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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High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:47 pm
Atlanta Hawks’ new “Invisible Man” is…….Kirk [freakin'] Hinrich.
Hinrich stats: 3pts, 4asts and 1reb in 27:43 of playing time…WTF!!!!!!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
Was the game against the Clippers when Al got fouled last year or two years ago? I was there but it seems like it was a long time ago, longer than just a year.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
A comfortable 1 point loss at home. Wow….
I guess people here still enjoy moral victories. Let a hobbled Amare score 20+ smh. Just keep Melo on perimeter
Dave
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
GO FLAMES?
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
BEST POST OF THE DAY..
Dave
April 22nd, 2012
3:42 pm
FIRST ROUND AND OUT HAHAHAHAHAHA
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:41 pm
Does Marvin understand how long 3 seconds are??? He’s like a lot of guys on this blog..CLUELESS.!!!
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:41 pm
Does Marvin understand how long 3 seconds are??? He’s like a lot of guys on this blog..CLUELESS.!!!
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Does steven a smith understand that you only have to hit the “Submit Comment” button once. CLUELESS!!!
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:44 pm
Atlanta Hawks: 15-23 from the FT line and 15-23 from the 3pt. arc [65.2%]…WTF!!!!!!!
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There’s your loss right there. JJ was 0 – 3 FT . . Josh was basically a non factor in the 4th quarter.
An “acceptable” loss . . if there is even such a thing.
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
Grandmaster JeJe
Don’t be a hater, man. Marvin only dribbled trying to get it to JJ. He did the right thing, but didn’t get the foul call when Melo clearly fouled him on the arm on the way up. It was a rigged game.
bird
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
Marvin is so clueless. There is no way in hell that Marvin thought he had enough time to get all the way to the rim. Are you serious? This team has no identity. The guards have more heart than the bigs. The only players that were willing to stand up and talk back to NY were Teague and Pargo. This team is a joke.
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
bigdave
April 22nd, 2012
3:38 pm
did Nique say go back to Amare’s missed free throws that he called?
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Don’t know. Didn’t have to listen to him today–fortunately.
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
Najeh . . it was last year
Admiral Snackbar
April 22nd, 2012
3:50 pm
Revenge of the Woody.
life of a Hawks fan…
not much good amid humiliation and despair.
Brime Lee
April 22nd, 2012
3:50 pm
This one reminds me of that Denver road game with Zaza missing a buzzer-beating lay up. That hurt a million way more than this one. Phew.
Anyway, If JJ made a technical in the late 4th… Phew..
Admiral Snackbar
April 22nd, 2012
3:51 pm
if JJ had called timeout instead of throwing the ball to Kirk we would have had an extra second on that last play. head in the game…
Brian
April 22nd, 2012
3:51 pm
Come on yall we gotta stop blaming josh for this loss….that was just poor defense against melo in crunch time…..the play at the end would have been perfect if he had to go to the line or made the dunk…things are designed to work it just has to be executed properly…not sure what else marvin could have done in that situation…but ive been a josh basher myself…but we sit here and watch these games you take the good with the bad with josh but he did not singlehandidly lose this game
Rufus1
April 22nd, 2012
3:51 pm
I just want Marvin, Green and Pargo playing with offensive confidence.
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:51 pm
bird
April 22nd, 2012
3:49 pm
Marvin is so clueless. There is no way in hell that Marvin thought he had enough time to get all the way to the rim. Are you serious? This team has no identity. The guards have more heart than the bigs. The only players that were willing to stand up and talk back to NY were Teague and Pargo. This team is a joke.
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And here come the trolling . . by two or three people changing up usernames. Not hard to guess who they are.
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:51 pm
NFL DRAFT..Here i come…
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:52 pm
“I guess people here still enjoy moral victories. ”
It was a horrible, officiated game. If they didn’t call an offensive foul on Teague, it would of been a win. If they would have called the foul on Marvin, it would have been a win. Refs were clearly on the Knicks side.
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:52 pm
if joe makes the tech…we are talking overtime
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:53 pm
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:41 pm
Good game by the Hawks.
I’m okay with that loss.
Refs won the game.
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Never be okay with a loss. Never.
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:53 pm
I didn’t think Josh was that bad on D, but he never got his offensive game going and lost the rebounding battle 12-5 to one of the weaker rebounding big men in the league (Stoudemire). That is inexcusable. He deserves to take some heat for this game.
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
3:53 pm
Brian . . who said that Josh singlehandedly lost this game? He didn’t play well today, so he will get SOME of the blame. But others had gaffes at the end that cost us as well.
Dave
April 22nd, 2012
3:54 pm
STOP BLAMING JOSH?????????
14 PTS, 5 REBOUNDS, 5 TURNOVERS AND AMARE WENT OFF ON OFFENSE AGAINST HIM.
YOU ELSE YOU GONNA BLAME? OBAMA? LMAO
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:54 pm
“And here come the trolling . . by two or three people changing up usernames. Not hard to guess who they are.”
