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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Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
8:58 pm
nice crossover Captain Kirk!
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
8:59 pm
1st team to 100 wins lol
atlantadeepdirtybench
January 31st, 2012
8:59 pm
Best bench ever!!!!
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:00 pm
Hinrich is why we win….
Clearly.
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:00 pm
@Najeh
If Joel Anthony, Taj Gibson, Omer Asik, Jermaine Oneal and Haslem can get some PT for playoff teams…I’m sure Zaza and Ivan will be just fine. Jason Collins is a useless player in my opinion and if they need to cut him to make room for KENYON MARTIN then so be it because Orlando doesn’t seem like they will be a factor in the playoffs anyway.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
9:00 pm
get em DEBO!!
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:00 pm
Of course he has no thuggish tatooes…
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
9:01 pm
“We all know that’s an abberation, though. Vlad’s D is usually garbage. Yet, maybe LD not letting him play is making him hustle.”
His man to man D is garbage, but he’s done a good job deflecting passes in other games this season. LD continues playing him at PF because the Hawks don’t have any true big men other than Ivan on the bench. Vlad is going to get abused on D at PF against other teams — like Ilyasova did to him earlier on this trip, for example — but Toronto doesn’t have the kind of players who can take advantage of that weakness.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
9:01 pm
We were winning w/o Captain Kirk…Rewind……
doc
January 31st, 2012
9:01 pm
i am really enjoying watching ivan play. he is such a lucky find for this team.
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
9:01 pm
Now they jammin Push IT
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
We won’t be a playoff factor either…never are.
But this team seems different, maybe. Has an energy i haven’t seen since the mid to late 80s.
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
Ideally the Hawks would have more than one big man to come off the bench, so Vlad could play SF where he belongs.
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
January 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
Salt N Pepa
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
How them thugs that moved to Canada to beat the Chit of each other????????????
Sad so Sad…..
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
bout^^
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
Ivan johnson and willie green can make a big difference for this team.
Up to them.
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
if he woulda made it they wouldn’t have called a foul
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
9:04 pm
“If Joel Anthony, Taj Gibson, Omer Asik, Jermaine Oneal and Haslem can get some PT for playoff teams…I’m sure Zaza and Ivan will be just fine. ”
Ivan is smaller and less skilled than all those players. I have no problem with him as a backup PF. But if he is going to go against 7′2″ Asik or 6′10″ Joel Anthony in the playoffs, he is going to get dominated.
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:04 pm
coach we need Pargo
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:05 pm
Stack.
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
9:05 pm
If Ivan was 6-10/11, the Hawks team would be complete..
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:06 pm
Complete?
We’ve never been complete, nor close to it.
But this team is doing things i never expected.
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
If Ivan was a 7 footer we would contend for a title!
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
Release Pargo…
Fire FG!!
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
9:07 pm
Based on what I’ve seen with the other teams, I believe the Hawks can hang with any team in the playoffs, no top team will have a dominant Center so I will come down to players stepping up on the depth.
Big Lou
January 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
We’ll see what this team is really made of in February.
High-Tech Lynching
January 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
The Hawks are TCB [taking care of business] against the teams they should beat. You can’t ask for more than that.
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
If I was Ivan, my name would start with an I….
Please….
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
Cheap Seats!
“Man Toronto music is 10X better than ours…..”-SlimJr-
________
Yeah SlimJr, ASKG should book some rap concerts after the games, esp when the stars come to town … Even they would probably shower and hang around, you know mingle with the fans to show some appreciation to the fans and promote coming out to games.
Esp. Since they don’t want to “pay-ola” for any real sound tracks. Anything to reward the fans for coming out. All these musicians that live here is a shame not to cross-market.
Lame Marketing … Just plain ole’ CHEAP!!!!!!!
Luke Cage
January 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
IT
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:09 pm
@Najeh
Don’t ever underestimate the heart of a champion. Joel Anthony & Haslem wanted no parts of Ivan Johnson when they played the Hawks earlier in this season. Ivan did just fine against those Bulls players when they met. Gotta start having confidence in these guys man!
Slimjr
January 31st, 2012
9:09 pm
Great Win! Now here comes the test! February! At least its not the Ides of March..Hahaha…
I’m gonna go buff out my new ride..Check back with yall later……
Najeh Davenpoop
January 31st, 2012
9:09 pm
I am not going to give too many props to the Toronto sound people, who mostly played songs I used to listen to in 10th grade. Pass the Courvoisier? Really?
But at least they played real songs, instead of playing the goddamn organ.
High-Tech Lynching
January 31st, 2012
9:10 pm
Hire LD!
Hire Rick Sund!
Oh, wait a minute. I mean extend LD, extend Rick Sund!
doc
January 31st, 2012
9:10 pm
slim, if i were 7 ft id be a gazillionaire as would almost anyone else. bill walton step aside son.
Sautee
January 31st, 2012
9:11 pm
I’m delighted with another road win (They are like GOLD).
However, I’m hearing a LOT of unfounded optimism based on a road trip against some truly bad teams. Yeah we would have gone 3-2 at best last year, and that’s encouraging.
But these were some truly awful teams. Very little quality on benches.
phil
January 31st, 2012
9:13 pm
These teams are truly awful indeed…
Let’s see some wins against quality squads.
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:13 pm
“they got Jerry Stackhouse on the team??!?!!!??” Charles Barkley
bigdave
January 31st, 2012
9:14 pm
Ivan comes down w/ the board amongst 3 white jerseys..
atlantadeepdirtybench
January 31st, 2012
9:14 pm
Green better shooter>Jamal
Rev in Tampa
January 31st, 2012
9:14 pm
Hawks holding another team under 80 points while playing on the road. That is impressive.
doc
January 31st, 2012
9:15 pm
yeah sautee, these guys are wiping up the bad teams playing with an intensity even when they get ahead. they look about equal to the team that won 53. they may be better. yes i might change my mind as i did last year when they looked good going into february but this team is playing some defense which is huge. if only they had a real replacement at center, now.
doc
January 31st, 2012
9:16 pm
bigs are going over ivan’s back a bit. he is going to have to go back then up.
drmaryb.[*_*].
January 31st, 2012
9:16 pm
“Drew got a loud a$$ whistle and they responded immediately to that.”
___________
Dog Whistle.
____________
Only Nique and Barkley can say: ATH-THE-LETE and, get away with it.
yodaddybrother
January 31st, 2012
9:16 pm
@ Sautee @ phil
what if the Hawks would have lost these games???
you are what your record says you are. Who have the Heat beaten? or the Bulls?
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
9:17 pm
Raptors announcers said that the Hawks are better than Philly and Philly will fall out of the top 5 teams in the east… I think our Philly blog troll almost had a heart attack when he heard that…..
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
January 31st, 2012
9:18 pm
WHERE THE HORFORD LOVERS AT?
Say goodbye to easy layups from point guards. Hello to stepping in front of someone and blocking the shot or taking a charge.
Congrats to the Hawks for winning 4 on this road trip.
Melvin
January 31st, 2012
9:19 pm
4-1 road trip for the Hawks. Standing ovation for them. Come on home fellas you did well and besides, LD is out of suit combinations…
Just Joe
January 31st, 2012
9:22 pm
Philly’s next 6 games are Bulls, Heat, Hawks, Lakers, Spurs & Clips. 5 of the 6 are at home, but that’s a good test to see who they really are.