks now 0/3 at the rim. Still playing scared on offense. GO UP STRONG AND DRAW FOULS

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damn he sucks…but so does Joe….Al…..

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Take Josh out..

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JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

JOSH SMITH IS A CANCER

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The “core” has peaked. Hawks need a sf, a pf, a center, and a new coach. Only starting lineup with a tweener at nearly every position. Time for a change. New starting lineup perhaps??

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Hawks aren’t taking the night off, the Heat is just better then them.

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I wouldn’t mind seeing Ivan right now.

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Derrick Willaims, Vlad, D12! C’mon Gearon! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Idiot..Teague the ONLY one playing

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Joe looks like he just woke up. lol

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Vlad-Rad is scared.

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Joe Johnson walking around with his thumb up his arse… I can’t stand seeing him in a Hawks uniform anymore. The guy disappears against good teams 95% of the time and is killing my team from making itself better.

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Teague should get an and-one for that. Fouled by Zaza and makes the shot.

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THIS TEAM HAS TO BE BLOWN UP

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WAKE UP JOE. You make more money than Wade, James and Bosh.

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EVEN IF YOU MAKE THE CLOSE ONES, YOU STILL HAVE NON-JUMP SHOOTERS…. WAIT FOR IT…. SHOOTING JUMPERS.

JOSH

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Just out of curiosity, I wonder what would happen if the Hawks ran the Allen Iverson offense. Let Teague take whatever shots he wants and send everyone else to the offensive glass.

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Why cant Hawks run with force?

Because they don’t have Lebron James or Wade.

Not liking Hawks body language and mental state right now. Too many bone headed plays already.

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just not good enough

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Bosh gets dunks and Josh takes jumpers; go figure.

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Go Teague!

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Jeff Teague, do your thang….

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Zone is good as long as Zaza keeps eating up boards like he’s doing now.

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Dtart Tmac in place of Josh

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Really? Willie Green is our defensive substitution?

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WTF! Green for Teague?….

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Cant let Teague stay on the bench long if you want to be competitive….

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i hope Willie isnt coach’s defensive stopper sub at point..

he came in reaching.. couldve sent Mia to the stripe..

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we have now seen what the bk everyone loks the same idea gets. five perimeter players, and i thought he liked big butts?

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It’s says a lot about AL and Josh when Zaza and VladRad is playing better. LEAVE AL AND JOSH ON THE BENCH!!

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Joe, Josh and Al playing scared Al looking like he was in the Chicago series!

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Are yall blind!!!

He subbed Teague out becuz he was hurt

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come on Radmonavic

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White boys should not try dunking with one hand. Period.

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D-Wade with a clean block at the rim on Vlad-Rad – a rim-protecting 2-guard, damn?!

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White boys should not try dunking with one hand. Period.

Brent Barry
Chris “Birdman” Andersen
Tom Chambers
Dan Majerle
Jason “White Chocolate” Williams
Rex Chapman
Bob Sura
David Lee

Just a few guys who would have disagreed with you….

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Good move Al. Points gotta come from somewhere with this lineup.

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Al, how can you?

Everytime Hawks creep close, they make a dumb play.

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Al waited until 10:19 left in the 2nd quarter to get his first board, missed 2 early shots at the rim, and just fouled a 3 point shooter. Safe to say this isn’t his best night.

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Next time people like Bret LaGree from Hoopinion try to project Al’s efficiency numbers to say he should be the #1 option on offense, they should look at the tape of stretches like this, when he is statistically by far the best offensive player on the floor but can’t score because he still can’t create his own shot.

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Funny how the bench doesn’t look the same after those first two games. Horford is slowly getting back into form, at least from the post.

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Please keep that fool Josh on the bench

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I want to see Ivan come in this game early on, not at the end of the game.

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Oh, how we miss Kirk Hinrich….whether you like him or not. Unless of course Willie Green and Jannero pargo really stir your koolaid…

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someone needs to get into a fight with Josh Smith at practive…. his head don’t be in the game and he cries almost as much as the Miami Heat

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Man please trade Al Horford asap! he is the most overated player in the league

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Vlad Rad must hit his open jumpers.

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Oh No! Smith is back in…

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big..

