Raptors at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- Chris Vivlamore is on the scene again. He’s undefeated. I’m told that some technical issues will be resolved soon that will allow C-Viv to post blogs on the days he covers.
- Larry Drew is using the “big” lineup with Jason Collins at center. Drew told C-Viv he likes Zaza Pachulia and Vladimir Radmanovic playing together off the bench.
- “It’s matchup,” Drew said. “It’s also a combination of bring Zaza off the bench with Vladimir. I have been playing those guys together more and I just like that combination of both coming off [the bench] together. They play well together and seem to complement each other. I wanted to go back to that. I also wanted to go back to Jason at the starting spot. He’s a little more familiar as a starter and I wanted to start giving him some more minutes.”
- Tracy McGrady (back) is active.
- For the Raptors, Andrea Bargnani (calf), James Johnson (ankle), Jerryd Bayless (ankle) and Arron Gray (personal) are out.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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The Spook who sat by the door
January 16th, 2012
6:26 pm
Joe Johnson with the 3pt. dagger!
yodaddybrother
January 16th, 2012
6:27 pm
Josh Smith is an all star
bigdave
January 16th, 2012
6:28 pm
cant ask for more than 28 and 15..
Joe and Josh stringing together some lines of late..
w/ Jeff’s contributions, lets ride this out..
The Spook who sat by the door
January 16th, 2012
6:30 pm
Joe and Josh played well. I hope free throw shooting won’t be the undoing of this team.
J.J.M.
January 16th, 2012
6:30 pm
marvin so slumsy he just sropped his gu out his mouth…guy is pathetic
KevinM
January 16th, 2012
6:30 pm
Anyone missing Al yet? Good time for him to go down and this team learning how to play without him….
2 main scorers and lots of smaller contributions.
J.J.M.
January 16th, 2012
6:31 pm
^clumsy
Big Lou
January 16th, 2012
6:32 pm
Calm down now with those Al comments. We are beating scrubs. We’ll have a better idea when we play Portland, Philly, and Spurs. Those FTs are going to come back to haunt us in those games.
The Spook who sat by the door
January 16th, 2012
6:32 pm
Hawks are 3-0 w/o Horford.
Slimjr
January 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
A win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We’ll take it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
KevinM
January 16th, 2012
6:33 pm
Nice finish Hawks….here come the Blazers!
Dept. Of Unintended Irony
January 16th, 2012
6:34 pm
“marvin so slumsy he just sropped his gu out his mouth…guy is pathetic”
Self explanatory.
KevinM
January 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
Joe/Josh/Teague not a bad 3……add a legit C and this team is a contender.
Big Lou
January 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
3-0 against SCRUB TEAMS at home! C’mon man! Don’t get carried away with it.
J.J.M.
January 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
lol my bad for the typos
tjhook
January 16th, 2012
6:37 pm
Just hitting the blog. I am glad to see the Hawks win another but I was very impressed with Raptors forward Ed Davis. I would love to see him in a Hawks uniform. What’s everybody’s opinion on that idea? Delusional or on point
yodaddybrother
January 16th, 2012
6:40 pm
delusional
KevinM
January 16th, 2012
6:41 pm
If Joe can consistently bring a line of 25/5/6 each game, we are in every game….
Not sure about Ed Davis; still very young.
Melvin
January 16th, 2012
6:41 pm
Just keep winning baby….
Melvin
January 16th, 2012
6:43 pm
tjhook,
didn’t notice Ed Davis on the court tonight. Very similar to Marvin, it must be a Tarheel thing…
Jrips
January 16th, 2012
6:46 pm
A win is a win, no matter how ugly.
The Spook who sat by the door
January 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
What happened to ‘It was not a bad pick’ who said Marvin would get more shots and points because Jamal left [the Hawks]?
Marvin Williams: 0-5 from the field, 5-6 from the FT line, 5rebs. and 5pts. in 21:31 of playing time.
With or without Jamal on the team for the Hawks, Marvin is still a bust[er].
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
January 16th, 2012
6:47 pm
Big Ivan doesn’t move out the way when someone drives to the basket.
Roy
January 16th, 2012
6:50 pm
While it wont help offensively the hawks should look at Okafor. It would seem that he doesnt fit into new orleans plans going forward. He is a big that will patrol the paint and collect rebounds and block shots. I think marvin and zaza for him would be a good trade.
Bigman needed
January 16th, 2012
6:50 pm
KevinM
January 16th, 2012
6:35 pm
Joe/Josh/Teague not a bad 3……add a legit C and this team is a contender.
Completely agree.
Make the move for okafor.
The Spook who sat by the door
January 16th, 2012
6:54 pm
Big Lou,
I’m not dissin’ or dismissin’ Al; I’m just stating a fact. The Hawks are 3-0 w/o Al. I will be the first to admit the Hawks are better with Al than without him [Al].
northcyde
January 16th, 2012
6:58 pm
Strange game. I tried to post from the arena but my connection kept going down. Would be nice to have Wi-Fi at the arena.
Anyway, it seemed as if the hawks should’ve been up 10 the entire game, but this was a game of runs. Great under control game by Smith tonight.. He was a monster tonight. And JJ had a real good all around game. Stepped up big time at the end. It was an ugly win but I’ll take it.
