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.
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Runner-
February 22nd, 2012
8:37 pm
Why do the Hawks always do that? They don’t take the open shot and they force an even harder one after taking 2 steps in…
hawksfancents95
February 22nd, 2012
8:38 pm
NY is an elite team in the east now with the surgence of Lin. their starting lineup is probobley thru and thru the best in the NBA. now with j.r off the bench to relieve fields and melo they always have scorers on the court. shumpert can get some mins to defend an opposing scorer, novak can come in and hit 3’s, jeffries is a very servicable bigman. they got a great team in NY and i only see NY,CHI, or even BOS to be capable of knocking off the heat in the playoffs.
im upset we cant score points and we will likely lose this game tonight but im hopeful we can beat the magic tomorrow at phillips(ill be there)
The Monger
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Hawks ticket…$40
Gas to get to Phillips….$10
Soda and Nachos….$10
Watching the most gutless, selfish, idiotic, jacka$$ team of collective players in Atlanta sports history….Not Priceless
ntrigue
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Anybody that think Hinrich is playing better than Teague must be smoking something lol!
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
guess the refs enjoy Linsanity too
Mr. G
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
This is the greatest hawks performance I have ever seen…..
crazy_88
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Why are the Hawks committing these DUMB DEFENSIVE PLAYS…STOP FREAKING REACHING !!!
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Hawks get NO respect (deserved fate). So much so that all-star snubbed Josh Smith can’t even get a correct call against Jeremy Lin.
Linsanity, baby…..
BIG DOG
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
IceColdATLien you say starte captain Kirk, just dam.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Luke Cage
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Going back to work, this is getting old, how can management stand pat and let this continue is beyond me, this team as soon as its down by 10 just gives up and don’t care..
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
LOL@ ntrigue yea something hard and white
Rod from College Park
February 22nd, 2012
8:39 pm
Willie Green looks just like Jamal Crawford/ LOL
crabapplejoe
February 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
All these Asians coming out to support Lin……..just because he’s Asian too…..what a bunch of racists…..LOL
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
Teague looks like the savior compared to Hinrich. Thats all that matters.
bamaboy1
February 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
7:07 pm
The Knicks are a very beatable team, but with Joe out, the Hawks probably need good games from Teague, Josh, AND Zaza if they want to win. I could see two of the three playing well, but I’m not feeling all three of them having a good game. Knicks by 10.
:cough: :cough:
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
Marvin what are you doing ?
Tootsi
February 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
How much does this piss you off to read now?
http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2011/12/17/atlanta-hawks-michael-gearon-jr-q-and-a/
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
were making fields look ike durant
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
Teague should have gotten that call.
Linsanity.
BIG DOG
February 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
The Monger Hot dog alone $10 dollars, just dam.
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
DREABABY
February 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
If i am Drew,Marvin does not see the court in the second half.
Joe
February 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
The only thing worse than watching this game is having to listen to Wilkens announce it. This franchise needs to stop living in it’s loser past and develop a new direction. I know easier said than done.
Maybe the hawks could start by learning how to box out.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
Wow, Zaza actually got double teamed.
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
“Good defense by Marvin”. lol
Rusty
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
Ice cold shut the fk up
High-sider
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
I thought All-Star “hangover” came after the All-Star game was played, not before the [All-Star] game was played.
BIG DOG
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
Did Marvin play in the first half ?
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
LOL@ joe
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
All these Asians coming out to support Lin……..just because he’s Asian too…..what a bunch of racists…..LOL
And you can’t do a d@mn thing about it, either. Doesn’t that just burn your pointy little white hat?
DREABABY
February 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
Willie Green sucks like Marvin s ass,lol.
alpha male
February 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
zaza gettin tired of dat punk jsmoove runnin dat big azz mouf at him…
Tootsi
February 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
I ask again, how much does this nonsense spewing anger you now? This franchise is such a joke. ATL deserves better.
http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2011/12/17/atlanta-hawks-michael-gearon-jr-q-and-a/
Melvin
February 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
Willie Green pick a good time to play bad… I guess we know why he’s not a starter anymore.
TMACfan
February 22nd, 2012
8:44 pm
@Tootsie, I AM F***ING DONE WITH THE ASG HORSE****!!!!!!!
doc
February 22nd, 2012
8:44 pm
white flag time; dont panic rick, basg. injuries is what it is. sliding fast into the oblivion.i ahte it when teams get worse during the season instead of better which is how it should be.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:44 pm
Landry Fields 13 points 6 boards. That’s what starting Willie Green at SG does.
smh
February 22nd, 2012
8:44 pm
Cant wait to see Durant n westbrook come to Atl and light us up like a candle
terrell
February 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
Yeah, I’m bout tired of Nique too. Wish we had Smitty back.
BIG DOG
February 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
MARVIN
17 MIN
0 POINTS
JUST DAM!!!!!!!!!
BIG DOG IN THE HOUSE
Tootsi
February 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
Pure Gearon Garbage:
When we bought the team, we were the first NBA team to say we are going to scrap it and build through the draft. We are going to be patient about it and we are going to try to build assets and then trade selectively when we felt like the right piece was there. Ironically, when you look around the league, that’s the Oklahoma City model. That was the Portland model. That was the L.A. Clippers’ model until they did the Chris Paul deal. A lot of teams adopted that thinking that’s the right strategy. Around the league our peers look at us and say, ‘You guys have done a hell of a job running that franchise because you are in a market that’s not a large revenue market, you’ve been competitive, you’ve kept your base players, you’ve been willing to pay Josh Smith 50-something million, Al Horford his $60 million, Joe Johnson his $100 million, Marvin his $40 million and so forth.
Alan
February 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
HA HA. Why do you losers waste your time and life watching and blogging about this team? Sounds like someone needs a woman.
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
BIG DOG ,
Depends on what you mean by “play.” Marvin was on the court, but I don’t know if I’d call it playing, LOL
ATLien 4 Life
February 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
McGrady – 10 mins and 6pts… Marvin – 12 min and 0 pts…. watch LD sit McGrady for the rest of the game…. watch Sund not trade Marvin for anyone… and you wonder why we suck…
DREABABY
February 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
Why the hell is Larry Drew still coaching this team.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
“All these Asians coming out to support Lin……..just because he’s Asian too…..what a bunch of racists…..LOL”
This, coming from the guy who says anyone who criticizes Keith Brooking hates white people. Are the Stormfront servers down or something?
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
HA HA. Why do you losers waste your time and life watching and blogging about this team? Sounds like someone needs a woman.
And you’d be suspect #1….lol
Wabe
February 22nd, 2012
8:47 pm
Unless a move is made, this season is useless to follow…
Even with Joe, I think we would’ve got dealt a blowout tonight.
Even if a move is made, not sure how much better this team gets…
LIL FAWKERS
February 22nd, 2012
8:47 pm
HA HA HA HA!!!!!
Please take this team out of Atlanta. Doesn’t LA need a third team that sucks?
Sautee
February 22nd, 2012
8:47 pm
Out rebounded by 10 in a half. Again.
Big Ray
February 22nd, 2012
8:47 pm
Najeh ,
I beat you to it…LOL….you know we’re gonna hammer our resident klansman until he just can’t take it anymore…