Updated: Pachulia out versus Celtics
Vivlamore reporting from Philips Arena.
FOR A GAME THREAD TONIGHT, JEFF SCHULTZ WILL BE BLOGGING LIVE.
The Hawks will definitely be without center Zaza Pachulia for tonight’s key Eastern Conference matchup against the Celtics. Pachulia, who will miss his fourth straight game with a sprained left foot, did not take part in the morning shoot-around and coach Larry Drew ruled him out.
Drew said he had no further update on just how long Pachulia will be out. He did not practice Thursday but worked with trainers on the side.
Drew said he did not know whether Erick Dampier, who was unavailable Wednesday against the Pistons with a calf injury, would play. He called the back-up center a game-time decision. Dampier did take part in today’s shoot-around.
The Celtics, who held their shoot-around at Georgia Tech, did not travel with Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen and Mickael Pietrus. Coach Doc Rivers confirmed that he will rest Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, meaning the Celtics will be without three starters and two key reserves.
While he said both teams want to win tonight’s matchup, Drew said neither wants to show too much as they will very likely meet in the first round of the playoffs.
“With us and not knowing who they are going to have here tonight as far as guys who are going to play or not going to play, we have to keep that in mind,” Drew said. “We certainly have to keep that in mind because the last thing we want to do is to tip our hand totally. We want to go out and play well. We want to keep doing what we do. But at the same time if this is a team we are going to see in the first round we have to be mindful of that and not tip our hand too much.”
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terrell
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
Kirk at pg. Bye bye lead.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
Why is sh!tty Kirk playing point?
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:24 pm
Collins with 7pts, thats a big bonus.
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Ties his season high, incredibly.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
One of these days, when Kirk stands on the Hawk’s wing dribbling for 20 seconds, someone is going to poke it away from him for an easy fast break dunk and he is going to look like a dumbass. I predict this will happen in Game 2 of the playoffs.
Blast
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
Teague should be playing. Marvin should be out. Even though he just made a shot.
Runner-
April 20th, 2012
7:33 pm
i swear Josh’s jumpshots always come at the worst possible times
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:33 pm
Maybe we should put the Juggernaut Collins back in?
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:32 pm
One of these days, when Kirk stands on the Hawk’s wing dribbling for 20 seconds, someone is going to poke it away from him for an easy fast break dunk and he is going to look like a dumbass. I predict this will happen in Game 2 of the playoffs.
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If not Game 1.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
“i swear Josh’s jumpshots always come at the worst possible times”
They also seem to come more frequently when Kirk is playing PG
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
if kirk would sop dribbling the ball for 18 secs them shots wouldnt come from josh
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
“i swear Josh’s jumpshots always come at the worst possible times”
He always misses them in those times, too. Lol
High-sider
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
Kirk with the useless dribbles. Kirk Hinrich does dribble [the ball] aimlessly too much for a guard with no blow-by speed.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:36 pm
Bradley is obviously too much to gaurd for Kirk.
Will the ‘brilliant’ LD make the adjustment? Nope.
terrell
April 20th, 2012
7:37 pm
Down goes Marvin AGAIN. lol
High-sider
April 20th, 2012
7:38 pm
LD should’ve have “milked it” for what it’s worth and left jc-100,000 [-jc100,000] aka Jason Collins play the entire first quarter.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:38 pm
T-Mac is a good player and deserves more minutes, but these free throws are starting to become a problem
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:39 pm
I flipped over to ESPN for the start of the quarter, and they haven’t mentioned the Hawks yet. They are, however, talking about Derrick Rose, who does not play for either the Celtics or the Hawks.
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:40 pm
Collins going for double digits??? I gotta play the lotto.
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:41 pm
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
April 20th, 2012
7:34 pm
if kirk would sop dribbling the ball for 18 secs them shots wouldnt come from josh
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“Sop dribbling.” Kinda has a ring to it.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:41 pm
They still haven’t said anything about the Hawks. You would think the Celtics were playing an intra-squad scrimmage.
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:43 pm
According to some bloggers they rather have the natl announcers, but I agree, this is a Celtics love fest at the moment.
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:39 pm
I flipped over to ESPN for the start of the quarter, and they haven’t mentioned the Hawks yet. They are, however, talking about Derrick Rose, who does not play for either the Celtics or the Hawks.
