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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Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
bang joe
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Hawks cannot afford to fall asleep on D. They have already fallen asleep on D 3 or 4 possessions this quarter and the Celtics have made him pay every time.
Joe is heating up. Post him on Pierce and draw that 6th foul.
dumb mary baetch
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Nique has always been Josh’s idol.
Shaq M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Its like a home game for Celtics.
Rusty
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
What the hell does LD see in KH as a pg.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
No Show Joe with the turnaround J???!?!?
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
LMFAO
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:39 pm
Lol. Zaza.
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
Great pass, za za! Bonehead.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
WTF Zaza
Mac-Town (#maconchevyrider)
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
lol peaches
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
Seriously, if they don’t feed whoever Pierce is guarding every time down the floor they deserve to lose.
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
Wow… this game is so horrible, can’t help but laugh now. Waiting on Roy Firestone and some horrible 80’s blooper soundtrack to kick in any second now…
Luke Cage
March 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
Man yall talk about Al alot negatively but dude is the best center on this team
tb hawk fan
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
sounds like more boston fans there
FansStink
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
I can’t believe how pathtic the fans are. You would think this game was being played in Boston. Embarrassing. Why would any athlete want to play in this town-and I’m a native of Atlanta.
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
The 5th seed [in the Eastern Conference] is right there for the Hawks and they are blowing it.
hawksfancents95
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
teague joe tmac josh zaza needs to be the lineup with 5+ mins to go, let tmac stay on pierce tmac has length to obstruct PP34s view and he could prob make paul commit his 6th.
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
Timeout?
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
This is pathetic and sad….
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
Looks like the starters can’t save LD this time. Good. LD needs to be exposed.
Sautee
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
Sad to say, but it appears that Joe can’t split double teams like he used to.
Sid
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
going nowhere…..as usual.
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
Played this one tough but I just don’t see us pulling this one out….Boston knows how to turn it up…Hawks don’t.
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
Same hawks as i watched 30 yrs ago. No different but the faces.
Just as awful.
Shaqi M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
Hawks falling apart. Joe stripped. KG dunking. Fans cheering for Celtics….
n-trigue
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
The gm when LD benched starters at start of 4th Qtr! Seems like he just doesnt want us to win! His rotations suck!
tb hawk fan
March 19th, 2012
9:42 pm
time to stink
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:43 pm
“Seriously, if they don’t feed whoever Pierce is guarding every time down the floor they deserve to lose.”
That requires a competent coach to force that. Yet, we have LD.
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
Yes, it’s the fans… shame on you Atlanta fans, still going to games after 154 professional seasons and only one combined sports title… shame on you for making Rick Sound splurge and get cash for a 2nd round pick at the trade deadline…
Really? It’s a credit that there are any Atlanta fans left…
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
Run the offense through Teague and Josh if you want to score again in this game.
phil
March 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
Game.
Nite nite.
Big Lou
March 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
That’s game. F!ck this team.
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
Again, the basketball IQ of this Hawks team… very low.
Shaqi M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
Its pronounced Peetrus (Pietrus).
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
bang good game see ya
bigdave
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
Josh not rotating defensively
Rod from College Park
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
Jamal Crawford was the difference in the Hawks and the Celtics last year. No Jamal, we are not better than the Celtics. It’s really pretty simple.
jlewis
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
LD lost this game in the third quarter, no scorers on the floor and why was Collins playing instead of Ivan? Celtics werent even big, Yeah, blame JJ again
bigdave
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
and now he’s checked out.
TMACfan
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
WHERE IS THE DEFENSE IN THE FOURTH?!?!
yodaddybrother
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
that’s all folks
8Ball
March 19th, 2012
9:45 pm
lol Atlanta sucks as a city and sports. Choking to the horrible Celtics, fans cheering more for them too. Just getting embarrassed.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
“Again, the basketball IQ of this Hawks team… very low.”
Yep, it’s incredible how easy the Celtics make the game of basketball seem
Blast
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
Game over!
High-sider
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
Anybody miss Jamal? I do.
Ray Allen is waxing that ASSet.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
Since Zaza went out with that cut on his head, Boston has outscored the Hawks 30-11. Game over.
Runner-
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
“WHERE IS THE DEFENSE IN THE FOURTH?!?!”
Same goes for the offense
tckr83
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
At WHAT POINT do you call a timeout? (Hint: Not after you’re down 15 all of a sudden, it’s usually well before then)
Shaqi M. Bradley
March 19th, 2012
9:46 pm
Wheres Josh Smith ? Hear the Celtics fans ? Dammned shame playin in Atlanta….