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
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
Where is that moron with the exceptionally long blogger name that kept wanting us to trade for Bogut?
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
8:26 pm
think Jeff wouldve been the last sub i made..
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:26 pm
Kenyon Martin here in Atlanta will guarantee a deep playoff run. Imagine Kenyon and Josh Smith…..a lot of defense, steals and blocks going on and Kenyon Martin has no fear and plays with heart. He can guard centers (except Dwight) and can score when given the chance.
That would be IDEAL and nobody would have to be traded.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:27 pm
Great start for the Hawks, but you just know the Bucks would be leading if JON LEUER was in the game.
Rob
January 23rd, 2012
8:27 pm
Teague is a beast.
ntrigue
January 23rd, 2012
8:28 pm
I think coach should sometimes ride his hot players when their hot ! He has a tendency of following routine substitutions not adjusting if a player is hot!
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
8:28 pm
bigdave,
It’s funny because he takes out JT and keeps JJ in the game.
O'Brien
January 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
I could be wrong, but Teague has not done a good job of building on these kinds of first quarters. It’s like he loses his aggressiveness in the 3rd, and if we’re lucky, it comes back in the 4th.
Great game so far. It would be nice to see the Hawks blow them out, so our starters can get a rest.
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
8:30 pm
Lets go DEBO!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:30 pm
Damn T-Mac makes a rare bad basketball IQ play
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:31 pm
Lest Tear It Up=Fail
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:32 pm
Andrew Bogut is so overrated…..I’ve been trying to tell you people for a while. This is not NBA2k12….he’s not that good
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
smh bench messing up badly
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
big lead gone just like that
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
backups turning the ball over….not playing that welll….yet at least
O'Brien
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
2nd unit getting/letting the Bucks back into it
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
2nd unit playing very uncharastically sloppy
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
Ivan has zero boards in 4 minutes.
Ryan
January 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
and starters back in….lol
Rob
January 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Thats one thing you can say about Pargo, he is good for a few jumpers a game.
ntrigue
January 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Joe played pretty much the whole qtr and was not producing while Teague your hot player sits for 4mins while the bucks make a run!
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
I do not understand why LD does not stick with the guy doing good that quarter. It’s like he wants to give the other team help and benches the good player. He is suppose to bench the ones that are doing terrible.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Mac setting the table nicely..
steven a
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Stats are for LOSERS. Ivan Johnson should be starting.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
is that the ref barkley kissed?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Nobody on the second unit can check Ilyasova.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
“Ivan has zero boards in 4 minutes.”
he was victim of a couple long rebounds.. still think you have to play that guy
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:40 pm
@ntrigue
Joe makes $120 million, I don’t give a damn if he out there about to die or is 0 for 18 he needs to put in 40 minutes a night bump the BS.
Brockdeezy
January 23rd, 2012
8:41 pm
Commenting from the previous post… ” The higher-ups decided that neither I nor Chris Vivlamore will be in San Antonio or Toronto. As of right now (see what I did there?), the AJC will staff all other Hawks road games.”
What type of paper doesn’t send a beat reporter to all it’s NBA games? I cannot imagine any other large market paper doing the same. Dangerous precedent…
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
i wonder when they will look to iso Capt Jack..
steven a
January 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
T-Mac needs more minutes with the starters. He and Radmonovich.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
lmao zaza
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
You know what. I think LD bets against the Hawks, that is why he takes out the players that are doing good and keeps the bad ones.
BoneKollector
January 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Does zaza have to let out that yell everytime he drives lmao
Vino
January 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Hey Najeh where ya boy at trade your whole team for injury prone players?
yodaddybrother
like the Kenyon pick up but what will it take for us to get him here?
Teague=Rose/Rondo
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Every time they play this All Star Game commercial talking about “the magic city of Orlando” I start thinking about strippers.
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Hawks really do have a good bench….get rid of Jason Collins and Donald Sloan….insert Kirk Hinrich and Kenyon Martin and the Hawks will win the championship.
I would say get rid of Stackhouse and keep Collins but I guess he’s there for moral support?
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Has zaza EVER gotten a foul call in the paint? EVER? IDK why not?
Pargo must be butter – cause he’s on a roll! I LOVE our new bench – a HUGE lift, like the C’s once had.
SoullRenaissance
January 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Drew would be a plum fool is he bench Teague now for Hinrich. He had better leave well enough alone and stick with the status quo.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
Onyx>magic city
kevkat
January 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
ZAZA should never drive on anybody
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
I knew willie green was going to get blocked
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
damn Willie Green that was weak
Bigman needed
January 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
I wonder if Sund could find a way to steal javale mcgee?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
T-Mac and Zaza on the court at the same time is a good combo.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
8:47 pm
damn Bogut!
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
8:47 pm
ok get josh back in asap
SoullRenaissance
January 23rd, 2012
8:47 pm
Tell Kmart to stay where he is at – some years back, Martin dissed us in favor of playing out in Denver. We don’t need Korea’s castaways, we have Ivan the Terrific.
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 23rd, 2012
8:47 pm
Where the hell is [Jon] Leuer?!
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
8:47 pm
Bench was giving it up like a ho….