Atlanta Hawks at Pistons: Game thread
Auburn Hills, Mich.–Hawks will use same lineup as last game with Zaza Pachulia at center. “It’s not set in stone,” Larry Drew said. “We will stay with it for right now.”
- Drew said Kirk Hinrich had no issues after his first game back from shoulder surgery. “We are going to ease him back into it,” Drew said. “He still has to get into that playing shape where he can play on a nightly basis. I don’t want to pile too many minutes on him.”
- Drew said “for right now we will keep [Hinrich] at the one. He could play off the ball some. There are a couple of things I possibly want to experiment with as we move forward: him at some two, Joe [Johnson] at some three, that type of thing.”
- ESPN.com’s Marc Stein runs down a list of teams who will compete with the Hawks for Kenyon Martin’s services and says K-Mart is looking for a major role on a contender.
- Drew on the Pistons: “They play a very physical style. That has always been a problem or us in the past. They really bang the boards. I told the guys by no means can we come in here and think these guys are going to lay down. They’ve had some close ballgames that they could have won. Looking back at their last game against Miami they were in perfect position to win.”
- Damien Wilkins is starting for the Pistons tonight. “Our effort has been a lot better, our fight has been a lot better,” he said. “To me, that’s what we had been lacking the most. We had kind of a glass jaw. Now we have a lot more effort, a lot more fight.”
- Wilkins on not getting an offer from the Hawks: “It was disappointing. They basically told me they weren’t bringing in anymore perimeter guy and I’d have to fight [for a spot] with Pape Sy and [Jerry] Stackhouse. And then I look up and here they are with Willie Green and two other wings, and I’m like, ‘Wow.’ It was fun. I appreciate the opportunity they gave me initially. But I miss the guys.”
- The rec center in northwest Detroit Willie Green came up is now called the Willie Green Center for Physical Fitness. Green attended a ceremony yesterday. “My uncle [Gary Green] was coaching a team up there,” Green said. “He used to open up the gym for us, so we were going up there every day. That’s where I first started playing basketball. It was awesome when I walked in the place. I couldn’t believe the gym was so little. I came from humble beginnings like a lot of us.”
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Dog
January 27th, 2012
9:21 pm
Marvin should be an allstar. I dont know why hes not ranked as high. But night in night out you can count on Marvin. You guys talk about JJ an Josh but how can you leave Marv out of this?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:21 pm
Can’t do much about that jump hook Monroe has, especially when you are already giving up 2 inches and 25 pounds to him. Now I see why Monroe has been putting up big numbers for my fantasy team (not the one in the Hawks bloggers league) this season. Dude is really polished for a second year big man.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 27th, 2012
9:22 pm
“Zsa Zsa in the off season just sit there and catch bullet passes everyday”
________
Do this with a 20lb heavy ball. I’ll be his ball girl.
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:22 pm
Teague out for February? Hawks definitely .500 by March 1st.
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
9:22 pm
Get Hinrich out of the game….put in pargo
truehoops
January 27th, 2012
9:23 pm
Teague has damn near 25 minutes in the game and 2 pts WTF is teague doing?
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
9:23 pm
Greg Monroe is a decent center but we shouldn’t have let him get comfortable in the first half….then we wouldn’t have to deal with this type of performance in the second half.
Hawks always make it hard on themselves though.
Pistons have the same type of team as the Hawks just not as talented
bigdave
January 27th, 2012
9:23 pm
i like this lineup..
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
9:23 pm
Joe go off….
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:23 pm
Hawks within one possession again. Time to make defensive stops.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:24 pm
“Teague has damn near 25 minutes in the game and 2 pts WTF is teague doing?”
Giving the ball to Joe and watching him go 1 on 5. That’s pretty much what he’s done in the half court the entire game. The one time someone set a screen for Teague to get in the lane, he hit the floater and twisted his ankle.
bigdave
January 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
feed him and fan him.
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
Joe Johnson….worth every penny! lol
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
Good look T-Mac.
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
Poor Damien. He never imagined that Sund was a liar.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
Kirk! you shoulda’ threw that pass up top to zaza for an alley oop! LOL
A high ankle sprain is the worst type, grade [4]. Ouch!!! very painful, Jeff’s ankle should be wrapped in a bag of ice right now!!! these trainers sux.
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:26 pm
Nice to see Joe workin’ it tonight, and Marvin playing above his average.
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
9:26 pm
That is what Smoove should be doing! His ability near the basket puts so much more pressure on the opponent
truehoops
January 27th, 2012
9:26 pm
Fire Teague.
Fire Drew.
Trade Teague, Drew and Al for Howard….Do it now!
Melvin
January 27th, 2012
9:27 pm
LD gotta learn to use his bench. Guys cant play the whole game
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:27 pm
Collins is getting bodied by Maxiell inside. That’s not a good sign, seeing as how one of the few things Collins does well is box out.
