Updated: Pacers at Atlanta Hawks Game Thread
Coach Larry Drew said there will be lineup changes for tonight’s game against the Pacers. Drew said Tuesday he was considering ways, including lineup changes, to get his team to play with more energy. He wants the Hawks to get their ‘mojo’ and ’swagger’ back as they have lost the past three at home.
The Hawks have lost three straight, all at home. They haven’t lost four straight home games since 2007, part of a seven straight losses.
Wednesday morning, Drew was still concerned with the Hawks lack of response to offensive runs by the opposition. The Suns used a runs between the first and second quarters and to end the third to build a 22-point lead Monday.
“The way we have responded to runs,” Drew said of his biggest disappointment during the current three-game skid. “I’ve told the guys we have to get past the point of when teams do make runs at us feeling like the game is over, particularly when there is so much basketball to be played. I gave them the example of [Tuesday] Indiana’s game with Utah. Utah went down by 22 in the third quarter and came back to take the lead in the fourth quarter. The game is never over until the final horn blows. You have to, hopefully, withstand runs but you can’t get discouraged when teams make runs. …
“Under no circumstances can you hang your head when a team makes a run. You have to respond like a professional.”
Big man update: According to Drew, he expects a signing at center in the next few days.
“I think in the next few days we will have another player who we can add to give us some help at the five position,” Drew said.
Drew confirmed that the team worked out Kenyon Martin before the free agent signed with the Clippers. Drew also said the team has not decided at the direction they will go with a signee.
“We’ve talked about both scenarios as far as a 10-day [contract] and bringing someone in for the year,” Drew said. “We haven’t made a decision on it yet. We just talked about the pros and cons of both. It’s just a matter of going through the list of names.”
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Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
7:55 pm
Kirk got broken. Lmao
Walt Frazier
February 8th, 2012
7:55 pm
Teague is being pressured by coach to be overly aggressive in his play, so now that he does it, out comes Teague and in comes Hinrick. Yeah, the shots are falling now, but Larry’s happy that Teague isn’t in the game.
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Letting Joe be the play maker
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Damn, Zaza came to play!
MattP
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Holy Zaza!
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
LOL@Zsa Zsa
Sautee
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Magic Pachulia!
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Holy snap! Zaza with ball skills? It’s the end of the world!!!! Don’t screw this up LD!
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
Marvin’s first dunk as an nba player! Look out blake griffin
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
AND MARVIN FINISHED WITH A DUNK!!
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
7:57 pm
Nice pass by Zaza. Why the hell does Joe do this? He shows up for 2 games and balls his head off, only to disappear for 4 games after that
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
Soon the jumpshots will stop falling and the game will get close again, especially with Kirk ‘no penetration’.
GRREEAT!!
February 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
Put teagues sorry azz on the bench. Dude is an ignorant idiot.
Ditto on the Josh is doing what hes told, and quite well I might add.
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
7:59 pm
Like it or not, Smoove has a pretty bad post game. He simply doesn’t know how to maneuver in the post, so he decides to play his game outside – in, not the other way around
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
7:59 pm
Bench rotation has been shorted it seems
GRREEAT!!
February 8th, 2012
7:59 pm
Hinrich has more rebounds and as many assist as teague Already.
MattP
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
No TMac?
The voice of idiocy
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
Runner-
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
Nice D Marvin. No get your butt on the bench. Lmao @ Drew
MattP
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
that’s a change
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
Kirk is aggressive on D, I’ll give him that, but he is not quick enough to where he can afford to be that aggressive. Sometimes the aggression pays off in pushing the opposing PG farther back behind the 3 point line, and sometimes it results in Kirk getting burned. He’s the Asante Samuel of point guards.
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
As soon as Teague came out of the game, the Hawks started balling. You Hinrich hater have no merit, he plays his game just as well as Teague
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Enter your comments here
terrell
February 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Josh insists on taking jumpshots.
Rusty
February 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Joe say he needs more money.
Ruben
February 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Why does it has to be hate to point out teague is a scrub? Why cant it be a statement of observation?
MattP
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
Well, there goes Teague’s starter spot.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
Josh can’t let Tyler Hansbrough take him that easily.
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
@Runner
Joe was the playmaker handling the ball, what game are u watching, yes Kirk is playing better tonight like all the Hawks are!!
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
atta boy Hinrich, put them haters to rest
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
WTF Joe. Bad D.
doc
February 8th, 2012
8:02 pm
that guy hinrich sucks bad. can we trade him so a real point guard pargo can come in instead?
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
DEBO!!
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
Teague will be relegated to the bench by Sunday…
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
“Joe was the playmaker handling the ball, what game are u watching, yes Kirk is playing better tonight like all the Hawks are!!”
who said anything about Hinrich being the playmaker?
bigdave
February 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
that shouldn’t happen..
Jerry West
February 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
I hope that sorry teague is taking notes at what a real point guard does. Hinrich is much better than teague. Its time to put teague back on the bench
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
8:05 pm
Hinrich can play
We dont need him
Hinrich has large expiring contract
Lots of teams wan him
Why is he still on the team?
crazy_88
February 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
Guess Tracy is now the odd man out of the rotation..usually he’s the first call off the bench. interesting….
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
Hinrich for a Big yesterday….
Sautee
February 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
lol@doc
Jerry West
February 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
The offense click better when teague is sitting besides Al.
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
Great quarter by the Hawks, disappointed that Jeff had 2 quick fouls but great play by Hinrich off the bench. Good quarter overall for all the Hawks
High-Tech Lynching
February 8th, 2012
8:07 pm
Larry Drew’s “two-foul rule” is in efffect tonight; [you will see] no more Jeff Teague for the rest of the first half. SMH
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
8:07 pm
Short leash was the change? Yep
Watch the Pacers go inside and start to score the ball…Lead will shrink..
terrell
February 8th, 2012
8:07 pm
$100 says Pacers lead at the half.
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
8:07 pm
That lead is going to evaporated by half time. Mark my words.
Josh Smith
February 8th, 2012
8:08 pm
I been letting my haters be my motivators for quite a while. The coach tells me to put it up and I do. Bitch on Bitches.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
8:08 pm
“You Hinrich hater have no merit, he plays his game just as well as Teague”
Good to see him knocking down his shots, but let’s not get too carried away. Dribble penetration from Teague is going to result in good shots a lot more frequently than mid range jumpers from Kirk. The Hawks’ run was sparked by good team defense, which really started with the inside players (Zaza and Josh).
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
8:08 pm
I’m with you terrell!