Atlanta Hawks at Bucks: Game thread
Milwaukee–Zaza Pachulia is the starter at center. “He’s been playing well lately,” Larry Drew said. “He has played well against the Bucks. So we elected to go with him.”
- Zaza has been as productive and efficient as usual but his minutes have fluctuated. “It’s hard, but you have to be a pro,” he said. “I’ve been in a situation where I was getting mad previous years. But you learn one thing, you can’t control it or make it better. All you can do is be professional. I am not worried about that. I’ve been in the league long enough to realize my role and what I can do, where my strength is, what I can do for a team.”
- Included among the keys on Milwaukee’s pregame board: “Match Pachulia’s energy.”
- Jeff Teague on Drew keeping him as the starter when Hinrich returns: “That feels real good to hear. But I really can’t control it too much. I’ve just got to go out there and play hard and keep playing my game.”
- Scott Skiles on how the schedule has affected the Bucks: “We’re trying to be smart and and build in rest and have the most energy we can for the game and at the same time prepare properly. It’s very difficult to do. It’s one of the reasons we feel like our defense hasn’t been what it normally would be. Hopefully we’ve gotten far enough into the season so it’s something we can be more consistent with.”
- The Bucks ground down the Heat to win a low-possession game last night in Miami after doing the same to the Knicks Friday in a high-possession game in New York.
- Skiles though the offensive execution was good at Miami: “We just didn’t make shots. I think we are moving in the right direction but that doesn’t necessarily show up when you shoot 35 percent.”
- Like always, shot selection will be key for the Hawks. “When we e talk about playing on the road, we talk about playing with a smartness,” Drew said. “We can’t get seduced into taking a bunch of jump shots. We have to move the ball from one side of the floor to the other and attack the basket. Where we’ve gotten in trouble, particularly on the road, is settling for too many jump shots.”
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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SoullRenaissance
January 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
17 pts 13 rbs 3 blk 4as. – josh smith
Josh Smoove and he aint got nuthin to prove, lol
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
dont go cross court hawks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:14 pm
bow. fulfilling win man. great win.
tom
January 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
JJ over 40 mins tonight
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Ice water Smith
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Dick Bavetta is still officiating?
He’s still alive?
He must be 80.
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 23rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Good win on the road against a gritty, grimey[sp?] team.
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Not impressed with Bogus, and where is that Bogus poster???
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Hawks pulled it out….how about that?
Game ball to Joe for taking over the 4th quarter, and Josh for being there all game long, making plays, grabbing boards.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
every night Joe.. shoot yourself hot big guy..
you the best option on the court.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
The Magic managed all of 56 points against the Celtics tonight.
Hawks back in 1st place by themselves. Great start to the road trip.
SoullRenaissance
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Make that 4 blocks by J Smoove
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Take the win and get the hell outta there
Runner-
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
nice one
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Its the Josh and JJ show!
We are a better team with out Al
Section 212
January 23rd, 2012
10:17 pm
Nice start to to road trip….good thing there is nothing to do in M-kee
DSGB
January 23rd, 2012
10:17 pm
JOSH AND JOE, AL WHO???????
Grandmaster JeJe
January 23rd, 2012
10:17 pm
Great win, but Hot Damn.
Teague was bloody awful in that 4th. We needed Kirk there.
And why the hell was Marvin put back in the game? His FT shooting isn’t even that great anymore
Mr.E
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Did J-Smoove really make that 3?
Someone needs to pinch me
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Mookie Dagger!
yawl remember Mookie had stones for hands and missed a ton of threes!!! but when he hit, the game was always on the line. that’s josh in a nut shell.
what a nail bitter! yeah! i can sleep now.
kevkat
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
you’re right cape crusader…against average to below average teams.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
56 against that ancient bunch?
Wow.