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It’s called disrespect by the national media. Respect will come only with championships. Even one title after 44 years would get us on the path toward national respect. Any chance it’ll happen this year? NOT (again)!
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
April 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
sit tmac…
doc
April 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
DN my point was that the pacers ate about the only team thalt dies not bring their own fans to take the hoke court advatage away.
kinda quiet down here
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:46 pm
That’s why I like the fact ATL is playing Boston in the playoffs. They will get more attention if they win it.
High-sider
April 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Hawks should be blowing out the Celtics like they did the Pistons in the previous game.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Tmac is prone to turnovers. I hope he gets his act together.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
“It’s called disrespect by the national media. Respect will come only with championships. Even one title after 44 years would get us on the path toward national respect. Any chance it’ll happen this year? NOT (again)!”
I don’t even mind if the ESPN people were talking sh-t about the Hawks like Charles Barkley did in that early season Hawks-Heat game. But when there are two teams playing in front of you, try to talk about both teams. I don’t think that’s asking for too much. They manage to talk about the sorry, hopeless Warriors with their friend Mark Jackson coaching when they show them on TV (way too often). But just ignoring the Hawks for a half a quarter when they are playing in the game? That is Tim McCarver-esque.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
Lol
Tmac is out.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
T-Mac makes one bad turnover and LD brings in Vlad for him. SMH
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Never mind.
High-sider
April 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
The carriage has turned into a pumpkin; it’s time to take Collins [-jc100,000] out.
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:50 pm
doc
April 20th, 2012
7:44 pm
DN my point was that the pacers ate about the only team thalt dies not bring their own fans to take the hoke court advatage away.
kinda quiet down here
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I think I agree with your point–except that you have the Pacers “eating” somebody, another team “dying,” and something about the “hoke” court “advatage”?????????????????????
I know, I know. It’s those fat fingers and that damn texting. I’m actually sympathetic here, as it takes me about an hour to text my name, which maybe I should shorten to “DN.”
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
That b!tch announcer doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:53 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:47 pm
I don’t even mind if the ESPN people were talking sh-t about the Hawks like Charles Barkley did in that early season Hawks-Heat game. But when there are two teams playing in front of you, try to talk about both teams. I don’t think that’s asking for too much. They manage to talk about the sorry, hopeless Warriors with their friend Mark Jackson coaching when they show them on TV (way too often). But just ignoring the Hawks for a half a quarter when they are playing in the game? That is Tim McCarver-esque.
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Couldn’t agree with you more, Najeh. But the only cure for it remains . . . championship(s)!
High-sider
April 20th, 2012
7:54 pm
jc1 = Jamal Crawford
jc2 = Jordan Crawford
-jc100,000 = Jason Collins
Josh Smith = “Chief Cog” or “Chief In-COG-nito”
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:55 pm
Now the conversation is about The Bricks!!
DawgNole
April 20th, 2012
7:55 pm
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:52 pm
That b!tch announcer doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
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It’s not PC, I know, but I never feel good about my team in any sport when a female is one of the lead announcers.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:56 pm
God.
Why is Collins in?
Give Ivan more minutes!
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:56 pm
Teague needs to start going under some of these screens and make Bradley try to shoot or make plays for teammates. When he goes over the screen, Bradley goes to the rim without thinking twice, and Bradley is quick enough to where Teague can’t recover in time.
Runner-
April 20th, 2012
7:57 pm
LMAO, Celtics fans louder than any of our fans tonight… jeez
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
April 20th, 2012
7:57 pm
lmao vlad
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
That last play is Exhibit A on why the Hawks should go big in the playoffs against the Celtics. Joe takes Bradley down on the block and gets an easy 2.
Runner-
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
Wow, horrible call
Luke Cage
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
Clean Block
City Of Atlanta Still Recovering From William Tecumseh Sherman
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
woooooooooooooooooooooooooow how is thata foul
Najeh Davenpoop
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
What a BS call on Josh. Great block.
Big Lou
April 20th, 2012
7:58 pm
That was all ball…
Runner-
April 20th, 2012
8:00 pm
here we go, lets nail them now
Slimjr
April 20th, 2012
8:00 pm
Larry trying to keep it close..He does not want to reveal her secrets..