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
9:46 pm
Come on, Joe….pressing too hard.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
joe will cost the hawks with no passing
Mac-Town #maconchevyrider
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
Dont let Trey Songz get hot
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
Josh is our most consistent player.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
Wow @ Drew Gooden . . . just fell off as a player.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
i expected more from this lineup..
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 23rd, 2012
9:46 pm
‘It was not a bad pick’ is now going to say that Teague is taking shots from Marvin since Jamal is gone.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
I want to see vlad in!
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
Drew yanks Ivan….not sure that was such a good idea.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
Illy is long man..
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
Gotta box him out Josh
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:47 pm
lol Drew . .. took Ivan out for the quick jumper and foul
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
Jennings is killing teague
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
Hawks going into iso mode. Not a good sign.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
teague not even looking to drive
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
Hawks definately playing down to the level of competition tonight, bucks are not a good team
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 pm
Orlando getting destroyed tonight by Boston. If Hawks win, we’re all alone in 1st in the SE
Big Lou
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Drive to the freaking basket!!!
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
“The rest of the team has to be on fire, in order for him to play like that.”
truth be told thats what happened against.. Philly. i wasnt impressed w/ them at all, we just needed a better game from the supporting cast since Joe wasnt going to force the issue. we can beat that team though..
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Last Call for Alcohol!
Whoever has the ball last, will win. Feels like a NFL game.
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Where’s Vlad?
We’re getting outhustled/outplayed by Dunleavy and that damn annoying Ilyasova
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Ilyasova has been their most consistent player in this game.
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
LD should have gave the starters a rest to start the 4th
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
fatigue?
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Get Marvin back in this game. T-Mac don’t have it tonight.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
That’s only the 11th foul shot for the Hawks in this game. They have not posted up enough.
O'Brien
January 23rd, 2012
9:50 pm
northcyde,
I think LD needs to work on some end of quarter players/scramble drills, because more often than not, the JJ ISO at the end of the quarter does not result in a made basket.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
bad.. bad..
Jeff was guarding well.. now we go into this switch mode. we do it against elite guards. makes me question Teagues on ball d. he’s a defensive play maker but on ball.. i dunno.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
why is teague on the court if hes not driving and canr guard jennings
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
Is LD playing on closing out on the bench?
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
Teague with an ugly jumper. Hawks can’t buy a jumper.
O'Brien
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
Big ray,
Vlad was getting killed by Illyasova
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
This is the kind of situation where you miss having Jamal.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
give em a breather till about 4 mins coach.. gotta have it.
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
We need to put teague on the bench
MattP
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
planning*
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
hawks will lose this one…
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
we need some consecutive baskets to set up the defense
Ryan
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
Smh….losing it
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
LD is getting out coached. Skiles has entire bench in the game besides Jennings and LD is going to ride his starters the entire 2nd half except for Marvin
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
Get Marvin back in this game. T-Mac don’t have it tonight.”
now .. neither does Marvin.. at least Mac can facilitate and post..
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
T-Mac the playmaker!
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
Nice play by T-Mac. He made something happen.
Joe doesn’t look very confident.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:52 pm
right on que..
Marvin aint good for nothing but spotting up and missing.
O'Brien
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
I know LD wants to ride his starters, so hopefully they will have it down the stretch.
Im glad TMac didnt settle for the jumper.
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
@ JJM
you gotta believe man….it’s 7 minutes to play….we got ballers out there
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Nice pass
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
The thing with T-Mac is he can’t really make plays if nobody else is moving away from the ball. The last couple of possessions everyone was just standing around watching him iso. This time Zaza was there.
ntrigue
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Why is Josh just standing on the perimeter?
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Miss having Jamal? To do what? Jack up wild shots and wish they go in?