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Who gives Willie Green the green light to shot????
He should NEVER shot ….!!!!!!!

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Vlad-Rad is like a giant-sized Steve Kerr; if he’s not making his jumpers, he is a straight liability.

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Willie Green needs to be gone…

I still would’ve rather held on to Pape instead of this dude.

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So I missed most of the first quarter and I see that Josh only played 6 minutes. Was LD holding him accountable for some issue?

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I would trade josh and Al for Dwight Howard and a throw in player

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good shot Joe. He has been money from behind the arc this year

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The Hawks are hanging in with this team in spite of the Heat making it look so easy and they do this to other teams all over the league.

Come on, do we realy expect more than a middle of the pack team that might win a playoff round. The Hawks are doing about as expected.

The Heat are fun to watch even if you hate em. I do, but hey, so what. Do we really expect a real championship here????? Its just not for us Atlantans so enjoy the game.

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Vlad actually handles the ball and passes well, and can even get a steal here or there and use his size to defend.

However, none of that shows up against an uber-athletic and talented trio like Bosh/Wade/Lebron.

So yeah, if he’s not hitting his shots against a team like this, or rebounding and getting into passing lanes, he’s not much help. He has to do those things and fill in the gaps.

Meanwhile, Marvin CAN defend against a team like this, at least adequately. So he needs to do that AND hit the boards. And he’s not doing it.

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im interested in seeing how the lost lbs helps Josh on the defensive end against Lebron..

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Some of you guys kill me, you complained when the offense ran through JJ, said he was shooting to much. Now Josh is throwing up wild jumpers, Al wants touches, Marvin shoots, now he’s a stiff. This offense should run through JJ, he is the only one that draws a double-team. Basketball is simple, make two guard one. Anyway, until Drew and everyone else realizes it, the problem with this team is JOSH SMITH, he is the same player he was his rookie year. He makes momentum killing dumb plays and at times just looks lost.

Keep blaming JJ, thats the least of this teams problems. Oh, have you noticed our point guards cant play a lick of defense.

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225 pound Josh isn’t strong enough to drive on LeBron.

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Josh Smith WTF

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Josh Smith with the turnover and Teague with the dunk.

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Signature Jeff Teague

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Teague – beautiful on both ends.

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TURNOVER BY JUMPSHOOTING JOSH.

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Jeff Teague = MVP for the Hawks.

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somebody run out on Norris Cole please…hand down man down

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That Cole guy can shoot it.. Put Mario back in the game.

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Man this Noris Cole kid’s killin us.

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Loving Teague’s aggressiveness.

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LD, sir, you are a certified idiot for benching Teague last year.

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Al just threw the best pass of the night so far.

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Nice give and go with Joe and Al

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Bosh is so overrated it is stupid.

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Marvin!!!

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Tied at 42.

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Is ld ever capable of making the moves ? Is jj over the hill?

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a travel call on James?? wow

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Nice double team on the Queen by Teague and AL….

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Teague MVP !!!!!

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as soon as Smoove gets uninvolved in our offense, we start getting hot

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GREAT intensity there. I jumped out of my seat.

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At this rate, we can trade Josh and keep Teague and there may not be too many complaints (and we can remain in the bottom third in home attendance).

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Now Hawks are competing, and not playing scared. Miami isn’t very good on the half court against the zone or good defence. If it wasn’t for that rookie….

Crowd is out of it.

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A lob to Al. Nice!

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Horford look like the only starting big man that seems to want to go in the paint anymore. What in the world is up with Josh these days? He took a lot of lazy jumpers last season, but at least he used to mix up his game and drive inside or attempt to post up. It seems like almost all of his attempts now are jump shots.

Also, for those of you who talk about Al and Josh not being able to create their own shots, they are going to have to right now. Al isn’t getting easy looks like he has in the past. The Hawks aren’t running much pick-and-pop anymore, and when Al is open his teammates are often failing to find him as well. Josh’s teammates are only hitting him when he’s open on the wring for jumpshots since that is where Josh has been camping out.

Right now, the main way Josh is soring is either from the line or when a jump shot goes in. In Al’s case, his main source of scoring is when he’s been given the ball in the post. Personally, I think Al is fine creating his shot and scoring in 1 vs. 1 situations down low, however, once teams start helping or doubling, he’s basically forced to pass. We don’t have any great playmaking on the floor, so for Josh and Al to be most effective, they definitely need to work on creating and scoring for themselves. Either that, or we need some significant improvement from our playmaking guards.

