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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628 comments Add your comment
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
10:33 pm
I am glad teague is getting all the minutes.can someone tell me how he continues to pass up open shots.he seems scared to fire away.
Brian
January 23rd, 2012
10:33 pm
Hinrich returns Wednesday…………
Hawkfan
January 23rd, 2012
10:34 pm
Great win. This team just gets contributions from different guys every night. Much tougher team than in past. Defense was great when we got cold. Kept us in the game till JJ got hot.
Don’t be bashing on Bob Rathbun. He and Nique are very entertaining and Nique knows basketball. I love listening to homers.
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Ticky Dribble was on FIRE TONIGHT?
Still want to trade ISO?
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Tricky^^^^
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
He was wide open for three and dishes it to josh who does not hesitate.
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Damn I wish Josh would stop shooting that lame azz 50% we are almost 20 games into the season he has to do better….50% that’s just awful.
KevinM
January 23rd, 2012
10:36 pm
Phil, I agree with you….we own the lower half of the NBA. It’s time to beat any team we play!
But a win is a win…..
Brian
January 23rd, 2012
10:36 pm
Agreed…..love listening to Nique!!!
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
Teague is the worst at running a team. 6 freaking turnovers. Is he brain damaged?
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
Tricky DRIBBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
no.. no.. no..
Ben Hill in southwest Atlanta..
that sheriff a fool though..
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
LOL! Drew said re: joe, “he’s been money.” where is the DUI guy?
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
10:39 pm
It would be nice to see a good 60 second clip on espn about joes 22 second half points. I would bet against it though.
yoursporthouse.com
January 23rd, 2012
10:39 pm
Josh Haters…tweep..tweep..crickets
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
10:39 pm
Hey at least Tricky Dribble aint Melt Ryan..
That Bust will never win A playoff game………..
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:41 pm
I sure wish we had traded Al when they thought he was worth something, we could have go over big time.
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:42 pm
my man – bigdave!
there is also a Ben Hill subdivision in jonesboro too – right bigdave? hey my friend, how’s those college courses coming? have you matriculated yet?
yoursporthouse.com
January 23rd, 2012
10:42 pm
Melt Ryan….LOL…Check down Charlie!!
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:42 pm
yoursporthouse.com there are a lot of cricket on this site….LOL
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
10:42 pm
We need Okafor Big time!
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:43 pm
the magic loss to the green men makes the hawks loss to philly pale in comparison. id hate to be on that magic blog 2nite.
yoursporthouse.com
January 23rd, 2012
10:45 pm
Is that score right, Magic lost by 30? Wow!
Grandad
January 23rd, 2012
10:46 pm
Did V-Rad pee in LD’s wheaties ?
Radman is # 3 on the team in (+/-)
He [Vlad] is in the group of five best (+/-)
in order:::::> Joe. Teaguer, V-Rad, T-Mac, & Josh
*[group of five that produces the best (+/-) rating together]
_____________________________________________
Not a complaint about LD.
He is getting results.
I’m just wondering ?
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:47 pm
D12 wants to get the puck out of there….
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
10:47 pm
The Pacers have to play the Magic twice, Bulls and Celtics this week. We will see what they are made of after this week although they got off to a good start by beating the Lakers last night.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:47 pm
DrMaryb..
im not sure, possibly. im not too familiar w/ the Jonesboro area, where south Fulton co. ends and Clayton begins is complicated. progressing well, im into my last semester.. where we going to celebrate?
its on meeeeeee… lol
or maybe you..
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
10:49 pm
We do fans continue to say we beat the lower teams? We beat miami,chicago,portland. We kost to houston and philly on the road. We r 13 and 5. That looks like 47&19 if it continues. That is over 700 win pct.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
10:49 pm
“Did V-Rad pee in LD’s wheaties ?
Radman is # 3 on the team in (+/-)”
Ersan Ilyasova was peeing in Vlad’s wheaties in the first half (hence his terrible plus/minus today) which is why he didn’t play in the second half.
Astro Joe
January 23rd, 2012
10:51 pm
Grandad, yeah, I want to complain about LD’s minute distribution but they keep winning, so who cares if one guy gets more/less than the other one? I once complained abput the previous coach until he did stupid stuff like win 50+ games with a razor-thin bench.
Nothing kills a blog like winning.
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:51 pm
if barkley can belly up to a mike? so can nique! besides nique is ATL HAWKS only HOF er i know of. nique is owed a lifetime contract and to be the face of this franchise. i dont ever want to see my man unemployed.
he didnt make much money when they played compared to all these scrubs we see now. them bills dont STOP at age 31 .. nique gotta’ EAT and feed his kids too. leave nique ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
teague had 6 TO’s 2nite – so what? that was an anomaly for him. leave MV-Teague alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Section 212
January 23rd, 2012
10:53 pm
Any other city, Smoove would be a mega star. Hawks fans really need to start pushing Smoove to All-Star status.
