Atlanta Hawks at Suns: Game thread
Phoenix–Tracy McGrady did not dress. “We are just going to rest him up,” Larry Drew said. “This is one of the things we knew we were probably going to be doing given the [truncated] season. He will be resting on back-to-back, whether the first night or second.”
- All 13 Suns are dressed and available.
- Jason Collins (elbow) saw his doctor today. “From what I was told, it’s feeling better but it’s not completely healed,” Drew said. “It’s going to be a little bit longer.”
- Drew didn’t commit to another 10-day contract for Erick Dampier. “It’s a possibility given that Jason won’t be back soon,” Drew said. “We are certainly going to need the body.”
- Drew expects to use Dampier tonight against Marcin Gortat and Robin Lopez after he played 16 minutes against Andrew Bynum. “Watching ‘Damp,’ it seems like every day he’s getting into some playing shape,” Drew said.
- The Suns sliced the Hawks on pick-and-rolls in the last meeting. According to Synergy Sports Technology, Suns pick-and-roll ball-handlers scored 1.5 points per possession and roll men scored 1.14 points per possession. On their 21 pick-and-roll possessions used, the Suns combined for 12 of 19 shooting, including 3-for-4 on 3s.
- “We are going to see tons and tons of it,” Drew said. “They run multiple pick-and-rolls. They run a lot of random pick-and-rolls. We are just going to have to do a good job against it. It’s not something we haven’t had seen before. The guards are going to have to do a good job of fighting over it and everybody is going to have to be in position.”
- The league selected Joe Johnson to participate in the 3-point shootout during All-Star weekend. “I guess they needed a fill-in,” Joe joked.
- Joe finished fifth of six players in 2005 when he repped the Suns. “I’ve always wanted a chance to redeem myself,” Joe said. That field included Hawks teammate Vladimir Radmaonovic, champion Quentin Richardson, Kyle Korver, Voshon Leonard and Ray Allen.
- Johnson and Minnesota’s Kevin Love are the two All-Stars who also will participate in the 3-point shootout this year. The other contestants are defending champion James Jones of the Heat, Miami teammate Mario Chalmers, Orlando’s Ryan Anderson and New Jersey’s Anthony Morrow.
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776 comments Add your comment
Big Lou
February 15th, 2012
11:16 pm
2 givens in any Hawks game:
1) Marvin won’t do jacksht
2) Joe Johnson won’t rebound
Don’t forget the illegal screen by Zaza.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:16 pm
This game aint over!
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:16 pm
Wow!
LIVE BY THE JUMPER, DIE BY THE JUMPER!
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:16 pm
Josh Bol.
Big Lou
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
Told you the jumpers and horrible offense is the Achilles hill.
62-39-5
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
Hawks gettin it done from downtown tonite!
Astro Joe
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
OK, who is going to close this puppy out?
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
overtime?
Ra'mon
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
Dallas lived by the jumper and got a ring, hmmm.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:17 pm
That last possession failed directly because of no dribble penetration, and on the other end Kirk gets burned by Nash in transition.
I hope if they continue to stick with Kirk, they can manage to get a good shot this possession and put this game away. If they can’t score on this possession, a Phoenix win would not surprise me at all.
Rod from College Park
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
Nique jinxed us again.
Dominique Rathbun
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
Marvin done undressed. He a fan like we are.
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
This is what is going to happen here.
Hawks shoot another jumper on this possession (live by the jumper, die by the jumper) with either Joe Johnson looking to be the end-game hero.
Hawks miss.
Suns bring it down. Nash or someone hits 3 to tie game.
Overtime, eventually.
Hawks lose by 2 or 4 in OT.
Seems inevitable…
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
1) Marvin will never show up
2) Joe won’t rebound
Remember that
Ra'mon
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
Someone must have texted LD a picture of Teague with his ol’ lady or something. Teague has been ghost this quarter.
Spyro
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
Why hasn’t Teague played at all this quarter?
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:18 pm
Also on that last possession Joe got the ball with 7 seconds left about 30 feet away from the basket and didn’t realize the clock was ticking down for a couple of seconds, which resulted in the bad Josh shot. Joe probably should have just sized up his man and shot the 3.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Dallas won with Defense and rebounding…Wont happen this year!
High-sider
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Jamal Crawford > Willie Green > Marvin Williams > Vladimir Radmanovic
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
“Dallas lived by the jumper and got a ring, hmmm.”
Yeah, with Nowitzki making incredible shots. There’s a difference between having someone like him on your team and role players. Nowitzki is a hall-of-famer.
Joe
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Bob should request a shock collar for Nique. Everytime he says something stupid……….oh that might get tiresome after awhile!
bigdave
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
“his role has been to give Josh the ball and get out of the way. ”
sometimes thats all you need your PG to do.
Astro Joe
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Whew.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Iso-Joe. No dribble penetration.
Hawks got lucky as hell on the other end. Frye was wide open.
Luke Cage
February 15th, 2012
11:19 pm
Whew!!!
Boss
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
Joe is complete garbage
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
“Dallas won with Defense and rebounding…Wont happen this year!”
Exactly.
Not to mention they took it to the rack, and actually had a game plan on offense; not to mention an inside presence.
bigdave
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
shame we didnt go to Josh that last offensive possession.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
“Marvin Williams > Vladimir Radmanovic”
You sure about this?
Rod from College Park
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
Joe has been awful today, and yesterday and …
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
JT in the Larry’s dog house!
Big Lou
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
Dallas lived by the jumper and got a ring, hmmm.
That’s the most ignorant comment I’ve read all night. You are the thread winnar!
Rod from College Park
February 15th, 2012
11:20 pm
Josh Price
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
Every time I hear Alvin Gentry talk it makes me want to say *PAUSE*
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
“shame we didnt go to Josh that last offensive possession.”
Or the previous two possessions for that matter. They went to him way too late on that possession when he threw up the brick as the shot clock expired. Should have posted him up again.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
willie and josh= 50 points tonight!
Big Crimson 75
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
done.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
check that= 48 points! Wow…
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:21 pm
Alvin Gentry sounds feminine.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
11:22 pm
“Dallas lived by the jumper and got a ring, hmmm.”
Yeah, with Nowitzki making incredible shots. There’s a difference between having someone like him on your team and role players. Nowitzki is a hall-of-famer.”
Not to mention Dirk is much more than just a jump shooter. He gets to the line, unlike Joe.
Dominique Rathbun
February 15th, 2012
11:22 pm
Give em a layup then put ball in Joe’s hands to be fouled for easy free throws.
Big Lou
February 15th, 2012
11:22 pm
Vlad > Marvin
On offense.
Marvin > Vlad on defense.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
11:22 pm
“He did pretty good,” Josh said. “He played pretty good defense on Bynum. He missed a couple of chip tip ins. We was in a drought.”
We was in a drought
Big Crimson 75
February 15th, 2012
11:22 pm
Joe gets NO calls – poop
Big Crimson 75
February 15th, 2012
11:23 pm
that was genius.
Roy
February 15th, 2012
11:23 pm
Josh smith, willie green and teague did their thing tonight.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
11:23 pm
If Teague had played this quarter, we would be down 14
Derrick
February 15th, 2012
11:23 pm
Can’t believe Nash is 38.
He’ll play until he’s 40 or 41 like Stockton, and STILL have game left.
One of the greats of all-time, for sure…
Big Lou
February 15th, 2012
11:23 pm
Kirk is tired and it shows. GJ Drew.
LT
February 15th, 2012
11:24 pm
Awww look at Pargo…. He should have gotten some playing time…