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I wonder how many more jumpers Josh will take; Hawks briefly took a 2point lead!

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Can’t have everything I guess, but only 2 free throw attempts for the Hawks this entire game so far.

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Two in the caboose

All Aboard!

I got two one way tickets at the Amtrack window downtown.
Willie Green got one, but who else on the bench should join him?

Anyone?

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We’d be winning by 10 if Josh would stop shooting with 15+ left of the shot clock…

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WTF happened to Al’s jump shot?

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if you aint cheating you aint trying..

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Great hustle by Al. Nullified by Josh grabbing the net, but he was pushed in the back (nobody saw THAT, though).

Meanwhile, if Horford hits that shot, Tegaue looks very smart for the would-be assist.

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All the Heat have to do is keep taking it to the rim.

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That Josh long ball when it was tied kind of came at the wrong time, huh?

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Hard to watch the Heat and not come to the conclusion that it is Wade’s team, not LeBron’s team. He is their catalyst.

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Come on Josh smh. stop with the jumpers

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bow!

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Yessir

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Big shot Joe! Bailed out the Hawks for an otherwise lackluster last two minutes of the half.

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NICE!

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“Right when the Hawks needed it badly.”

Okay, Rathbun. It’s halftime, chump.

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Meanwhile Joe earning just a piece of his paycheck on that last shot.

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Joe with the bail out shot

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Nice shot by Joe.

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Good shot Joe but man, Josh may single-handly keep us from winning this game. I warming up to the idea of trading that dude.

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Big Ray, it took you more than a minute, but you are clearly seeing the light (as I read between the lines).

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Jooeee Jooohhhnnnssssooonnn!!!!

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Considering they were out-shot from the field and from the free throw line, being down 3 at the half is not so bad. Their best stretches came when they were forcing turnovers and not letting the Heat have second chances. Gotta keep up the intensity on that end of the floor if they want to pull out this win.

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Please TRADE Josh!

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Maybe DREW should start CALLING OUT Josh and his PATHETIC JUMPSHOOTING! Never mind, he is SCARED of him.

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If Josh had a brain we probably could be winning this game

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I thought JOSH worked on his JUMPSHOT, that’s a JOKE! Wow, what an IMPROVEMENT!

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I’m glad they got back in it. I thought they were going to just give up. Josh has to attack the basket and stop settling for jumpers. Good to see Joe get his 3 point shot back. He was terrible last season from behind the arc. Marvin has some terrible hands. Hopefully he steps it up in the second half. Joe, Teague, and Al have pretty much been the offense tonight. Other guys have to step up for the Hawks to get this win.

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Josh is 1-6 right now. Has anyone been keeping track of how many of those attempts were jump shots?

I’m not trying to put Josh down, he’s done some other good things, I’d just really like his jump shooting trend to come to an end. A jump shot for him once in a while is okay when he’s in rhythm, but I feel like he’s gone over board so far this season with thinking hes a wing scorer.

On a positive note, I like Josh’s instinct to look for the open man. He made a perfect pass on that lob to Al earlier. Also, while Josh does turn the ball over sometimes with risky passes, I really like that he’s often looking for his teammates. Sometimes Josh seems like he’s angry with his teammates and just wants to shoot the ball by himself, but when he’s focused, he’s pretty unselfish, and I’ve got to commend him for that. With Jeff and Joe doing most of the ball-handling, we need all the playmaking we can get from everyone.

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@Ron, 4 were jumpshots

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Josh is good for highlight dunks, but if know one shows up, are they seen? lol. For all the blocked shots Josh gets, he gives up more points by playing poor on ball defense, and no hustle and poor positioning underneath. Josh has the lowest b-ball IQ in the league, when he becomes an unrestricted free agent, i’m curious how much and how long his offer(s) will be.

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1) MUST come out ready to play in the third quarter. Fail to do this, Miami will go on a run, and the Hawks will have to work like the devil to get close…only to fall in the end, due to DWade hitting big shots and/or Lebron getting lots of phony calls (and trips to the foul line). It’s scripted, we’ve seen this before. So has Miami, and they haven’t forgotten. Can Larry remember how this works and actually get his guys to listen?

