Updated: Hawks schedule released
Vivlamore filling in for MC.
The Hawks 2012-13 regular-season schedule was released Thursday and fans will get an opportunity to see two former key members of their team – Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams – return to Philips Arena in a five-day span.
The schedule also includes games against the Eastern and Western Conference champions, the Heat and Thunder, in a five-day span in the first month of the season.
Here are several other notables about the schedule:
Lin-sane start: The Hawks open the regular-season at home against the Rockets on Friday, Nov. 2. That will be Jeremy Lin’s first game with Houston after leaving the Knicks as a free agent this month. The season ends in New York against the Knicks and the Hawks old head coach Mike Woodson. Five of the eight games in April to end the season are at home.
Welcome back: Williams will return to Atlanta on Friday, Jan. 11 with the Jazz, exactly six months after he was traded. Johnson returns on Wednesday, Jan. 16 as a member of the Nets after he was traded in the off-season. The Hawks next game is also against Johnson, a Jan. 18 matchup in Brooklyn. Johnson will play once more in Atlanta on March 9.
Champions: The Hawks host the defending NBA champion Heat on Nov. 9. They will travel to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder on Nov. 4, the second game of the season.
Longest stretches: The schedule includes a season-high five straight home games from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7. It includes a season-long road trip of six games between Feb. 24 and March 4. The schedule features 30 stretches of three games in four nights. It also includes four stretches of four games in five nights.
Take a break: The NBA All-Star weekend will be Feb. 14-17 in Houston. The Hawks will play 51 games before the break, 26 at home.
National TV: The Hawks have six games on national television. They are on ESPN three times (twice vs. the Knicks and once vs. the Heat) and on NBA TV three times (vs. the Magic, Bulls and Pacers).
Holiday play: The Timberwolves will be this year’s Martin Luther King Day opponent at Philips Arena. They do not play on Thanksgiving or Christmas day but will spend New Year’s Eve in Houston and New Year’s Day in New Orleans.
Here is the complete Hawks’ 2012-13 regular-season schedule:
NOVEMBER
Fri 2 HOUSTON 7:30
Sun 4 @Oklahoma City 7:00
Wed 7 INDIANA 7:30
Fri 9 MIAMI 7:30
Sun 11 @LA Clippers 3:30
Mon 12 @Portland 10:00
Wed 14 @Golden State 10:30
Fri 16 @Sacramento 10:00
Mon 19 ORLANDO (NBATV) 7:30
Wed 21 WASHINGTON 7:30
Fri 23 @Charlotte 7:00
Sat 24 LA CLIPPERS 7:00
Wed 28 CHARLOTTE 7:30
Fri 30 CLEVELAND 7:30
DECEMBER
Sun 3 @LA Lakers 9:30
Wed 5 DENVER 7:30
Fri 7 WASHINGTON 7:30
Sat 8 @Memphis 8:00
Mon 10 @Miami 7:30
Wed 12 @Orlando 7:00
Thu 13 CHARLOTTE 7:30
Sat 15 GOLDEN STATE 7:00
Tue 18 @Washington 7:00
Wed 19 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:30
Fri 21 @Philadelphia 7:00
Sat 22 CHICAGO 7:00
Wed 26 DETROIT 7:30
Fri 28 @Cleveland 7:30
Sat 29 INDIANA 7:00
Mon 31 @Houston 7:00
JANUARY
Tue 1 @New Orleans 8:00
Fri 4 @Detroit 7:30
Sat 5 BOSTON 7:00
Tue 8 @Minnesota 8:00
Wed 9 @Cleveland 7:00
Fri 11 UTAH 7:30
Sat 12 @Washington 7:00
