Atlanta Hawks at Hornets: Game thread
Jeff Teague will start at point guard for the Hawks tonight against the Hornets. Teague said he felt “fine” despite the sprained ankle that limited him during Friday’s win against Pistons.
“Jeff is a go,” coach Larry Drew said before the game. “He was moving around on it pretty good yesterday. He hasn’t mentioned that it is bothering him to the point that we have to limit him. We’ll keep an eye on him. Right now, he is a full go.”
Drew said he would split reserve minutes between Kirk Hinrich and Jannero Pargo.
“He has been playing really well for us,” Drew said of Pargo. “That’s why we got him.”
Hinrich, who played 31 minutes against the Pistons after Teague left late in the third quarter, said he is working to regain form as quickly as possible.
“I want to get my game back,” Hinrich said. “I feel rusty and I just want to help any way I can right now and get my rhythm back.”
* Austin Barker, a 17-year-old high school student from Mississippi scheduled for a bone marrow transplant this week, was the guest of Hawks trainer Wally Blase Sunday.
Barker, who is at Tulane Children’s Hospital, attended the game with his father and two friends. He received a hat signed by the Hawks.
The non-profit organization Sunshine Kids brought Baker’s situation to Blase’s attention. Blase worked with the Hornets to organize the outing.
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atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
9:32 pm
If he just had a veteran allstar the mentored him. He is still better every year.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
So Chauncey Billups will determine if I win my first fantasy basketball week. Currently up 6 – 5. But only up by one three pointer in that category. And the guy I need to miss from three throughout the 2nd half, is Mr. Big Shot . . Chauncey Billups. And he’s already made 2 in the game.
(( sigh ))
Dude needs to tweak an ankle or something. A Jeff Teague like sprain that will only put him out the rest of the game, not out for the next game.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
misspelled on purpose…..too lazy to look it up! lol^^^^^^
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 29th, 2012
9:33 pm
Yeah Rev!
I grew up on the intersection of: Church St. and Edgefield Vae. At Eustis Park. I was just floored when I saw our house on the crime scene photo. The officerks blood was actually on our lawn. A family member lives there now and heard the three shots.
The neighbor who called 911 thought there was drug activity going on with the BMW and another car there for so long and so early in the morn.
In actuality, the perp was probably re-grouping from just murdering his girl and unborn child in their sleep from Augusta. He probably thought the officer was investigating that murder, paranoid! All he had to do was say he was lost and GPSing his locale. She would have assisted him. But he opened fire unnecessarily.
There will be a huge march at the park tomorrow.
My father’s step brother has a small church on the corner of Hampton Ave and Perrin St., Rev George Burchalter, JR. Do you know of him? He’s been there for many years. Rev George Burchalter, Sr was my Grandfather who died when I was 9 years old. A lot of history for me there. Glad I left though. Thanks for the kind words. I’m devastated.
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
9:34 pm
I wish I could watch Marvin’s missed dunk again
Hawkfan
January 29th, 2012
9:34 pm
No need to compare Willie and Jamal. Both good at what they do. Difference is this year we actually have other good players on the 2nd team like TMac, Kirk, Pargo, Ivan. Need to upgrade the Collins slot though. Slower than Blair Rasmussen
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
9:34 pm
LOL . . what if God wants him to come to Atlanta? Will he come?
vava74
January 29th, 2012
9:34 pm
Both JJ and Josh contributed in spite of their poor shooting nights.
Lay off! We won by 22!
Astro Joe
January 29th, 2012
9:35 pm
Zaza had a much better game than the box score suggests. He did a nice job defending pick and rolls and caught most of the passes thrown to him in the paint. He may have had better numbers if he didn;t take the elbow smash in the first half. Bottom line, he has stepped up nicely and is growing into his new role.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
Willie at least plays defense, JC1 not so much……
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
Remember people, we have Jason Collins as a Orlando Magic insurance policy. Without Twin we could the magic would destroy us.
kwooden
January 29th, 2012
9:36 pm
Great win tonight, with JJ going 4-15 and Josh going 3-10!! Jeff with an awesome display of shooting. If he can keep knocking down his 3’s, we’re going to be a really tough team to stop. Everybody has to respect his ability to drive and his floater is deadly right now. The HAWKS almost shot has well from the 3 point line as they did from the free-throw line! (52% to 58%) That’s not good, Josh needs to get this corrected.