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Make that 19 by smoove
Section 212
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
J Smoove = stat stuffer
Rod from College Park
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Big win
Runner-
January 23rd, 2012
10:18 pm
its crazy how much Smoove has been maturing all season long, he may finally be becoming that player we all knew he could be. Just the way he carries himself and no longer pouts when things go wrong means he’s really maturing
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
10:19 pm
The Hawks need to trade Al Horford & Marvin Williams for Paul Pierce….promote Zaza to center, sign Kenyon Martin, win NBA championship
Grandmaster JeJe
January 23rd, 2012
10:19 pm
Great win but Teague was dreadful in that 4th quarter. Needed Kirk there
And Marvin sucks.
That’s all, folks.
Grandmaster JeJe
January 23rd, 2012
10:19 pm
And how were Ilyasova and Gooden beasting so much vs us? Holy Damn.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
10:19 pm
JeJe complaining about Marvin, despite him making the defensive play to seal it. T-Mac couldn’t have made that play.
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
10:19 pm
Teague looked great in the 1st and should have had more minutes in the 1st but Hinrich would have been a better option in the 4th. I hope he comes back and looks good.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Nice win but let’s smack a few good teams too, boys.
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
10:20 pm
TEague was playing good defense on brandon Jennings….don’t kid yourself. He may not have been scoring but he played defense and made the extra pass to set up what was essentially the game winning 3 pointer
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Nice road win> haters.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:22 pm
Fire someone!
Well, maybe not tonight.
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
10:22 pm
wow I just saw the Bulls highlights….If I were the Bulls Rose would sit out for a while he can barely run and jump….turf toe doesn’t heal by playing on it and it’s just the regular season.
Simple thoughts
January 23rd, 2012
10:22 pm
Believe it or not, that was a good win. That is only Milwaukee’s 2nd loss at home.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:23 pm
Then again….
Fire Bob Rathbun! So annoying.
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
10:23 pm
yodaddybrother,
I would have rather had Teague shot that 3 pointer not Josh. I wouldn’t give him that much credit, he got lucky Josh made it. Everyone would have hated Teague if Josh missed.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
10:24 pm
It was the offensive foul on JJ that set him off. After that point, he didn’t miss a jumper or a free throw, and scored 13 points in the last 3:19 of the game.
Way to do the damn thing JJ
Section 212
January 23rd, 2012
10:24 pm
Is this the start to that crazy road trip? Give me these sky miles: Milkee, SA, Det, NO, Tor. The Heat do not have to make a road trip like this
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:24 pm
I never, ever thought i’d see the day that Dominique Wilkins would be behind a mike on a regular basis….
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:24 pm
teague playing defense? jennings torched us for 21. teague turned the ball over 6 times. what game were you watch. Ill put it on DVO next time
Evelyn Gatlin
January 23rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Lmfao at the fans or fickle fans on this blog,u hate every players on this team one minute,calling them names like Jr.H.S.kids,then they’re your dude when that same player start to play well,that’s some retarded sh$t,then whinning about Joe’s salary,it’s been almost 2yrs.since he signed that contract get the phuck over it,like i said lmfao.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:26 pm
Ben Hill been real!
shouts out to Andre Aldridge..
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:28 pm
Evelyn Gatlin….
Seek immediate professional help for your mental issues.
Then learn how to write.
Astro Joe
January 23rd, 2012
10:28 pm
Kudos to Zaza and his 9 points and 14 boards in 38 minutes.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:30 pm
That’s a fine game indeed for zsa zsa….
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:31 pm
Ben Hill in Forest Park? lol a shout out from Jonesboro >>> is that napolean sherriff outa’ jail yet? victor hill fell off hte top of Ben Hill … a 2 foot ant hill?
that dude fired 27 deputies his first day on the job with snipers on the roof! lol he must have thought he was playing a video game … immortal combat!!!
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:32 pm
ditto on the Zaza performance. near double double but you give him Al’s minutes and you will see the same if not better numbers. Difference is Zaza will put you on your butt