Mon 14 @Chicago (NBATV) 8:00
Wed 16 BROOKLYN 7:30
Fri 18 @Brooklyn 7:30
Sat 19 SAN ANTONIO 7:00
Mon 21 (#) MINNESOTA 2:00
Wed 23 @Charlotte 7:00
Fri 25 BOSTON 7:30
Sun 27 @New York (ESPN) 6:30
Wed 30 TORONTO 7:30
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 CHICAGO 7:00
Tue 5 @Indiana 7:00
Wed 6 MEMPHIS 7:30
Fri 8 NEW ORLEANS 7:30
Mon 11 @Dallas 8:30
Wed 13 @Orlando 7:00
ALL-STAR BREAK – February 14-17 – HOUSTON, TX
Wed 20 MIAMI (ESPN) 8:00
Fri 22 SACRAMENTO 7:30
Sat 23 @Milwaukee 8:30
Mon 25 @Detroit 7:30
Wed 27 @Utah 9:00
MARCH
Fri 1 @Phoenix 9:00
Sun 3 @LA Lakers 9:30
Mon 4 @Denver 9:00
Wed 6 PHILADELPHIA 7:30
Fri 8 @Boston 7:30
Sat 9 BROOKLYN 7:00
Tue 12 @Miami 7:30
Wed 13 LA LAKERS 7:30
Fri 15 PHOENIX 7:30
Sun 17 @Brooklyn 8:00
Mon 18 DALLAS 7:30
Wed 20 MILWAUKEE 7:30
Fri 22 PORTLAND 7:30
Sun 24 @Milwaukee 3:00
Mon 25 @Indiana (NBATV) 7:00
Wed 27 @Toronto 7:00
Fri 29 @Boston 7:30
Sat 30 ORLANDO 7:00
APRIL
Mon 1 CLEVELAND 7:30
Wed 3 NEW YORK (ESPN) 7:00
Fri 5 PHILADELPHIA 7:30
Sat 6 @San Antonio 8:30
Wed 10 @Philadelphia 7:00
Fri 12 MILWAUKEE 7:30
Tue 16 TORONTO 7:30
Wed 17 @New York 8:00
- Chris Vivlamore
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462 comments Add your comment
larry largdycc
July 27th, 2012
9:40 pm
Damn! Ramon ate AG’ s Lunch!
9:35 pm
Astro Joe
July 27th, 2012
9:40 pm
Sautee=Job.
Sautee
July 27th, 2012
9:42 pm
A”year” later, T-s? It was the previous blog. I can find it and cut and paste, but now you’ve already admitted it was hyperbole, which was my entire point, intelligent or not. Have a good evening.
AG
July 27th, 2012
9:49 pm
#2 DRAFT PICKS – not all that
2012 Michael Kidd-Gilcrest ????
2011 Derrick Williams (looking a lot like cousin Marvin)
2010 Evan Turner (I am sure Philly would prefer D. Cousins or Greg Monroe)
2009 Hasheem Thabeet Memphis fans hate him worse than Hawks fans hated Marvin
2008 Michael Beasley Third team in five seasons
2007 Kevin Durant Great pick at two
2006 LaMarcus Aldridge I am sure somebody should have gotten the ax for trading him draft day
2005 Marvin WIlliams enough said
2004 Emeka Okafor Watching him beat Tech at UConn – I thought this should have been pick 1
2003 Darko Milicic Teams still want him almost 10 years later. Why?
2002 Jay Williams Maybe this is why BK didn’t want to draft a PG this high?
2001 Tyson Chandler Has made Kwame Brown look very bad
Slimjr
July 27th, 2012
9:49 pm
N
Melvin
July 27th, 2012
9:06 pm
“Man, I forgot how bad Jon Koncak was… Hawks should sue him for impersonating a pro basketball player”
Jon “Contract” was one of the worst stiffs to ever put on an NBA uniform…
The GM at the time passed on the great Charles Barkley for this stiff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe Wilkins was not picked as a top 50 of All Times! Crazy!
steven a smith
July 27th, 2012
9:53 pm
Marvin, Sheldon, and Josh Chidress, were all top 10 picks and went higher than Al Jefferson. Wow, the Hawks missed badly and missed often.
larry largdycc
July 27th, 2012
9:54 pm
Sautee, yea, the Center exaggeration was a few days ago, which you tried to distort. There are other time you bring up exaggerations from months, and years ago and try to pass them off and twisted thought. You should be a politician.
