Jazz at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- All Hawks except Jannero Pargo and Al Horford are available. Raja Bell (adductor) is a game-time decision for the Jazz.
- In case you didn’t notice, Joe Johnson has been good since he sat out those six games with knee tendinitis. He says he first started to think something was wrong at the beginning of February: “Some games it was OK, some games not. I could feel myself laboring.”
- You can see that this timeline matches up with his production so, generally, he’s been good when he’s been feeling good. “Getting your legs back under you, there is not a better feeling,” Joe said.
- Joe on lately barking more often at officials: “It’s tough at times. I try to stay away off them because we’ve got so many other guys on the team who are talking to them. But there comes a point in time where I have to say something.”
- Larry Drew:“That’s not typical Joe. He’s usually quiet, doesn’t say much to officials. He’s getting a little more fire. I love seeing that. If there is one guy you want to see get fired up, it’s Joe Johnson. He seems to really be into the game. When he gets more fired up, he’s more aggressive. Some guys go the other way.”
- Drew on Jeff Teague: “He’s stepping his game up. Teague goes through patches where he disappears but when he turns it up, he turns it up.”
- Drew on the Jazz, who have won six straight: “They’ve got a lot of good pieces and it looks like those pieces are starting to come together. They are athletic, strong, they really play an aggressive style. You have to be mentally ready. Playing our third game in three nights against a team like Utah should be a huge challenge.”
- The Biggest Game in the History of the Universe is going down Saturday, and I don’t mean Hawks-Sixers.
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Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:08 pm
Joe, an 88% free throw shooter, misses both free throws.
I said this yesterday and ended up being wrong, but when sh-t like that happens, it’s usually a good sign that you are going to lose.
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:08 pm
^free throws
hawks_4_life
March 25th, 2012
8:08 pm
JJ thats how you make free throws
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:10 pm
Hawks have missed eight free throws.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:10 pm
Hawks leaving more points on the table at the free throw line.
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:10 pm
make it nine free throws [smh]
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:10 pm
team has missed too many free throws
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:12 pm
Josh has us on his back
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:12 pm
hope Josh isn’t injured
gvj
March 25th, 2012
8:12 pm
I really hope the Hawks waive TMAC so he can go play somewhere else…he is one of the bet closers in the team yet he plays squat..VRad and Mac where the firsts off the bench in the begganing when the Hawks where on fire and beating goo teams..but it went to shatt when Kirk came back
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:13 pm
Hawks need Popeye’s spinach!
hawks_4_life
March 25th, 2012
8:13 pm
Lets make these free throws please.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:14 pm
This is why you put away sh-tty teams like Cleveland and don’t let them take you to overtime. They are trying hard but I hope they have enough in the tank to pull this through. It’s not just the back to back to back that’s killing them, but the major minutes they had to play in the first two to put away sorry teams.
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:14 pm
Joe is usually money on free throws; they must be gassed.
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:14 pm
Also, you got to give it to them. They are playing good defense.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:15 pm
Big FTs by Teague.
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:16 pm
Teague has not scored much but he has 8 assists. Good PG play by Teague.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:17 pm
josh is getting banged around this game….millsap and jefferson man….
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
Atlanta learning how to win looks like
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
So of course Nique disses Milsap’s FT shooting–and he hits them both. SHUT UP, Nique.
On the other hand, ZaZa makes a layup. It’s a miracle.
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
Tripping is a 15 yard penalty
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
Zaza makes a clutch layup!?!?! – should’ve been an and-1!!!!
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
Also, Teague only has 1 turn. Not Bad.
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
F!ck these refs. Zaza was fouled.
ntrigue
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
ZZaza was fouled on that shot
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 25th, 2012
8:18 pm
smh zaza
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:19 pm
I don’t care about the win, I DON’T WANT TO LOSE JOSH SMITH
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
JJ better get hot right NOWWWWW!!!!!!!!
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
Can any Hawk player secure a freakin’ rebound?!?!?!?
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
last shot or overtime! It’s Joe Time!
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
19 secs left. Give it to Joe and let him work.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:20 pm
So it’s going to be iso-Joe time again. Damn I hope he makes this shot, because I have no confidence that this team has the energy to pull out another overtime win.
doc
March 25th, 2012
8:21 pm
refs suck. zaza laid out after the shot, josh clipped. no call as usual.
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:21 pm
Let’s rebound the ball.
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
wade would have made that
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
Here we go. Should never have come to this. Nobody underneath for Joe’s floater.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
I give Joe props for actually driving that ball, but there were no Hawks anywhere near the hoop to rebound that.
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
Joe should have gone all the way to the basket. smh
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
no show Joe strikes again…..horrible play though…no pick or nothing just try to bull your way to the line…..horrible play out of the timeout
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:22 pm
Good move Joe, SOOO CLOSE
Rev in Tampa
March 25th, 2012
8:23 pm
Not feeling good about this next three seconds. Hope the legs hold up.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:23 pm
we play defense…overtime fellas
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:23 pm
Hawks got lucky. Millsap got a GREAT look.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:23 pm
got lucky but sometimes its better to be lucky than good
drmaryb.[*_*].
March 25th, 2012
8:24 pm
OT!!!!!!! Is that what you want?
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:24 pm
Overtime. Hope these Hawks can get a second and third wind cause they are gonna need it to win this game.
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:24 pm
Joe’s dead tired. He is usually money on that shot.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:24 pm
Millsap makes up for when Zaza lost that game missing the bunny
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
Boy, the Hawks lumbering back to the bench look like grannies with the Walmart limp after pulling a double shift…
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
Before the Cleveland game, I used to have hair like the guy/actor in “Car Wash” but now I have hair like Michael Jordan.