Atlanta Hawks at Knicks: Game Thread
NEW YORK — Much of the news of the day was reported earlier with the news that Joe Johnson is out of the All-Star Game because of his ailing left knee and Marvin Williams response to a report he wants out.
As the game thread, here is coach Larry Drew’s take on the adversity affecting the Hawks as the limp home from another 10-day, five-game road trip and the loss, at least temporarily, of their second all-star.
* “I want to see us respond to the fact that we have two all-stars who won’t be here. … I want to see our guys respond in a positive way and that means playing consistently from start to finish, four solid quarters.”
* “I just personally feel that this is a true test to see what our team is made of, where we are at this point. We said all along in bringing in help off the bench, veteran guys, can come in and help us in these types of situations. You lose key guys and it opens up opportunities for other guys to play. It’s a matter of us responding to the challenge.”
* “We can’t allow any adversity to step in to the fact where we fragment when the situations are what they are, given our schedule, that we have key players out. We have to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep marching on.”
Also:
Drew said his team will not get caught up in the Jeremy Lin hype that is sweeping New York. In the Knicks’ last 10 games – nine with Lin as a starter – the guard has averaged 24.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 2.9 steals and 5.6 turnovers.
“The one thing that I won’t allow to happen as we prepare for New York, or any team, we don’t focus on just one guy,” Drew said. “Too much focus, too much attention on one guy and then you leave these other guys open. Our approach to the game tonight will not be to stop Jeremy Lin. It will not be that. We know what we have to do against him. We know what we have to do against the rest of their team but we will not just focus on one guy.”
As a final note, former Hawk Mike Bibby paid a pre-game visit to his old team’s locker room before the game.
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
774 comments Add your comment
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
OH no. Vlad Rad??
Runner-
February 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
Wonder if Woody gave some key info on how to beat the Hawks… oh wait… nevermind
honest_abe
February 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
hurts to watch.
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:05 pm
Dang Bricks gotta lot of guys on the bench that can play
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
Man, Hinrich sux.
J.J.M.
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
dribble..pass…dribble…damn can anybody on this team drive the ball
TMACfan
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
GIVE THE BALL TO TMAC!
KSchmidt
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
Pargo and McGrady need to touch the ball on offense.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
Don’t know why Dampier didn’t stay in.
High-sider
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
18-24 months ago, the Hawks should have tried to assemble the following lineup:
Chauncey Billups – PG
Joe Johnson – SG
Wison Chandler – SF
Al Horford – PF
Emeka Okafor – C
Jamal Crawford – 6th man
I don’t know how the Hawks could’ve “made it happen” but they should’ve “made it happen.”
Sautee
February 22nd, 2012
8:06 pm
LOL @ ‘Nique: “screendowns”
ntrigue
February 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
Superstar Kirk Hinrich Drew just has to play him no matter what!
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
Bricks will let Hawks back in, the guys just gotta keep playing hard and not give up as usual
bigdave
February 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
pfff.. wow.
J.J.M.
February 22nd, 2012
8:07 pm
who didnt see that miss free throw coming?
bigdave
February 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Kirk is playing like trash.. sheesh.
J.J.M.
February 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
lmao wtf pargo?!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Since Teague went to the bench and Kirk took over at PG, the Hawks have 4 turnovers by my count.
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
Kirk driobbles more than TLue.
bigdave
February 22nd, 2012
8:08 pm
what is Kirk doing dribbling around.
J.J.M.
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
smh i gone forreal this time..see yall next season
bigdave
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
exactly Terrell.. dribbling, going nowhere.
ntrigue
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Hinrich throwing bad passes
Runner-
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
6 straight turnovers
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
6 straight Turnovers???
Tootsi
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Hinrich has caused or been a part of at least 5 turnovers since coming in followed by fouls. Just pathetic. Can’t believe we gave up a 1st for him.
wow
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
lol, we havent even taken a shot in 3 minutes…lol, like 5 strait turnovers…
honest_abe
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
i can’t defend him anymore. the legs excuse has expired.
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Where r all those Hinrich fans? He looks worse than Marvin out there.
wow
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Enter your comments here
crazy_88
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Please take Kirk out and let Tracy set the offense
TMACfan
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
Let TMAC play the point forward LD!
noneya
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
We are discussing Hawks basketball tonight at
kevkat
February 22nd, 2012
8:09 pm
6 straight turnovers
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
Haha… Tyronn Lue is a GREAT comparison for Kirk, except Lue used to knock down open 3s.
Runner-
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
At least let Pargo handle the ball…
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
why not let Pargo or Tmac run the point
STRETCH
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
High sider,
3 of those guys are on the shelf at this moment.
Runner-
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
lol @ this lineup, Ivan at C and Vlad at PF
IceColdATLien
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
Najeh, I’m not sure why you think Kirk is such an albatross for the Hawks. Sure he started slow, but you try coming back from a shoulder injury and see how crisp you are as an NBA PG. I would argue that Kirk has a much influence in the half-court sets than Teague has ever been. Sure JT is better on the break cuz he has more speed than 99% of NBA players, but his ability to control the half-court O is far superior to Teague, who basically defers to JJ and Smoove… which we all know results in some seriously questionable shot selections. Kirk makes far better decisions and doesn’t just punk out everytime Smoove demands the ball.
I dunno, maybe you’ll quote another obscure politcal science study to back up your point like you did with your argument last night about Smoove’s turnover rate, or maybe you’ll cherry pick 3 or 4 games out of 30 to attempt to prove your point that Teague is the second coming of Magic Johnson… but to say that Teague is the engine that makes the Hawk’s half-court game hum is suspect at best.
honest_abe
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
awful. just awful.
wow
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
blow this team up… I’ve seen enough…
bird
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
Hinrich is playing terrible, get him out the game now!
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
OK LD enough is e freakin nough!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
This year’s version of Kirk that is.
Somehow Kirk’s heady savvy intangibles are unable to prevent the Hawks from committing turnovers. Hmm.
bigdave
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
this is worse than Tech in Favors/Gani’s last year.
Nique's Revenge
February 22nd, 2012
8:10 pm
ugh, I’m going to go work out. \/
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:11 pm
7 turnovers on last 8 possessions, FIRE LD at the end of the qtr
ntrigue
February 22nd, 2012
8:11 pm
Told yall game went downhill soon as Teague left lol im not even getting mad no more! Drew will continue to play hinrich! If Teague was to play like Hinrich he would not even see the floor! Its a wrap folks!
Sautee
February 22nd, 2012
8:11 pm
“Since Teague went to the bench and Kirk took over at PG, the Hawks have 4 turnovers by my count.”
Were those “Najeh” turnovers or “Grandad” turnovers?
And now it’s up to 5. Or 6.