Knicks at Atlanta Hawks: Game thread
- Larry Drew initially said he would start Jason Collins at center but left open the possibility of changing the lineup if Tyson Chandler doesn’t play. It turns out Chandler will sit, Landry Fields starts and Amar’e Stoudemire is at center. Drew will counter with Josh Smith at center and Marvin Williams at power forward.
- Zaza Pachulia remains out and Drew said he’s still not sure if he will be available for the start of the playoffs: “I’m hoping so. He’s certainly doing better than, from my understanding, what they had anticipated. There is some progress with the injury and where he is with it.”
- Al Horford put his chances of being ready for the first round at 70 percent. Drew: “We are keeping our fingers crossed but we are not totally counting on him. We don’t want to have wishful thinking. When they told us about the surgery that the probability would be very slim so at that point made our mind up we would not get him back.”
- Drew said he anticipates Horford would play “not very many” minutes if he returns: “We would have to work him in gradually. I wouldn’t want to throw him right into the fire. I know his conditioning is not very good because he’s been off for so long. It would be a gradual process to get him back adjusted. It will really be how he feels. When you lay off for that long it’s tough to get your legs under you.”
Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
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747 comments Add your comment
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:08 pm
JeJe, it is AdBlock Plus, but it won’t block the toolbar on the bottom of this page.
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
I can feel thi sgame slipping hopefully im wrong
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
If you’re not going to post up T-Mac and run the offense through him, it is pointless to have him on the floor.
Big shot Marvin.
bigdave
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
aight Marvin.. stepping into it with confidence..
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
There you go, Marvy. Needed that one bad!
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Money Marvin . . . AGAINNNNNNNNNNN
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Darkwing [Duck] showing confidence in his jumper.
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
And Pargo!!!
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Good i was wrong
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Wow @ the shooting. Drew may call back JJ and Teague now.
Blast
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
Pargooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:09 pm
PARGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Rev in Tampa
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
Pargo!
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
duck booty is mad
Blast
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
Marvinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
Re–sign Pargo ASAP..Lights Out PARGO..
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
I hope they keep Pargo around next year. I know he is flawed and he really shouldn’t be playing point guard unless there is another facilitator on the floor, but he is fearless shooting that jumper.
CaptCaveman
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
ESPN aka Entirely Slanted Play-by-play4 NY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:10 pm
I want the Hawks to bury this team!
Screw these refs and BS Knicks team.
Rob
April 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
Pargo with those 3’s is amazing. He knows they will go in
Admiral Snackbar
April 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
Hawks can take a punch this year.
close out the bockers.
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
Pargo, the Hawks’ “new” Jamal Crawford/Ronald “Flip” Murray. The Hawks need to get [Willie] Green involved [offensively].
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
Janero “LIGHTSOUT” Pargo…He needs more minutes..he and T-Mac..
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:11 pm
You can hide the Meebo bar at the bottom. Put the arrow over the blue and yellow thing on the far right hand side, and you’ll see the option to hide the Meebo bar.
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:12 pm
Yeah . . Drew called JJ and Teague back. Good call. Let Pargo and Willie play through this.
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:13 pm
lmao pargo aint that strong amare
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:13 pm
Haha @ Pargo . . pushing Amare out of bounds. Good foul man. Nothing easy.
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:13 pm
told you everybody know amare is weak gettem pargo
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:13 pm
Get in his face, Pargo.
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:14 pm
Quack Quack!!!!
Rob
April 22nd, 2012
3:14 pm
Hawks showing some toughness and grit today. I like it.
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:14 pm
Excellent Marvin . . . just excellent
Blast
April 22nd, 2012
3:14 pm
What a ballgame!
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:15 pm
Dunk it Ducky…
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:15 pm
Marvin proving JeJe wrong today.
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:15 pm
tmac should have took that foul
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Pargo is smart. Nothing easy. He’s a reserve, so if he fouls out, no biggie.
PEDRO EL GITANO
April 22nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Creo que los playoffs se presentan bien.Los Celtics no nos van a regalar nada,pero tengo buenas vibraciones.Hoy vs New York gran partido de Marvin y Teague.GO HAWKS!!!!
Blast
April 22nd, 2012
3:16 pm
Pargo has five fouls!
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:17 pm
back and forth . . back and forth.
Great game.
smh
April 22nd, 2012
3:17 pm
LD why in the hell do you have joe on the bench
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:17 pm
smh damn knick fans
Melvin
April 22nd, 2012
3:17 pm
Pargo is terrible on defense
Blast
April 22nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Bad turnover, Josh, leading to a NY three.
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:18 pm
Drew does not have a CLUE!!!
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:18 pm
knick fans cheer louder than the hawks fans
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:18 pm
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:17 pm
back and forth . . back and forth.
Great game.
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No it isn’t. We’re losing.
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:19 pm
Josh is such an idiot with the ball.
Starters should come in and finish this game. They got a breather.
Rod from College Park
April 22nd, 2012
3:19 pm
Win or lose Pargo is playing with the kind of effort and intensity that is needed come playoff times. Other guys need to pick it up.
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:19 pm
wtf josh