Have a great night,
Al Hoford
July 27th, 2012
9:57 pm
I will gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today.
AG
July 27th, 2012
9:57 pm
The 2006-07 season the Hawks were 30-52. They drafted Al with the third pick. The next season with Al, the team finished 37-45 and went to the playoffs. Al has always played in the post season as a professional. Bibby did join the team that year and the Hawks were 15-18 with Bibby. Bibby was a major upgrade over Tyrone Lue – but Al was a major contributor his rookie season.
Slimjr
July 27th, 2012
9:59 pm
Ra’mon
July 27th, 2012
9:35 pm
“AG, you’re wrong, the Hawks became a playoff team after MIKE BIBBY arrived. They didn’t take the 8 seed until Bibby was acquired all star weekend. And the year before, the Hawks were only 3 games out of the 8th seed when Joe Johnson went down with a season ending injury. So please don’t act as if Al was the savior for the team. If that was the case, they wouldn’t have been able to secure the exact same seed without Al playing majority of the season.”
Man Ra’mon that AllStar Al kool-aid is some mighty strong drink! LMFAO!!!!! Hehehe
BTW, Bob Weiss was a legendary Hawks basketball coach… Joke people….
Reggie Theus
July 27th, 2012
10:08 pm
“The Hawks are going to surprise some people!” – Pot head
Surprised? Im shocked and appalled mother fcker.
Slimjr
July 27th, 2012
10:08 pm
I’ll give AllStar Al credit for this point, when his 1950’s set shot is contested he’ll pass it up[the rock] like it’s a hot potato.. Give it up big fella to those lock down shooters on the perimeter!
KevinM
July 27th, 2012
10:46 pm
I dont’ know what’s going on with Al, unless he’s playing cautious. He just hasn’t looked very good this summer.
But if say Danny were to move Teague and Al, you would think they would be getting something big in return. We talk about Al being a top C in the East, when I don’t see him as a C at all. He is a PF playing near the basket by default. When Zaza is in there, we don’t have 2 C on the court.
Al is a C strictly by LD’s convention.
And Al’s contract is workable and can be moved. If you can move ISO, you can move anyone.
And to keep stirring the pot, did Damien Wilkins get re-signed in DET?
Pimp My Stats
July 27th, 2012
10:53 pm
“Please post Al Jefferson regular season and playoffs stats” – Melvin
04-05 rbs4.4 pts 6.7 blk 0.8
05-06 3.4 7.9 0.8
06-07 7.5 16.0 1.5
07-08 7.4 21.0 1.4
08-09 7.5 23.1 1.7
09-10 9.3 17.1 1.3
10-11 9.7 18.6 1.9
11-12 9.6 19.2 1.7
Career 8.9 16.2 1.3
2012 Playoffs Statistics PPG 18.3 RPG 8.50 APG 2.5 EFF + 21.25
Al Jerfferson >>> than Al horford.
Pimp My Stats
July 27th, 2012
11:02 pm
“Please post Al Jefferson regular season and playoffs stats” – Melvin
I hope this doesnt lose form when uploading.
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/al_jefferson/career_stats.html
04-05 rbs4.4 pts 6.7 blk 0.8
05-06 3.4 7.9 0.8
06-07 7.5 16.0 1.5
07-08 7.4 21.0 1.4
08-09 7.5 23.1 1.7
09-10 9.3 17.1 1.3
10-11 9.7 18.6 1.9
11-12 9.6 19.2 1.7
Career 8.9 16.2 1.3
2012 Playoffs Statistics PPG 18.3 RPG 8.50 APG 2.5 EFF + 21.25
Al Jerfferson >>> than Al horford.
Rusty
July 27th, 2012
11:24 pm
Hats off to callmeout for saying the most stupid things on this blog ever posted.
Melvin
July 27th, 2012
11:30 pm
Pimp My Stats,
Your link prove my point. Jefferson been in the league 8 years and been to the playoffs twice, his rookie season and his 8th season. He advance to the 2nd round of the playoffs once in his rookie year when he avg less than 20mins and 6pts. Last season he advantage 18pts and his team got swept. Like I said, he put up good stats on bad teams. His team most successful year came his rookie year and when he played a limited role/mins.