2) Hawks are down only 3 despite letting Miami shoot 54% from the field, and only getting to the charity stripe for two attempts.

3) Vlad, Zaza, and T-Mac helped us not get destroyed on the boards until two of our starters on the front line decided to get in on the act. Up until that point, only Joe Johnson seemed concerned with rebounding. Clown the Euros and if you want, but they’ve been saving our butts in some areas.

4) I’ll give it a few more games before declaring Marvin has rediscovered his invisibility cloak. He’s not going to score well in every matchup. Lebron’s not about to let him go off, and neither will Deng in Chicago. But…Marvin can hold his own on defense when motivated to do so, and has the size/length to bother (not stop) guys like Lebron. He can also hold his own on the boards. The Hawks need him to do that, even if they don’t need him to take and make all sorts of shots. If he does this, we haven’t lost the “new” Marvin. If he doesn’t, then a healthy back didn’t have as much to do with his production and play the last couple of years as has been claimed.

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Why can’t Josh just FOCUS on BLOCKS and REBOUNDS, he would be a GREAT PLAYER, but his BASKETBALL IQ is SO LOW that if he can’t hit a shot he becomes PATHETIC! Maybe he should focus on becoming a STUDENT OF THE GAME.

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“Josh is good for highlight dunks, but if know one shows up, are they seen?”

An existential blogger? I like it!

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I don’t care who scores and who misses, just BEAT MIAMI!!!

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One note on Teague. This is not meant to be an insult, but I think it’s pretty clear that Teague is at his best when he’s being aggressive looking to score. He can make some nice dishes sometimes, but for the most part, he is most effective finishing plays on his own. If Drew and Teague’s teammates continue to try and mold him into something he is not (a pure point guard), I think Teague will be effective. You have to let your players play to their strengths if you want to get the most out of them.

It would be great to have true point guard on the team, but those are tough to find, and that is becoming a thing of the past. Teague is still the best option for point guard on this roster by far, and I have no problem with him being on the court at the point while he is being aggressive.

For the team to be successful though, we are going to need other players to make adjustments. Josh and Al need to crash the offensive boards more and we need Al to continue to work on his post game. He looks like he’s improving, but we need more. We also need Marvin to be ready to catch and shoot the ball at any time. He probably won’t get the ball much, but he needs to be ready.

We also need Josh to do little things like flash to the paint each time he sees his man help off of him. He may not get the ball in those scenarios, but he needs to at least make the effort to get into the paint when he’s open. Little things like that will help out quite a bit.

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Big Ray, it took you more than a minute, but you are clearly seeing the light (as I read between the lines).

It usually doesn’t take me too long to see some things clearly. Now getting me to admit it might take a while, depending on the subject, LOL. But you knew that was a failing of mine already! LOL

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man its love and hate with josh lets hope he worries more about defending than scoring in the 2nd half

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I know Josh has made some bone head plays in this game, and is not the smartest man on earth, but don’t you guys just, for a minute, get tired of bashing him?

And do you think he cares what the fu#k you all think?

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ROFL @ Department of Unintended Irony…..

Dude….that was over the top…BRILLIANT!

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Hopefully Josh wakes up in the 3rd. I would hope the coaching staff would thump his head in the locker room, but who knows with these guys.

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I don’t think Josh is very tradeable (sp.?); I don’t think a lot of teams would want him.

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Always nice when the ball goes out of bounds and the refs call a jump ball. One of the rare moments when they admit they don’t know what the f-ck just happened.

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Josh with the failed crossover…SMH

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Now Josh can DRIBBLE….LOL

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(( sigh ))

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Heat announcer says, ” Josh Smith tries a crossover and now he’s all crossed up.” SMDGMFH

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Can we trade Smith to the Magic right now?

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Najeh,

You said Leon Smith, not Bill Willoughby?

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MY GOD, JOSH…bailed out by an out of bounds call.

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MW!

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Good job, Josh.

Dunk on ‘em next time!

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Great drive from Josh on the 3-pt shot fake. That is what we need to see more of

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if you gone take that shot.. how about you hustle back on d..