Astro Joe
January 23rd, 2012
10:56 pm
Captain Jack took one shot in 28 minutes? I guess he must be protesting something. I hate to watch these guys screw over their teammates by having a pity party during an NBA game. Grow-up already.
Crickets...crickets...crickets....
January 23rd, 2012
10:57 pm
Teague has had 6 turnovers 2 or 3 times this year and weve only played 17 games. thats why coaches dont like to play him and his nick name is turnover teague. having said that I do like teague and think that if he ever learns to think, hell be a very good guard. His still young mentally. Id guess about a season away from taking charge. If he learns.
ClassicHawks
January 23rd, 2012
10:58 pm
The Only Thing I’m Gonna Say About This Hawks Win, there responding to LD…
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:58 pm
Match Ups!
““Did V-Rad pee in LD’s wheaties ?
Radman is # 3 on the team in (+/-)”
Ersan Ilyasova was peeing in Vlad’s wheaties in the first half (hence his terrible plus/minus today) which is why he didn’t play in the second half.
” -najeh’s reply-
____________
nice come back – najeh. it’s all about match ups. drew does go with his gut a lot and, it’s working. drew deserves an extension, he reminds me of tony dungy – personality wise. doing a fine job and has grown as a rookie coach after 18 years in the leghue. his kids and wife need food too.
im happy, winning does that. losing makes me evil. lol!
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
10:58 pm
I am real curious to see how kirk helps thisteam going forward.
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
10:59 pm
This win feels good… On to San Antonio…
Slimjr
January 23rd, 2012
11:02 pm
IF, IF, IF, Captain Kirk can stay healthy he will make a great impact on the team…
IF I repeat IF……….So small a word but so HUGE at the same time…
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
11:04 pm
Enter your comments here
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
11:06 pm
“DrMaryb..
im not sure, possibly. im not too familiar w/ the Jonesboro area, where south Fulton co. ends and Clayton begins is complicated. progressing well, im into my last semester.. where we going to celebrate?
its on meeeeeee… lol
or maybe you..
” -bigdave-
______________
imma take my baby boy to STATS downtown and get you drunk. we’ll have the limo so we can get sloppy drunk! right? i got the tab … imma’ cougar, (older fine azz chic with a young gun), if you shootin’ blanks imma’ call you a taxi tho – believe that. im too old to be waitin’ around for you to get yo ish together. LOL!
hey bigdave, what is your major in school? im so proud of you man. another educated brother would make MLK so proud too, he died for that oppty. sorry my typing is so lazy tonight … im so tired, been up since 3am.
EmirS.
January 23rd, 2012
11:06 pm
Good games tonight by Bogut and Leuer.
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
11:07 pm
I am with you 212. I love to watch josh play. He is the reason this team is exciting.
Ken Strickland
January 23rd, 2012
11:08 pm
All of you AL HOFORD HATERS WHO DONT HAVE A LIFE, SPENDING YOUR DAYS HATING AL HORFORD
MOST OF YOU ARE IGNORANT AND CANT HAVE INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION. we constantly heard player bashing from the HATERS and IGNORANT MASSES, and/or suedo fans. And throughout all of their BS, the ATLANTA HAWKS 13-5 RECORD TIES THEM WITH DENVER FOR THE 3RD BEST RECORD IN THE ENTIRE NBA. and
Play teague.
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES YOU IGNORANT AZZES HATERS. I DONT EVEN LIKE TO POST HERE BECAUSE YALL SO STUPID.
GO HAWKS, AND GO TO HELL HATERS AND BASHERS. lol.
But really teague needs to play 40 minutes for All YALL IGNORANT. Yall dont understand THIS TEAM IS BUILT AROUND AL HORFORD HATERS.
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
11:09 pm
Our team just needs to get a few more designed plays and run them well.
Vino
January 23rd, 2012
11:14 pm
okeafor no way no offense at all and we have reboounding we need size Kaman! good deal
@slimjr
Ken Strickland
January 23rd, 2012
11:15 pm
GOOD NITE B!TCHES
atlchris77
January 23rd, 2012
11:16 pm
Ken
Teague really needs to find his confidence. That was his shot to take tonight.
Vino
January 23rd, 2012
11:16 pm
teague played 41 mins? calm down he needs a break kirk on the way or a big man…..
EmirS.
January 23rd, 2012
11:16 pm
Speaking of Denver,
I just read on Marc Steins rankings page, that Denver is 30 and 12 since the “Melo Trade”. And I agree with Mr.Stein…we should start calling it the “Gallo Trade”.
Very impressive.