Warriors at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- Joe Johnson (knee) is in the starting lineup. Larry Drew said he will monitor how Joe feels to determine how much he will play. “I know with tendinitis the best thing for it is rest,” Drew said. “Hopefully these days off will benefit him.”
- Drew said he doesn’t ever plan to make Joe a healthy scratch for the sake of giving him days off: “At this stage of the season, I don’t think it will be a case of giving him days to rest. If we do anything, we will cut his minutes down. Since the season is still in full bloom, we just have to grind it out with the way the season is. What we are cutting back on is the practice. Those are the recovery days now.”
- Vladimir Radmanovic (ill) is out. “He’s had some problems with his stomach,” Drew said. “He missed shootaround, came to the arena to warm up and it started bothering him again. So we went ahead and just sent him home.”
- Zaza Pachulia (calf) is active.
- Erick Dampier’s second 10-day contract expired so the Hawks have to sign him for the rest of the season to keep him. They have yet to do so but said they expect to complete a deal tomorrow. Dampier is at the arena tonight.
- No word on if Al Horford (chest) was cleared to begin rehab.
- Jason Collins (elbow) said he’s scheduled to begin rehab Friday.
- Stephen Curry (foot) is out for the Warriors.
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Joe looked horrendous that entire first half. Hopefully he’s just off, and this isn’t because he tried to come back early from injury.
High-sider
February 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
Hawks have 38 points at halftime. Where’s the scoring!
Luke Cage
February 29th, 2012
8:30 pm
No Pargo at all
terrell
February 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
Yes it is that serious bigdave. Josh thinks he’s Jordan or Pippen, when he needs to be Rodman.
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 29th, 2012
8:31 pm
“Hawks have 38 points at halftime. Where’s the scoring!”
on other teams’ rosters
TRADE
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
McGuire 11 boards, Joe 1 board.
Lee 7 boards, Josh 3 boards.
Both of them need to step it up.
Just Joe
February 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
38 first half pts against a team that gives up 100+ per game.
Rod from College Park
February 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
40 points in a half against the Golden State Warriors. We need another scorer!!!!
ntrigue
February 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
Joe is terrible keeps taking long jumpers Coach shouldve benched him for T-Mac or Hinrich he’s played terrible thus far! But let Teague do half of what Joe Johnson has done and would never see the court again!
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:32 pm
Things I learn from Hawks game commercials: Josh is the Hawks’ version of LeBron, Teague is the Hawks’ version of Jeremy Lin, and hummus will bring about world peace and interracial harmony.
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:33 pm
Iso’s knee may still be bothering the Jump shooter? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..
4-9 is looking more real by the minute?? Just nasty……
Rusty
February 29th, 2012
8:33 pm
LD is an idiot.
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:34 pm
Shop Josh before he walks after next year…..
High-sider
February 29th, 2012
8:34 pm
You know something is wrong if Marvin is tied for the team high in scoring with 8 points at halftime. smh
terrell
February 29th, 2012
8:34 pm
The 3 stooges
Starring
Uncle Larry
Jumper Josh
and
Joke Johnson.
Dept. Of Unintended Irony
February 29th, 2012
8:35 pm
“We need Kirk to go off for about 3 or 4 games to increase his trade value.”
“Calling BS.”
LOL, of all the posters on this blog, HE is calling BS? That’s Irony with a capital I, my friends.
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 29th, 2012
8:35 pm
Marvin should just take all his shots from halfcourt
terrell
February 29th, 2012
8:35 pm
With a special appearance from Cousin Marvina.
hawksfancents95
February 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
@najeh
hahaha, hummus bringing world peace. their next commercial they need ron artest to be eating that hummus with a pistons fan.
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:36 pm
LD has stepped outside of his gifts taking a HC position…He should stick to assistant coaching….
But Wade Phillips has done that for many years among others…..So you cant blame him?….
High-sider
February 29th, 2012
8:37 pm
Making a quick run to Subway and switching to the POR-DEN game to see if Jamal is starting again at point guard. Hawks are frustrating.
tb hawk fan
February 29th, 2012
8:39 pm
melvin i think the whole team needs to stay in the locker room and let the cheerleaders play
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:40 pm
Por-Den should be 10x more entertaining! I may switch also and watch some real West Coast basketball then watch these scrubs from the East Coast….
