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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Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:29 pm
JJ scores 31 on sorry azz Cavs and can’t muster 10 points on Celtics. Shameful…
The Monger
March 19th, 2012
9:29 pm
Ohh, and I forgot to add…misses every free throw attempted to that list…
Rod from College Park
March 19th, 2012
9:29 pm
We are in trouble in the playoffs.
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:29 pm
“I wouldn’t even mind the other stuff if Collins would knock down the free throws.”
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:29 pm
Josh Smith too worried about telling McGrady where to go and allows Ray Allen (ONE OF THE BEST 3 POINT SHOOTERS OF ALL TIME) to get loose and make a 3 with 1.2secs left… The basketball IQ of this team never fails.
This is the worst NBA game I’ve ever seen. Period.
bigdave
March 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
Ivan playing some great d
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
I told you it was poor shooting not great defense. Both teams shooting 35 %
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
Absence of Jannero is going to show down the stretch here
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
LOL..’Nique said nimbers!
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:30 pm
Monger, you just described jon koncak.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:31 pm
definitely No Show Joe always come thru against Cleveland, Wizards and the Raptors.
But his usual stats against good teams 4-11 for 11 points….and 25 million dollars
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:31 pm
Where in that do you get that I wanted Collins on the floor instead of Ivan?
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:31 pm
It’s poor everything…
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:31 pm
Danm trainwreck is right. Game looks like a school yard throw together game….
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
Great idea. Just let pierce shoot.
Rusty
March 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
That LD has to be the dumbest coach in the NBA ,put the first string in dummy,I swear this fool must bet money on the opposition.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
Kirk at the 1, Hawks can’t score.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
Play Joe at the point this is pathetic
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Kirk failing.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
put the starters in the game….it’s winning time
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Where is collins? We need him.
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
game over
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Time out time
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Starters shouldve been in terrible coaching!
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Joe’s on bench ? He ain’t broke a sweat. Listen to Celtics fans Cheering.
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:33 pm
Two bad plays by Hinrich. Should’ve traded for the “Return of the Mack” – Jamal Crawford
Blast
March 19th, 2012
9:34 pm
Another 3rd qrt implosion. Hawks needs to step it up!!!!
Rod from College Park
March 19th, 2012
9:34 pm
“definitely No Show Joe always come thru against Cleveland, Wizards and the Raptors.
But his usual stats against good teams 4-11 for 11 points….and 25 million dollars”
Cosign
Sautee
March 19th, 2012
9:34 pm
If Teague is out, run it through T-Mac and let Kirk move without the ball.
northcyde
March 19th, 2012
9:34 pm
This type of game doesn’t bother me. Hawks simply need to keep a hand in the face of jumpshooters and secure rebounds. Good to great teams will win games like these. Joe and Josh simply need to stop point shaving.
Get your stars back in Drew.
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:34 pm
Dew does this all the time in close gms the 4th Qtr was not the time to rest starters! Gotta ket them play this gm is important!
Rusty
March 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
It seems that every time JJ try’s to get his shot on his own he fails, the guy has to get his shots off passes.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
Josh Smith & Joe Johnson not even trying tonight. Sad.
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
Leave joe alone.
He’s sleepy.
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
Way to lose the game and kill the momentum, LD. I wonder if your starters can save your sorry excuse for a coach’s azz again.
Melvin
March 19th, 2012
9:35 pm
You can see the Celtics pacing themselves thru the 1st three quarts. Just waiting to turn it on in the 4th. Hawks bail them out by playing this slow halfcourt game….
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:36 pm
LD is….pitiful.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:36 pm
Keep clamping down on D.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:36 pm
No Show Joe with the 3?!?!?!?
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:37 pm
I hate to say it but Zaza makes Hawks 10X better when he’s at center.
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:37 pm
Why is the clock running with Garnett at the foul line?
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:37 pm
Nique is so stupid….threw himself into josh’s arm? Wow
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:37 pm
Drew makes it seem so much more difficult. At least he’s realizing his mistakes early tonight
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:38 pm
It’s not that Joe can’t score against good teams. It’s that Joe is generally better off the ball when he doesn’t have to create his own shot, and against good teams LD doesn’t trust his other players (Teague especially) to create shots for Joe.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:38 pm
These announcers ain’t even talking about the cheering Celtics fans.
dumb mary baetch
March 19th, 2012
9:38 pm
teague needs to get a brain. He needs to drive the ball and dish it.
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
5 fouls on Pierce. Go straight at him.
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
GJ Josh. Gj.
Donte
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Low IQ Jumpshot from Durant
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Idiot josh again…