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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Runner-
February 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
how tall is Hansborough? He looks no taller than Joe out there
phil
February 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
That dunk was weak….
crazy_88
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
For Larry Drew I would like to quote ” Denzel Washington” from ” Training Day “..
” ITS CHESS NOT CHECKERS MUTHER F***** ”
You see the Pacers coach sub his starters out with fresh bodies..maybe you should bring in somebody else besides Hinrich…how about sub out Marvin who is 2-7 ????
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
Yawns
MattP
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
Hinrich: 10-11 ATL 24 22 28.6 0.432 0.421 0.667 0.3 1.9 2.2 3.3 0.8 0.3 1.54 2.75 8.6
Teague: 11-12 ATL 25 25 33.0 0.484 0.447 0.723 0.4 1.7 2.1 5.0 1.8 0.4 2.2 2.0 12.6
Please tell me where Hinrich’s starts are better last year then Teague’s stats this year? Please don’t tell me you were comparing to Teague’s stats last year in regular season.
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
down to 8!
J.J.M.
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
joe scared of contact
Rev in Tampa
February 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
Big Lou,
The Hawks strategy toward D12 was the only smart thing that Larry Drew did last season. They did not double Dwight at all. It was almost like a rope-a-dope strategy in the playoffs. Dwight was so tired from scoring all the time that he wore himself down. But the Magic as a whole could not beat us.
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
“he will be all over ESPN & NBATV all day tomorrow.”
These are the Hawks lol… I give him 5 minutes coverage combined
terrell
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Marvin with another falldown.
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Hansbrough is abusing josh smith!
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
down to 6!
Road Dog
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Damn? where’d all the Josh haters go? They were in full force in the 1st quarter. Now all I hear is crickets coming from their corner.
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Jump shots not going in, here comes the crumble.
Spyro
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
There you go, TMac
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
T-Mac is one of the best post players on this team.
yodaddybrother
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Hawks down 15 by the end of the game
J.J.M.
February 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
see joe thats what you need to be doing
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
Run everything thru tmac on the block!
Rev in Tampa
February 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
Uh oh, Ivan is going to lose his temper
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
Josh should have drove to the basket man.
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
nice move by T-Mac, lineup change should be him over Marvin…
doc
February 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
if ivan can hold his own against dwight then we might have a shot in orlando. otherwise it is three losses in a row. hopefully we can get the first win tonight in february. still hoping for 6-7 in feb but fearing the worst case scenario of 3-10.
meanwhile, j lin the second coming point guard good enough to keep bibby on the bench is 20-10 tonight doing nash numbers aganst walls and the wiz with amare and melo out. that might have been an assumed win by some folks. they might be getting well with the harvard point living on his brothers couch.
Luke Cage
February 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Sup with these Refs!!
phil
February 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Nice shot, Idiot Josh!!
Until he has a coach who will bench him the second he does that, even once, he’ll never be more than the crap player he is.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Josh needs to throw one down in Amundson’s grill at some point to shut his ass up.
Constantine
February 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Teague cost us this game with his poor play. We need to trade teague right now!
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Admunson again…
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
iso went cold!
yodaddybrother
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
good job T-Mac….get a tech…show some fire
Spyro
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
Ball don’t lie…
Runner-
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
lol @ T-Mac’s eyes when he yelling
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
Did my boy T-Mac say “you dont want this”
crazy_88
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
LD is an idiot…he subs players into the game wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too late..majority of the good coaches will sub their bench in around the 6 minute mark of the third quarter…LD plays his entire starting unit almost the entire 3rd quarter and then subs in the entire bench…
that is such a playstation..xbox..nba2k rookie move…
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
I was yelling at Kirk for swinging it to Josh instead of taking the 3 himself, but it worked…
J.J.M.
February 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
smh another 3 at the buzzer
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
I don’t care if he made that three. Why? Cause Josh messes up on defense right after, celebrating like he won the game. Idiot.
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
Hawks 3d q woes continue
Constantine
February 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
#5 JOSH SMITH F 6-9 225 AVG: 15.1 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 3.2 apg, 2.0 bpg, 1.3 spg
(.461 FG%, .534 FT%)
LAST GAME: Scored 18 pts on 6-12 FGs (1-1 3FGs) and 5-6 FTs in 30 mins v/Phoe … Added 5 rebs, 3 assts and 2 stls.
NOTES: Ranks t7th in the NBA in bpg, 20th in rpg, t31st in spg and t40th in ppg … Has 9 double-doubles (t20th in the league) … On
1/27 @Det, moved into 10th place in team history in total rebounds.
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
Magic up 13 with about a min left! Impressive…
Big Lou
February 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
Bad defense made that LUCKY 3 obsolete. Great work.
BIG DOG
February 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
This why Tmac should starte, he have fire get him TMAC
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
Josh 3’s= lucky
11 day contract
February 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
BIG DOG
February 8th, 2012
9:23 pm
This why Tmac should starte, he have fire get him TMAC
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
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COSIGN!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
LD seems to be taking some of northcyde’s advice. It’s really only been an 8 man rotation tonight. Only spot minutes for Green and Vlad.
Melvin
February 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
As usual, Hawks have another bad 3rd qtr. Instead of blowing this game open, they will have to slug it out in the 4th qtr…
Slimjr
February 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Magic win by 13!
phil
February 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Fire Nick Van Exel!!
And fire someone else while we’re waiting on the paperwork to be processed!
Spyro
February 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Tracy going hard now!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
T-Mac drawing contact in the post again.