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Airball from Josh. Not what we need to see.

Dude. you just had a drive to the rim where you scored. But yet you take another jumper. Airball!

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WTF!!!!!!!

What goes on in this guy’s Head?

And somebody tell me Josh got the ball for the 3 with the shot clock winding down. I DARE YOU.

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Josh with AIRBALL

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Someone needs restrain me from murdering Josh

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Get Josh off the floor. No jumpers needed, buddy.

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he was fouled.

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can Teague get the foul though???

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Teague>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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was Al mad b/c Marvin took his rebound?

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Teague is puttin da team on his back doe.

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Yes son, yes!

Meanwhile, Marvin has gotten back on the glass for us. Two boards back to back on the defensive end.

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The way Teague blows by his man reminds me of the way opposing PGs used to blow by Bibby when father time started to catch up with him. It’s nice to be on the right end of that equation now.

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Why do we go away from a Teague Horford pick and roll?

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Hawks have 2 FTA, Miami has 16.

When will teague start getting the benefit of the call on some of those drives?

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J-Smurf is the weakest link of the Hawks’ starters tonight. Where is Buddy Grizzard to defend this idiot?

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Sweet pass by Al. But he can’t wait for the double team before trying to attack.

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Please keep shooting more 3’s, Bosh.

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Great hustle by Josh…and good pass to Marvin.

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Marvin Williams has come alive

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So where can we trade Josh Smith to?

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yeeeeeeeeah…!!

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Got his picket picked. Teague has to learn to navigate traffic better than that, but it will come. He was a little too eager on that play.

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That was a great cut by Marvin on the previous play. If only the entire team did that more often.

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there you go J!

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That is what you need to do Josh!

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Keep doing that Josh.

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First good offensive play by Josh in a long time (of course if I point out his good defensive plays, that makes me an “apologist”)

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Skills!

Teague has nice handles and amazing dribble penetration skills too. He can go any where he want to, whenever he feel like it. I just love this kid!

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There you go Josh. TAKE IT TO THE HOLE!

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Lol @ Big Ray!

Teague defended Lebron and got a turnover.

Hawks up 3.

The Miami Heat are not unbeatable.

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Hawks up by three at the timeout 61-58…good sign.

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Teague is 1-4 on layups in the first 4mins of the 3rd qtr. I still like his aggressiveness.

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Miami announcers: “It’s amazing how much better he is when he attacks the basket . . but all too often, he’d rather take the jumpshot”

Everybody in the damn world knows this . . but Josh Smith.

When will he finally get it? Or better yet, when will Drew FORBID him from taking jumpers?

Good play Josh.

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The Hawks’ new core: JJ, Horford and Teague and not necessarily in that order.

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Teague is a beast. The guy should have started last season.

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Mr. Floater

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Blown assignment.

Hawks needto finish this quarter strong

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Another efficient game for Joe.

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OK Josh, if those “end of the shot clock” jumpers were the only one you took, I would be fine with that.

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That was like a triple team on Al lol. I didn’t think he got that much respect in the post.

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As a former Josh Smith apologist, I can define what the condition means – when you avidly magnify the positives a person brings and minimize the negatives (or act like you’re ignoring them). There are times when the positives do NOT outweight the negatives.

You know, like when normally we could point to Josh’s incredible shot-blocking prowess and steals as something that overcomes the occasional turnover and bad jumper. Only problem is when you look up and suddenly its that “no rim defense” center that wants to play PF who happens to be leading the team in blocks. And instead of leading in that category, you’re vying for the lead in turnovers and missed jumpers.

So now people like me get to be labeled “bashers.” What a twisted world we have in Blogland.

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Josh didn’t want to come out of the game.

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bad shot

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Terrible shot selection currently….

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Another nice move by Joe…

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JJ with and-1…sweet.

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LOL . . that wasn’t Joe Johnson. Who was that that went all the way to the basket?

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Can our bench players keep the game close? Our starters need a break in order to finish strong, and we do have a game against the Bulls tomorrow.

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When JJ is feelin it, it’s so pretty to watch

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Where the F is ZAZA?

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Uh oh, here comes Pargo…

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GD-it Pargo….

