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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tb hawk fan i think
February 15th, 2012
9:23 pm
Enter your comments here
richbrave
February 15th, 2012
9:23 pm
AJ:
Yeah they did that in 1994 too, and things worked out. Personally, I don’t think the new SS has had enough AAA experience, and their fall-back plan [JACK WILSON] is fine defensively, but non-existant with a bat in his hands. Still, A-GON had 15 jacks last season, and I think 10 of them were solo blasts, so maybe there’ll be a boat-load of runners on with the 8 hole coming up, and JACK can manage a single to plate one. GONZALEZ was an automatic out with runners aboard last season. Really bad. I guess the BRAVES think the rook and the light-hitting vet couldn’t do much worse.
O.K. GO HAWKS!
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:23 pm
bench #24
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:23 pm
Man, Nash schooling Teague…
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
bench#24
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
Did ANYONE think Marvin was going to finish that?
Josh running fast breaks > Marvin attempting to finish
tb hawk fan i think
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
aaaaaair josh again
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
Josh air balls
Marvin getting blocked, coming up empty on one of his drives
Hawks Basketball
Nique's Revenge
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
clowns
J.J.M.
February 15th, 2012
9:24 pm
if marvin is on this team next season I will not support this team anymore
tb hawk fan i think
February 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
now we fade away
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
Nique thinks benching Ivan yesterday was a good idea.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
Josh has the worst J in the Game today!
J.J.M.
February 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
time to turn. later people
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:25 pm
Nash finger roll in Teague’s face !
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
9:26 pm
Take Jeff Teague out of the game. The guy does not play defense.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:26 pm
Suns will win going away! Hawks cant defend the pick and roll..Game , Set, and Match!
richbrave
February 15th, 2012
9:26 pm
Later guys, and Dr.MaryB
O'Brien
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
There were some bloggers on here who suggested trading for Gortat last year, and there were some who didn’t think he was that good.
I wonder what they think of Gortat’s play this season.
Astro Joe
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
I wonder if the Hawks work on blocking out in practice. Oh, that’s right… they don’t practice. I guess that’s why they are so inept at things like blocking out and setting non-moving screens.
Ms. Jones
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
Dooo Something LD. Dooo something!!!!!!!
Old Man Peabody
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
And think Josh is an all star, the coaches got it right leaving that clown off
tb hawk fan i think
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
7 point lead just like that Hawks Basketball. Atlanta sports.
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
If you rolled Marvin,Zaza,and Ivan together into one you’d still have a bad player…
MattP
February 15th, 2012
9:27 pm
Sautee,
How will anyone know for sure with sports? The can’t personally talk to players and coaches. You here from reports, and I thought that is what MC does. MC has reported multiple times that TMac is ready for more minute but they will not give it to him. Sports are never for sure, reports are also wrong.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
“I wonder what they think of Gortat’s play this season.”
Any big man putting up numbers with Nash feeding him should have an asterisk. Boris Diaw once looked like an All Star with Nash running pick and rolls with him all year.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
Josh can see the rim? Need to get his eyes checked?
Air balls are brutal in this league! This aint High School!
Rusty
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
Sautee read my last blog,please.
Jase
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
Enter your comments here
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
Can Nique still don a uniform ? We need him !
Luke Cage
February 15th, 2012
9:28 pm
DEEEEEBBOOOOOOOO!!
Luke Cage
February 15th, 2012
9:29 pm
No drives to the basket other than Teague
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
Hawks 0/3, 3 jumpers outside the paint since Kirk came in the game.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
amen Najeh
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
Bad Hinrich manuever…
bigdave
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
this is about to get ugly..
tb hawk fan i think
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
we can’t hit the side of a big fat bulls but
Luke Cage
February 15th, 2012
9:30 pm
Hope the Hawks don’t quit.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
Green gives up 4 inches to Redd, and it shows.
JaeEvolution
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
Michael Redd schooling us, word?
MattP
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
Looks like this game is already done. Teague is the only one that brought offense.
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
Nique can go glass!
Josh and Marvin? Whats Glass?
Game over in the 1st quarter!!! The meltdown has begun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! down 13.. ISO Scoreless!
Luke Cage
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
Plus these guys are hitting everything they throw up to the rim
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
February is usually the month we suck and ASG realizes we need a trade (oh wait, we’ve made 2 trades in the last 3-4 years).
This team is a joke.
Making Michael Redd look like an All Star again
What a bunch of losers
Old Man Peabody
February 15th, 2012
9:31 pm
This team needs a real leader bad
Astro Joe
February 15th, 2012
9:32 pm
Got his ish spiked AND committed an offensive foul. DAYUM.
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 15th, 2012
9:32 pm
lol@Slimjr
Slimjr
February 15th, 2012
9:32 pm
3-10, 4-9= catastrophic Month for the Hawks…
Hawks gone scoreless last 7 plus min!
Larry Drew A Picture
February 15th, 2012
9:32 pm
Suns watched tape of Lakers game. Zaza might be Romanian for “Dumb basketball player”.
Jase
February 15th, 2012
9:33 pm
LD doesn’t have a clue to be a good head coach. You get what you pay for though!!!!