Celtics at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
Marvin Williams (hip) and Vladimir Radmanovic (back) are out. Jermaine O’Neal (wrist) and Chris Wilcox (heart) are out for the Celtics.
- Willie Green (hamstring) says he will return after missing eight games. Green says he may have sat longer if not for Jannero Pargo being added to Atlanta’s long injury list: “I told that coaches and trainers it’s a matter of getting on the floor. I’m at that 80 percent range but, the fact of the matter is no one on the team is feeling 100 percent. I feel good enough to get out there.”
- Drew said the crowded injury list means he may use Tracy McGrady on the second game of a back-to-back: “Because we are so limited there is a chance we will definitely use him again tonight. We just take it a day at a time.”
- Drew said Pargo is scheduled to return to Atlanta from Cleveland tomorrow after having an appendectomy Sunday. Drew said Pargo will be out two to four weeks.
- Jeff Teague and Kirk Hinrich are Atlanta’s only healthy point guards. Drew said Joe Johnson and McGrady also can fill in.
- Drew on the Celtics: “This is a game that has a lot of meaning. This is our first encounter with Boston this year. I think both teams are looking to make a statement. With them on the long road trip they are on, we are a little depleted but we feel we are a capable team that still has the ability to win. We are going to come out and approach this game with playoff intensity. It’s going to be a physical game, it’s going to be a war. I think this is a statement game. ”
- Green on the Celtics: “Those guys are very good basketball players. You hear things like they are older and not moving as quickly but that’s a team that is getting ready for another playoff run. We have to come in tonight focused with the mindset that we have to play them like they were a few years back going to the Finals.”
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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608 comments Add your comment
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:09 pm
Collins with the brick stupid move!
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:09 pm
Rather see Dampier
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:09 pm
Fire LD!!
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:09 pm
LD plays favorites. No way Collins should be in right now. Ivan wouldn’t have caused that off foul.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:10 pm
“BS tech…Lebron does that all th time!”
Exactly…
terrell
March 19th, 2012
9:10 pm
Stay off of this blog if you like using the word “thug”. Not the place for that shizz. Thank you.
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:10 pm
Ivan should be in instead of Collins!
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:10 pm
Najeh,
I hear ya. [LOL]
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Chicago up by 10 2nd qtr!
terrell
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Collins? Wtf? LD’s just stupid.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Collins can’t do anything right,not even set a screen…
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Teague with dunk of the night. I loved that scream at Allen.
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Don’t give me that thug crap being racist….it isn’t.
Blast
March 19th, 2012
9:11 pm
Jeff had every right to posture and scream when he made that dunk.
He did the same thing last game and never got a tech. What’s wrong this
1
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:12 pm
Screaming after a dunk doesn’t make you a thug. That’s just stupid.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
4 Hawks juggle rebound…Sloppy shizz lemme tell ya….
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
Somebody tell me why Collins is in over Ivan. Anybody?
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
Boneheaded passes by H and, of course, josh
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
Hawks have a chance to put their feet on the Celtics’ throats but so far out of the timeout they are not taking advantage. Can’t let them back in this.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Strong move by Collins there… LOL
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Well sure, najeh….but i said it. You boys say dumb stuff too now and then. Calm down.
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Ivan would have caught that and dunked it.
Melvin
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Collins is a waste of money and roster spot.
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Man Hawks big men have the weakest hands lol
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Great feed by Teague to let Collins show off his five-millimeter vertical. At least he gets a trip to the line out of it.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Collins hesitates. Gotta dunk that pass.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:14 pm
Jason Collins is weak….I don’t know LD’s obsession with him but whaterver works I guess
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:15 pm
Collins? Really?
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:15 pm
stiemsa is a decent player….
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Anyone care to give me the Celtics / Hawks fans ratio? Sounds like there’s a bunch of em tonight
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Collins is better than Pierce…lay off.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
57 Celtics fans making more noise than 2,000 Hawks fans
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Cmon collins, seal your man off
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Ivan needs to be in this game.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
jason collins…what was that man??
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
wow this team sucks
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
LD forcing to much collins
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Why is Collins in the game?
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Put Ivan in Jason gives us no offense come on Drew!
bigdave
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
lol Josh
Melvin
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
LD is so stupid… Collins is a liability… Put Ivan in the game, Big Dummy
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
This is a terrible game being played by two poor teams….
Typically embarassing atlanta team effort…just name the sport.
hawksfancents95
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
Big Lou
LD needs to get him some PT and i guess they like to go big vs boston, thats why they went collins and zaza for a short stint together. Id rather see Ivan in as well but i guess LD & CO liked something in the filmroom showing BOS having trouble against bigs.
Buddy Grizzard
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
Jason Collins is no longer an NBA basketball player… Figure it out
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
I hate LD. He’s cost the lead. I screamed at the TV when he put Collins in. Ivan should be in right now. Look what it cost the Hawks. It’s not rocket science.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
wow this team sucks
Lol @ your name
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:17 pm
Been in the bonus since a lil over the 8min mark, DRIVE fellas, GO at Pierce and get that 5th foul
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:18 pm
“yes, they are.”
Thanks, Nique, fornthe brilliant insight.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:18 pm
Collins bad on both ends of floor. Zaza gotta get back in there…
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:18 pm
LD always does this when a player comes back from injury it always messes his rotations when someone new comes back! Stick to whats been working dummy!