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
9:27 pm
Jason Collins needs to rebound the basketball….put Zaza back in
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:27 pm
This is why Jason Collins is so flippin’ useless. All that size/length and the only thing he’s good for is getting in Dwight Howard’s way.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 27th, 2012
9:28 pm
Tied! D E F E N S E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 minutes to go. The Pistons is one scrub team that has always had the hawks ‘nimber.
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:28 pm
Joe with the weak foul… you look bad when you grab somebody’s shooting arm and don’t even impede their progress to the basket.
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:28 pm
Will Drew stick with Collins out of the timeout?
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:28 pm
And yet in 9 fewer minutes than Zaza, Collins has one fewer rebound.
HAWKS NEED A BIG MAN.
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
Collins = Krispy Kreme
Melvin
January 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
LD does the same thing as Woody. Ride his starters into the ground.
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
This is also why Sund/the ASG is so stupid.
Willing to play with the status quo, figuring we’ll win enough games against bad teams to make the playoffs again (and lose). They should change their name from the ASG to the POFL (Pile of F’in Losers).
bigdave
January 27th, 2012
9:29 pm
“Teague has damn near 25 minutes in the game and 2 pts WTF is teague doing?”
“Giving the ball to Joe and watching him go 1 on 5. That’s pretty much what he’s done in the half court the entire game. The one time someone set a screen for Teague to get in the lane, he hit the floater and twisted his ankle.”
Jeff wasnt going to win this game for us.. even if he got 25 + teams arent going to account for Jeff Teague heating up. i rather see 15 assist. though a lot of his passes are fumbled, Joe @ the 2 guard is still a better play maker/ passer..
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:30 pm
No threat of penetration from Kirk.
I give Joe credit for waking up and hitting tough shots in this half, but if the plan is to continue having him take tough shots the rest of the game to carry the Hawks through, it’s probably going to fail, especially considering the Hawks’ mediocre defense.
Melvin
January 27th, 2012
9:30 pm
Josh and Joe need a rest…. LD is such a dummy.
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
when you give scrub teams confidence they become hard to deal with….as we are witnessing so far.
The Hawks will lose this game…they just have to play better man
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
Yep Collins in crunch time… here we go!
truehoops
January 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
Teague has damn near 25 minutes in the game and 2 pts WTF is teague doing?”
“Giving the ball to Joe and watching him go 1 on 5. That’s pretty much what he’s done in the half court the entire game.”
Really??
JOE has 20 Pts
Teague has 3 assists and 3 turnovers to go with his too points.
What game are you watching? Hawks and Miami on DVO?
Section 212
January 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
Drew made no offensive adjustments in that TO. He lacks the ability to anticipate the other teams adjustments
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:31 pm
This time the rebound fell directly into Jason Collins’ hands…and he still couldn’t get it.
truehoops
January 27th, 2012
9:32 pm
*2pts
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 27th, 2012
9:32 pm
I would send Jeff home tonight on Delta. This 6K mile road trip and all those flights will severely hinder recovery. It is too much cabin pressure and, is highly contra-indicated.
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:32 pm
Glad we got Collins in there to secure those rebounds that come straight to him!
Melvin
January 27th, 2012
9:32 pm
You can see the Hawks with tired legs…. LD is just stupid…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:32 pm
Detroit moves the ball and gets open shots. Hawks try to fan him and feed him and inevitably throw up bricks.
Joe is not good enough for that.
If you are going to force the ball to Joe, at least run plays that get him the ball in favorable positions.
This game is looking like a loss, and it’s primarily because the Hawks spent more time trying to get Joe shots than trying to get good shots.
Buddy Grizzard
January 27th, 2012
9:33 pm
Zaza may not be a beast on the boards in this game but he’s been scoring. What is Collins doing exactly? I mean other than making the Hawks play 5-on-4 as the Pistons put together another 8-0 run? Anybody? Bueler? Bueler?
yodaddybrother
January 27th, 2012
9:33 pm
mediocre defense??? They’ve given up 78 points through nearly 40 minutes of basketball. It’s more about the offense and the turnovers.
Trade Kirk Hinrich though….put Willie Green and Pargo in there….at least they can knock down some shots
Big Ray
January 27th, 2012
9:33 pm
Kirk should be working his way back into things slowly. But Teague has a game like this, and LD will be trying to start Kirk….lol.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 27th, 2012
9:33 pm
“What game are you watching? Hawks and Miami on DVO?”
Evidently I am watching the Hawks-Pistons game, as opposed to the stat sheet like you.
Dept. Of Unintended Irony
January 27th, 2012
9:34 pm
“Teague has 3 assists and 3 turnovers to go with his too points. ”
Too points? Is that like extra points in football?
Section 303
January 27th, 2012
9:34 pm
Just keeps getting worse.
Halfass performance tonight. Can’t believe they’re going to lose to these guys.
truehoops
January 27th, 2012
9:34 pm
“This time the rebound fell directly into Jason Collins’ hands…and he still couldn’t get it.” -LOL
You mean he fell out the boat and missed the water?