Clearly. I know who they are, too. Especially how they type.
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:56 pm
“Never be okay with a loss. Never.”
I’m okay with it if it’s not the team’s fault. You know that was the worst officiated game of the year.
Doesn’t matter. The Braves will win today.
J.J.M.
April 22nd, 2012
3:56 pm
lol@Big Lou
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:57 pm
Hawks left 8 free throws on the table. Hard to point the finger at officiating, especially since the Hawks got 3 more free throw attempts than the Knicks.
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:57 pm
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
April 22nd, 2012
3:47 pm
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Ok..You are right..Mike Brown is clueless.. I thought i would slip tht one past..
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:57 pm
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
April 22nd, 2012
3:47 pm
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Ok..You are right..Mike Brown is clueless.. I thought i would slip tht one past..
Dave
April 22nd, 2012
3:58 pm
MY MAN STEPHEN A SMITH. GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS GAME LOL
Brian
April 22nd, 2012
3:58 pm
joe missed free throws..who saw that coming…Why the heck are ppl on Marvin now?? He played his behind off on both ends…gosh if he only brought that effort every night…Teague should have kept driving the lane was open for him…im not a moral victory person but they did show grit and didnt back down when melo was trying to embarass them. Melo is an embarassment on Defense and Drew should have exposed that more often. Yea this was a tough loss but its not game 7 of the finals.
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:58 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
Was the game against the Clippers when Al got fouled last year or two years ago? I was there but it seems like it was a long time ago, longer than just a year.
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That last play when Horford got fouled by Blake Griffin going to the basket came off [of] a pick-and-roll involving Jamal Crawford. Crawford scored 34 points that game.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201102040ATL.html
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:59 pm
You are right. Mike Brown is Clueless..my bad..
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
April 22nd, 2012
3:47 pm
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
3:43 pm
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
3:59 pm
Rob
April 22nd, 2012
3:42 pm
Cant win them all, thats ok guys.
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Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser.
steven a smith
April 22nd, 2012
4:00 pm
Just for a moment, i became PUPPYNOLE OR DAWGNOLE, something like that…
northcyde
April 22nd, 2012
4:01 pm
JJ looks like he just lost his dog in this locker room interview. Not happy with the defense at all.
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
4:01 pm
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
3:58 pm
Najeh Davenpoop
April 22nd, 2012
3:48 pm
Was the game against the Clippers when Al got fouled last year or two years ago? I was there but it seems like it was a long time ago, longer than just a year.
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That last play when Horford got fouled by Blake Griffin going to the basket came off [of] a pick-and-roll involving Jamal Crawford. Crawford scored 34 points that game.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201102040ATL.html
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That game occurred last regular season.
bigdave
April 22nd, 2012
4:02 pm
Joe dont seem to pleased with not getting the rock w/ the game on the line.
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
4:02 pm
“Hawks left 8 free throws on the table. Hard to point the finger at officiating, especially since the Hawks got 3 more free throw attempts than the Knicks.”
More free throw attempts does not equate biased officiating always. There was key points in the game that bad calls were clearly made. Jeff Teague’s ‘offensive foul’ didn’t create FTs, and also took away a three pint play.
Dave
April 22nd, 2012
4:02 pm
HERES ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS TEAM:
THEY PLAYED THE KNICKS AND WERE STILL RELEGATED TO ESPN.
THATS WHAT THE WORLD THINKS OF YOU.
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
4:03 pm
point*
terrell
April 22nd, 2012
4:05 pm
Joe being selfish in that interview. Isos dont work man. Much rather have someone attacking than Joe dribbling around and taking fade aways.(which he usually misses)
DawgNole
April 22nd, 2012
4:06 pm
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
3:43 pm
Refs won that game. Period.
There is nothing negative you can say about the Hawk’s effort, except for Josh’s no show.
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Except that they lost.
Brian
April 22nd, 2012
4:06 pm
the knicks will be an one and done team in the playoff because outside chandler they play no defense….By the way this has got to be the only team in the league that is a playoff team and the fans are not backing them 100%
Grandmaster steven a. JeJe Slim Jr.
April 22nd, 2012
4:06 pm
0-46
Grandmaster steven a. JeJe Slim Jr.
April 22nd, 2012
4:06 pm
Hawks suck
Big Lou
April 22nd, 2012
4:06 pm
Josh:
5-13, 5 reb, 5TO
Marvin:
10-15, 8 reb, 1TO
Clearly Josh was the weakest link that game. If you’re going to blame Marvin for bad play, you need to do the same to Josh. 5TO is unacceptable!
Grandmaster steven a. JeJe Slim Jr.
April 22nd, 2012
4:07 pm
Big Lou who cares about facts, 0-46! Marvin Sucks!
High-sider
April 22nd, 2012
4:08 pm
Do the Hawks clinch the 5 seed with a Magic loss at the [Denver] Nuggets later today?