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LD’s really clockin’ Joe some minutes here…

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Vlad is embarassing

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lol @ Vladimir

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“As a former Josh Smith apologist, I can define what the condition means – when you avidly magnify the positives a person brings and minimize the negatives (or act like you’re ignoring them). There are times when the positives do NOT outweight the negatives.”

Fair enough. I don’t think most of the people throwing that word around use it in the same way though.

Josh Smith is the team’s leading rebounder, second leading shot blocker, and second leading assist man. His shot selection sucks.

#TeamDon’tMakeTradesJustForTheSakeOfMakingThem
#TeamLookAtTheGoodAndTheBad
#TeamEvenKeel
#TeamDon’tOverreact

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Radmanovic really isn’t much of a finisher at the hoop. We should give Al the ball in the post, he’s being defended by the smaller Haslem. That’s a good matchup to attack.

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Here comes the dry spell…

Because there’s literally one threat on the floor.

Where’s the bench squad at?

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Free Zaza

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Should’ve just rested Joe to end that quarter…

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THE HEAT IS ON.

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Vlad has been terrible these past few games

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If the Hawks would finished the qtrs better, they would be have the lead.

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Down by 4 going into the 4th. Not bad, but given that they outplayed the Heat for most of that quarter I hoped they would be tied.

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hawks 3-2

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The bench is 3/17. Starters are shooting over 50%.

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SMH @ Willie Green

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Willie Green should have just passed that to Al. I never like it when he shoots.

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way to rebound Al

Drew . . get Teague back into this game.

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this dude.

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Najeh ,

Fair enough. I’m bothered that Josh leads the team with 7.3 rpg. Not because HE leads the team, but because it’s such a low number. I mean, Marvin should be averaging close to that if he’s so damn healthy. Al Horford should be WELL above that, he’s been a near 10 rpg guy for his entire short career.

Josh can do better, but being lighter (which is good for him) and not being a great fundamentals guy, he has to get those hustle-and-jump boards. And you know what? I don’t care. Get ‘em however you can. Just get him.

Al has no excuse. He knows the blocking out fundamentals really well, has more weight and strength, and has enough athletic ability to get hustle boards. Same for Marvin…

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Please get Gilbert Arenas agent on the line….

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Why is T-Mac getting no touches?

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yea MAC!

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Free ZaZa!

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T-MACCC

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Would have been nice to have Jamal and McGrady on the bench….

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If Hawks make the few free throws they manage to get, they will be up and Heats would be playing from behind.

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theres your touch Jeje

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poor free throw shooting

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Our FT% has to be terrible this season….

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THE OFFENSE SHOULD RUN THROUGH TMAC EVERY TIME THIS APPARENTLY AWFUL BENCH IS IN

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wtf Z!?!

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Willie doing his best Pargo impersonation. And its Zaza with the clutch bucket.

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wtf Zaza with the tech

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Signature Zaza

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Win or lose, the Hawks are competing tonite…I’ll give them that.

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These Refs should just wear Heat jerseys…

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Nice recovery by Pargo.

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ref wtf no fouls called on the Heat

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the refs on that other..

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Said it at the start, how will the refs call this game?

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I’m good with that T by Zaza.

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WTF….refs have it in for Pachulia?

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WTF so a player can shove their arm inside of ours and we get called?

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THE HEAT IS ON

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Bench is playing great defense . .I got to give them that.

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Nice battling by the second team.

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I am fine with the refs letting them play as long as it is called evenly, but LeBron typically gets that call that Pargo didn’t get on his layup.

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Vlad is struggling with his shot but he is playing some solid defense and making some nice passes tonight.

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I’ll take those Zaza fouls. Heat aren’t a tough team (except Joel Anthony and Udonis Haslem), so roughing them up is a good thing.

He’s making enough plays to offset mistakes anyway. Long as he rebounds and keeps trying to score at the rim.

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These refs must want some girls in south beach. who cares. we don’t need their help to beat cry baby lebron.

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Get pargo, willie green and vlad out.. Leave Zaza, and T-mac on the floor.. Hawks are getting easy shots when t-mac touches the ball..

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Gotta wonder why Chalmers has played more minutes than Cole in this game.

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If y’all wanna free Zaza, then you better incarcerate Josh the entire 4th qtr.

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