GO HAWKS!!
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
9:39 pm
We r on our way to a winning road record for the season. Have we done that in the last 18yrs? ever?
yodaddybrother
January 29th, 2012
9:40 pm
@SlimJr
lol @ “his bricks equate to turnovers”. I guess every time a player misses a jumpshot it’s a turnover huh?
I see LBJ constantly jacking up jumpers (granted he’s LBJ) but still the principle applies. Take the magnifying glasses off for a second and look at Josh’ overall contributions when he’s on the floor. He posted a +19, he altered plenty of shots at the rim and blocked 4 of them.
Yall complain about the same thing every game but guess what…Josh will continue to shoot jumpers. He has a nice stroke…it’s not like he’s Joakim Noah out there. He’s the definition of streaky and when he’s on it’s deadly for defenses.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
Sautee’s Golden Nugget!
“Road wins, even against bad teams, ARE LIKE GOLD.”
________
You’ve been saying that for years! We count on you for the golden nugget! Thanks Sautee for keepin’ it real!
_________
PREACH! CHURCH! TABERNACLE!
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
LOL . . and just like that, Chauncey kills me.
Two threes in a row. 23 points so far for him, and looking for more.
Oh well, we put up a good fight this week.
KevinM
January 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
I know I’m nitpicking about the best center in the league, but 4-15 at the line tonight? Really?
He and Josh on one team would make LD start growing gray hair!
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 29th, 2012
9:42 pm
northcyde,
Jamal Crawford: 13.1ppg, FT% – 94.9% [current NBA leader in FT%]
Willie Green: 6,0ppg, FT% – 75.0%
Jamal Crawford 2X > Willie Green
KevinM
January 29th, 2012
9:43 pm
Oh yeah, Josh and meaningless 0-4 at the line tonight.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
9:44 pm
smh . . Chauncey going for 40 tonight. 26 points now.
yodaddybrother
January 29th, 2012
9:45 pm
time to pound the Raptors on Tuesday
doc
January 29th, 2012
9:45 pm
really good game as these guys put a hurt on folks they should beat. get some rest and come on back the phil at 16 – 6 for a solid start.
slimjr you were only off by 2 maybe for first 22 game prediction.
good to see effort keep up even well after the game was decided. guys seem to want to play it right. like seeing ivan get some burn. overall about an a- for this team thus far this season. looking forward to the next four at home. those games will tell us a little more about this team. still think .500 in february would be huge. march has 7 sets of back to backs of the total of 18 games. got to make hay while we can.
Dawg
January 29th, 2012
9:45 pm
The Hawks organization paid over $200,000 tonight for Joe’s 9 points. This is going to be one LONG contract.
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:46 pm
One more game in Jan then that brutal Feb schedule comes calling…Your mission is to stay above .500…This tape will self destruct in 5,4,3,2…………..
KevinM
January 29th, 2012
9:46 pm
That’s funny Dawg! I guess 10-1 when Joe scores 20 doesn’t help huh?
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
Right Doc..I was pretty close with an 18-4 1st 22 game prediction! Man you are on top of your game.Guess thats why we call u DOC? Hahaha….
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
9:48 pm
Dwight wuld be great, but hlwho would have to go?
Coach D
January 29th, 2012
9:50 pm
Have loved the Hawks schedule. Know it’s going to get tougher…. It’s got to. BUT, way to represent the ATL. starters & the new efficient bench. Al will be back for the playoffs, I’m sure of it. Could be interesting come playoff time. I HOPE!!!!
KevinM
January 29th, 2012
9:51 pm
You know who D12’s coach is for his free throws? Yep, Josh’s ole coach Mark Price….
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:51 pm
Hey Doc the Hawks are going ear their money in february and March?
We need a quality Big yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! C’mon Sund!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Smack yourself……..