Just wish the crowd was bigger. Only about 10K at the game but the crowd wasn’t too dead.
Good job hawks. Now this schedule gets much tougher in a hurry.
Slimjr
January 16th, 2012
7:18 pm
Poor Marvin….Man!!!
Slimjr
January 16th, 2012
7:19 pm
Portland got too much fire power.. I smell a loss on Wed?
vava74
January 16th, 2012
7:21 pm
This was strictly a “cruise control win”.
Nothing more, nothing less.
It’s tough compressed schedule and when you can control and get the win without going all out, you get the win and that’s it.
Slimjr
January 16th, 2012
7:22 pm
10-4 sound and looks pretty good.
I dont think they can reel off 8 straight more to get to 18-4(My preseason prediction)..
Portland will will be a very tall order even at home due to the injuries already spoken for..
Najeh Davenpoop
January 16th, 2012
7:23 pm
“najeh: any luck using that $50 off card at the gate?”
Yeah it worked, but it may have just been because the guy at the ticket counter decided to be nice. I got 3 tickets and he applied the card to all three of them even though it’s only supposed to be valid for 2, so I can’t say for sure that all the other ticket window people will let that slide too.
terrell
January 16th, 2012
7:30 pm
Marvin still startin. lol.
Still Laughing at Mike Bianchi
January 16th, 2012
7:35 pm
@terrell
as apposed to who?
VladRam? Willie Green? Ivan?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 16th, 2012
7:36 pm
Yeah, I get no connection in Philips these days at all. Don’t know if AT&T or DASG is the problem but I don’t have signal issues anywhere else. If they are not going to operate the scoreboards in the rafters the least they can do is hook us up with free Wi-Fi.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 16th, 2012
7:40 pm
“With or without Jamal on the team for the Hawks, Marvin is still a bust”
I don’t know if he got injured or what, but he was terrible in the first half and barely played at all in the second half. Hawks didn’t miss a beat with Vlad.
Still Laughing at Mike Bianchi
January 16th, 2012
7:41 pm
when Marvin’s hot, it sparks everybody
anyways, how’s it goin Jamal
Ray
January 16th, 2012
7:41 pm
I’d take Ivan over Marvin starting right now at least he won’t back down like ever.
terrell
January 16th, 2012
7:42 pm
“As opposed to who?”
Idk?
TMac
Vlad
Ivan
The best D-leaguer available.
Take your pick
Still Laughing at Mike Bianchi
January 16th, 2012
7:45 pm
@terrell
as a side note
where’s TMac been? he’s dissapeared after that Miami game
I love Ivan and VladRam but honestly their getting equal minutes anyways so….
Grandmaster JeJe
January 16th, 2012
7:52 pm
Marvin with another pathetic performance.
This guy has no idea how to finish at the rim…Every single time he misses.
Alan
January 16th, 2012
7:52 pm
Hilarious. Last Saturday night, attendance was 13,300. Today, on a “holiday,” 11,000 showed up. Why again does Atlanta have a basketball team? They should have left with the Thrashers. Even Charlotte averages way more people, ha ha.
Section 303
January 16th, 2012
7:56 pm
Kind of a boring game today. No flow at all. Win is a win, though. Looking forward to Wednesday’s game with Portland.
Josh Smith is just killing it these days. I have never seen him play better.
Jeff Teague mixing it up with Maglore was the highlight of the afternoon for me.
Am watching the TNT tipoff show. The crew sucked the nuts of Philly and Indy, along with Chicago and Miami. Never even mentioned the Hawks. Kind of getting tired of the national guys always dismissing the Hawks.
Section 303
January 16th, 2012
7:57 pm
Alan, stick it up your ars.
Alan
January 16th, 2012
8:03 pm
Ha ha ha. Atlanta cares about three things little man. College Football, the Atlanta Braves, and the Atlanta Falcons. Nobody cares about the tattoo covered losers with their shorts around their knees.
Melvin
January 16th, 2012
8:05 pm
Alan,
You must not have been to a Bobcats game lately. That place is a ghost town. The seats are collecting dusk on them. They may have more ticket sales than the Hawks (i don’t know the actual ticket sales ranking) but I would be very surprise if their attendance avg is better than the Hawks.
Melvin
January 16th, 2012
8:06 pm
* The seats are collecting dust on them.
Ken Strickland
January 16th, 2012
8:06 pm
I see an interesting situation between Sloan and Pargo. Pargo is the vet who isn’t going to get any better. He hasn’t shot well, and definitely doesn’t penetrate or do anything to create easy scoring opportunities for others, or score in any other way besides shooting jumpshots. However, defensively, he does an excellent job of pressuring the ball. Sloan is the rookie who has plenty of room for improvement. He’s a much better OFF option than Pargo, he penetrates and has the ability to create easy scoring opportunities for other as well as himself. His biggest problem is his DEF, which isn’t close to Pargo’s.
Section 303
January 16th, 2012
8:09 pm
Sure thing none of those football players have tats.
Rufus1
January 16th, 2012
8:10 pm
The Hawks gave-up 11 offensive rebs….