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:41 pm
“But Wade Phillips has done that for many years among others…..So you cant blame him?….”
There ain’t enough good head coaches to staff 30 NBA teams or 32 NFL teams, which is why you have LDs and Wade Phillipses head coaching teams. Problem is, Atlanta teams always seem to end up with the LDs and never with the Popoviches (Bobby Cox being the one glaring exception).
TMACfan
February 29th, 2012
8:41 pm
I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for the fans at the game…
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Derrick Williams> Marvina Williams and he’s only a rookie…….
Brah
February 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Hahahahaha!
All Star Josh the Jumpshooter! Keep proving them right!
Hollywould
February 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Hey, Joe Johnson does have 1 rebound so far. Only 1 more to beat his last 4 game average of 1.5
Man, I am on the edge of my seat to see if he can get 3. 1for 8 from the field. Yeah, it’s his knee.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:42 pm
Cavs all over the Knicks in MSG at halftime. Lin is still putting up numbers though, good for my fantasy team.
hawksfancents95
February 29th, 2012
8:43 pm
i honestly think the hawks would be better served starting
kirk joe marvin josh al. let kirk be the dribble driver and penetrate and get us into an offensive flow early then at 6 min sub teague for marv and let jeff attack the opposing 2nd unit. sub willie and Tmac accordingly and ivan/damp get some relief mins for the bigs.
i think with teague starting we tend to play a my turn to shoot style and we get little ball movement and become stagment.letting teague come off the bench will really benefit us with offensive continuity.
Atl Teams = CHOKE
February 29th, 2012
8:44 pm
Bobby Cox was a CHOKER just like the rest of them. The 90’s Braves should have won 4-5 titles.
hawksfancents95
February 29th, 2012
8:45 pm
for al i mean zaza*
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
Is this the same Hawks team that came out to practice “rejuvenated” and “energized” from their much needed, long overdue rest during the All-Star Break that was going to solve all problems? Maaaan take that on somewhere….get some of these bums out of Hawks Jerseys
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:46 pm
“let kirk be the dribble driver and penetrate”
If Kirk could do that, he’d probably be a viable starter. Problem is, he can’t.
tb hawk fan
February 29th, 2012
8:47 pm
there is about 452 fans at the game
Brah
February 29th, 2012
8:48 pm
“Bobby Cox was a CHOKER just like the rest of them. The 90’s Braves should have won 4-5 titles.”
Somebody’s preachin’ …Pass the collection plate!
Atl Teams = CHOKE
February 29th, 2012
8:48 pm
How long will it take for the Hawks to score 50?
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:48 pm
Joe needs to put up the damn floater when he gets post position that good. Joe floater > Marvin 3
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:49 pm
Biedrins is a SCRUB. S-C-R-U-B. I hope this is the last time he is involved in any trade suggestions on this blog. He is the white Keon Clark on his best day.
Big Lou
February 29th, 2012
8:49 pm
Josh Smith with another jumper… why couldn’t have he gotten injured instead of Al?
pointguardslim
February 29th, 2012
8:49 pm
Biedrins for air
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
Josh looking more active in this quarter than in the first half.
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:53 pm
If David Justice not hit that clutch homer in the bottom of the 6th inning in Game 6 of that world series in 1995, they would have lost that one too..
Justice>Chipper…Yep, One is Clutch the other not so much……
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
February 29th, 2012
8:54 pm
nice pass
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:55 pm
That time at least Zaza draws the foul. No dime for Teague but at least his good pass doesn’t get wasted.
pointguardslim
February 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Josh Smith with another jumper… why couldn’t have he gotten injured instead of Al?
Horford has poor balance no finesse attacking the rim.
Najeh Davenpoop
February 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
I have a feeling Leuer’s mom is going to upload a video of that last possession.
Slimjr
February 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Yes Bobby teams were terribly under coached….
But being part of the ole “club” has its privileges, see past 250 years…
Melvin
February 29th, 2012
8:56 pm
Nice to see Joe and Josh come to play this qtr….
pointguardslim
February 29th, 2012
8:57 pm
PnR basketball yay!