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
earn^^^^
Coach D
January 29th, 2012
9:52 pm
@ Dawg… J.J. earned every penny (and more) of his $200,000, Friday night at Detroit. Don’t mess with success.
phil
January 29th, 2012
9:53 pm
LOL at Howard and going where God says go…
He’ll be following the money of course.
northcyde
January 29th, 2012
9:54 pm
Per 36 minute numbers
Jamal: 6.5 FG on 18.1 shots ( 36% shooting ) . . add 2 extra points for the two 3 pointers he makes every 36 minutes . . and 4 points for the FTs = 19 points
If Willie Green took 18 shots every 36 minutes, these would be his numbers
8.1 made FGs for every 18 FG attempts . . plus add 2 points for the threes he would make during that span . . and 2 point for the FTs = 20 points
Willie > Jamal . . because Willie shoots and defends better.
Jamal only scores more than Willie, because he shoots more than Willie.
If Willie took
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
Hey dawg
How about trying to earn his the 8games. Wyy do you try to hate on him now?
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
9:55 pm
Hey D12 why dont ya just come Home?
Hinrick and Al for D12! Make it so…….
kevkat
January 29th, 2012
9:59 pm
“With so many other good teams in the East, including the Heat, Bulls, Celtics, Sixers and Pacers, it’s very important for the Magic to not have too many stretches like the one they just had.”
That’s the quote from Josh Cohen, from Cohen Courtside with Orlando Magic.com. Hawk hater I guess. The Celtics?
bigdave
January 29th, 2012
10:01 pm
as long as we see poor jump shooting nights not effecting effort given in other facets of his game, there is no reason to be critical of Josh. dude was effecting almost every shot at the basket while he was in the game..
ClassicHawks
January 29th, 2012
10:04 pm
Joe has won us two games on this road trip, Cmon Dawg, get off that BS man. LD is a good coach. Yall are some unintelligent fans if you cant see that!
RethinkPossible
January 29th, 2012
10:06 pm
Cohen’s Courtside will be over once Dwight leaves….
Hawkfan
January 29th, 2012
10:08 pm
Don’t know how they did it but the coaching staff has done a great job getting these guys to buy into team defense. So much better than last year. I thought LD was weak defensive coach and was missing Woody. These guys defend and win even when their best player doesn’t shoot well. My kind of basketball
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
10:09 pm
??
kevkat
January 29th, 2012
10:09 pm
I agree RethinkPossible.
TMACfan
January 29th, 2012
10:10 pm
Where has Smith.Lueur.Bogut been all these days?? Please explain yourself.
And nice to see the vintage TMAC oop dunk!
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
January 29th, 2012
10:15 pm
LOL @ Marvin missing that alleyoop.
What a joke of a player.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 29th, 2012
10:17 pm
atlchris77!
“I like “the 2nd shift”.
__________
What about:
Night Shift
4-12
The Night Crew
The Relievers
The Replacements
_________
That’s IT: THE REPLACEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!
What do yawl think about that? Come On yawl.
The Falcons O-Line were called: DIRT BAGS!
So, we got to name our bench before the play offs!!!!!
Slimjr
January 29th, 2012
10:18 pm
We fixing to see how good this coaching staff is in the Month of February..They will be tested for sure….
atlchris77
January 29th, 2012
10:18 pm
We will just need to make it to the ECF’s
Give-us us free [Amistad]
January 29th, 2012
10:26 pm
northcyde,
When you use ‘per 36 minute statistics’, you are trying to pro-rate or extrapolate a player’s production which can lead to a fallacy or falsehood. The ‘per 36 minute statistics’ do not take into account that a player’s efficiency and productivity may decline on the back end if he [or she] was to play a full 36 minutes in a game. Willie Green currently averages 15.7mpg [minutes per game]. If Willie Green were to play an additional 20.3mpg, who’s to say that his efficiency and productivity would not decline and vice-versa? If Willie Green is better than Jamal Crawford, why is Willie [Green] averaging 15.7mpg with the Hawks and Jamal [Crawford] used to average approximately 30+mpg with the Hawks?
Rev in Tampa
January 29th, 2012
10:32 pm
“Dwight Howard says he’ll play wherever God wants him to play.”
I didn’t know Dwight was a Calvinist:
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Reformed-Theology/Sovereignty-of-God/
In case you are wondering; I am a Calvinist in my theology and believe everything contained in the link above.