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
9:53 pm
Teague looking like ass in the second half.
BoneKollector
January 23rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Teague’s having brainfarts
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
wasnt getting teague suppose to help with penetration?
Rod from College Park
January 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
Marvin would never make that play. He would fall on the way to the hoop.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
Teague just a little indecisive on that pass.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:54 pm
Don’t know why they haven’t gone to Josh in the post more often in this game. Ilyasova is the only Buck who can come close to guarding him down there, and Josh can probably take him too.
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
turnover teague…
great time for a time out.
Josh and JJ have to take over and Ivan needs to be out there. We can still pull this out,. Teague needs to be on the bench. Hes hurting us right now.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
“Miss having Jamal? To do what? Jack up wild shots and wish they go in?”
To take and make shots when nobody else wants to take them. I know Jamal had plenty of flaws but let’s not pretend he didn’t keep the Hawks afloat in some games.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
why dont the pick and roll Josh more?
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
like how he got to the line on that potential lob.. cant nobody run or jump with him..
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
Time for the Hawks to close these clowns out, give me a nice 12 – 1 run fellas
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
there you go Drew . . shoot the bucks out of the game
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Sh!tty call….
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Good D by Teague. Questionable call on the other end.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Gotta give that up Teague
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Teague outta control right there….Duke players step in for the charge gotta be mindful of that
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
That was a block on Dunleavy; Dunleavy was leaning and contorting his body.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
The Hawks have spent this entire quarter trying to get looks for Joe, when Josh is the guy who has the better matchup. Post up Josh
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
teague needs to be on the bench. He just fck up a 2 on 1 and did not split and cost 4 pts the 2 we didnt and the 2 they did . Fck teague
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
Hah….this is gonna be over if the Hawks don’t start playing with some urgency and going to the basket.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
The Boss!
Not Bruce Springsteen, is being missed right now. Get Well Soon big Al!
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
if thats Marvin its blocked..
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
of his head!!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
Good transition D by T-Mac
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
wtf is teague doing
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
JJ needs to move without the ball and come of screens, or get the ball in the post, instead of trying to get the ball out on the perimeter
T-Mac with the lazer
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
I can post as fast as teague fcks up.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:00 pm
Dunleavy is a Duke boy…
They can do no wrong.
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
10:00 pm
LOL…Zaza made him feel that one.
J.J.M.
January 23rd, 2012
10:00 pm
that should do it…lter people
BoneKollector
January 23rd, 2012
10:00 pm
refs rigging
Melvin
January 23rd, 2012
10:00 pm
Joe against SJax is not an Hawks advantage
Luke Cage
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Maaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn, going to be a loooooooooooooooong road trip
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Thats why zaza is better than Al !
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Only one starter (Jennings) on the floor for the Bucks this entire quarter.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Are we really losing to this awful team?
Big Ray
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
I don’t miss Jamal. Al Horford is who I miss for THIS game. Could have used his rebounding.
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
yeah Joe!
bigdave
January 23rd, 2012
10:02 pm
big..
drmaryeb.[*_*].
January 23rd, 2012
10:02 pm
4 mins! time to pull away. where is Vlad? Green? p
Pargo? i got a feelin’ it’s gonna come down to FT’s>
iso-joe time! 81-83 bucks
cape crusader
January 23rd, 2012
10:02 pm
Drew is the leagues worst coach. The hawks win in spite of Drew, not because.
northcyde
January 23rd, 2012
10:02 pm
surprised JJ didn’t throw that one to Josh on the perimeter as well.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
Rebound the ball!
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
Bucks have gotten a ton of offensive boards in this half. 5 by Ilyasova alone.
yodaddybrother
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
Bucks….always scrappy….gotta dig deep and get some rebounds!
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
I have the same feeling Jalen Rose felt about Duke [basketball] players in his ‘Fab Five’ documentary that aired on ESPN.
masked marauder
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
somebody take the fake superhero’s keyboard from him, he a natural born fool
Runner-
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
“Bucks have gotten a ton of offensive boards in this half. 5 by Ilyasova alone.”
Easy to see why this is the case
Najeh Davenpoop
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 pm
Scott Skiles always gets his teams to play hard on D.
phil
January 23rd, 2012
10:04 pm
Josh Smith is Larry Bird from deep in the corner…