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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Sautee
March 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
Let me go on record once more as HATING Iso-Joe.
I’d give it to Teague and let him create.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
I really wouldn’t mind opening this overtime with Marvin instead of Josh. Josh looked totally gassed those last few minutes. Maybe get him a minute or two of rest and then bring him in with 3 minutes left.
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
Fatigue is the reason Joe missed the shot, Joe is super clutch on those 9 times out of 10
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:26 pm
Got a break there. Thanks, Millsap. Problem now is we were up 14 (or 16?) and blew it. Gonna be hard to put this away now, like Najeh said. Sure would be a big win, though, with that day off tomorrow. If we can just get Rathbun and Nique to cool their jets, we might have a chance.
Rev in Tampa
March 25th, 2012
8:26 pm
Joe and Milsap couldn’t have asked for better shots.
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:26 pm
@Sautee, you want an airball 3 or a rim out 2?
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:26 pm
Hard to believe this is the same Devin Harris who used to murder the Hawks as a member of the Nets.
Rev in Tampa
March 25th, 2012
8:27 pm
Jazz determined that the Hawks won’t lose this game.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:28 pm
these guys are gassed
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:28 pm
Josh doesn’t have it.
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:29 pm
Looks like Sunday a Hammond park…
Mike
March 25th, 2012
8:29 pm
0 for 3 for Josh.
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:29 pm
why we shooting threes
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:29 pm
Hawks have not scored in OT.
Mike
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
Someone’s gotta make a damn shot.
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
another predictable brick from teague
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
Big off board by ZaZa. Can’t hit crap though. Nique, of course, is “lookin’ for the Hawks to make their move.”
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
Josh is gone.
Jay Dubu
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
Put T-Mac in!!!!!!!!
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
josh just needed a reason to get out the game! lol well played young man well played
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:31 pm
They should play through Marvin. He is the freshest.
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:31 pm
PLAYYYYY TTTTMMMMMAAAACCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tech Man
March 25th, 2012
8:31 pm
This is why we need a pattern offense to crank when we are dead tired…
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
Considering how tired Joe is, I wouldn’t mind just letting Teague drive to the hoop every possession and sending Ivan and Zaza to the offensive glass.
Sautee
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
TMacfan, I’d settle for a pass to a big for a layup
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
Yessir Teague
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
SHUT UP NIQUE
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
Jazz are trying to bail us out. Another big board by ZaZa, and JT does the job. Shut up, Nique. Please!
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
Teague with the ISO. LOL.
still need a pg
March 25th, 2012
8:32 pm
I wonder how much the hawks would have already won by if Josh didn’t throw up 10 bricks from outside the free throw line tonight.
Mike
March 25th, 2012
8:33 pm
ZAZA…now don’t ruin it by missing a layup again.
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:33 pm
Teague gets no respect from the refs
Mike
March 25th, 2012
8:33 pm
So offbalanced…never had a chance!
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:33 pm
F-cking Marvin misses the wide open shot set up by Teague.
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:34 pm
no foul there….wow homecourt advantage
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:34 pm
Iso-Teague results in a layup. Iso-Joe results in bricks.
Teague should have taken that 3 though.
DawgNole
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
We fouled Millsap. Thanks, ref.
High-sider
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
Marvin doesn’t have the clutch gene!
ntrigue
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
I would run ISO Teague he’s the only one that’s not tired!
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
2 points in a 5 minute overtime.
Nice motion offense, LD!
yodaddybrother
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
guys cramping up….this would be a heroic win…..Marvin with the block
HawkEye
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
LOL. Marvin blocked that dunk attempt.
Big Lou
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
Wow… WOW! Marvin.
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
Teague has young legs. This should be Teague time. Let the young’un create.
TMACfan
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
PLAY TMAC
PLAY TMAC
PLAY TMAC
PLAY TMAC
PLAY TMAC
#FreeTMAC
Cee
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
Um Teague has no jumper
Mr. G
March 25th, 2012
8:35 pm
Marvin Williams with a block?
Jimmy Crack
March 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
Gack!!
Najeh Davenpoop
March 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
Damn that was close…
Sautee
March 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
Nique: These guys are road warriors, I’ll tell you.
Nique, we’re at home.