Hawks Blog Legend Worldwide Clyde
July 28th, 2012
12:18 am
Football season
Edgington, Russell
July 28th, 2012
2:27 am
What happened to the Korver 3 way trade? I thought we were suppose to get R. Lopez (whos essentially a Zaza impact wise).
We need to flip Korver for someone.
Najeh Davenpoop
July 28th, 2012
3:33 am
“But this season the Hawks will fall off a bit. Ferry’s purge cost them their best player, Joe Johnson, and Marvin Williams. ”
Broussard seems to be a little confused. The Hawks’ best player is still on the team. His contract is expiring, though.
Najeh Davenpoop
July 28th, 2012
3:37 am
“2006 LaMarcus Aldridge I am sure somebody should have gotten the ax for trading him draft day”
Believe it or not, John Paxson (the guy who traded Aldridge for Tyrus Thomas on draft day) is still the Bulls’ GM.
ag
July 28th, 2012
7:22 am
My point was really that fans want to trade established players for ‘picks’. This draft – I doubt the top 5 guys become All-Stars. Anthony Davis has a long way to go.
Signing Greg Oden will be a good idea. Heck, we signed Speedy Claxton.
Rogers
July 28th, 2012
8:26 am
The hawks games on nba tv will be blacked out in Atlanta and the hawks viewing terroritory, so local fans will those games on sport south.
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
9:35 am
There’s no way Indiana finishes ahead of the Hawks….keep dreaming
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
9:51 am
Lot of delusion going on in this thread.
Ivan Johnson at SF????? What the hell are you guys thinking?? One he can’t shoot….two he can’t dribble well enough….three while he may be quick for the 4 he would get smoked at the 3….four I don’t care if he played SF in the D-League
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
9:58 am
LMAO at Nene, Okafor and Ariza being the best frontcourt in the EAST. Nene is not making an all star team…I just don’t know where all this talk comes from. Especially when you got Dwight, KG, Tyson Chandler, Al Horford, Brook Lopez and Hibbert (overrated) all vying for a spot.
Okafor is trash and Ariza is barely a starter…he puts up Marvin Williams numbers (10 pts 5 rebs)
DELUSION at it’s best.
Josh Smith and Al Horford smokes them easily with any old random at SF.
The Wizards making the playoffs????? That’s a big stretch….John Wall will have to have an AMAZING MVP type season for that to happen.
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
10:02 am
Jeff Teague is not a top 10 PG but he is Top 11.
Westbrook
Rose
Rondo
D-Will
CP3
Brandon Jennings
Lowry
Stephen Curry
John Wall
Kyrie
Nash
TEAGUE
Argue amongst yourselves
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
10:03 am
sorry I forgot Tony Parker….Teague top 12.
ag
July 28th, 2012
10:48 am
Lowery, Jennings and Curry are below JT. JT is in the TOP 10!
steven a smith
July 28th, 2012
11:01 am
SuckerFree
July 28th, 2012
9:58 am
Josh Smith and Al Horford smokes them easily with any old random at SF
Al Horford is a poor man’s Horace Grant. Al is closer to”Harvey Grant” in all actuality.
Josh Smith is the Hawks best player. He is probably the only keeper of the “Old Core Group” remaining on this team. Plain and simple, Al Horford could not get by a 39 year old KG. KG abused Al Horford everytime he played him. Amare abused Al. Does this make sense to you Highsider or Suckafree? Bay Bay down at the Ymca would abuse Al “Scrub” Horford.
tyger
July 28th, 2012
12:02 pm
2012-13 Depth Chart
Harris L.Williams J.Teague
Morrow Jenkins
J.Smith K.Korver M.Scott
Horford Ivan Johnson J.Williams
Pachulia Petro K.Benson
Only Horford, LWilliams, Jenkins signed past 2012-13…
Most 1yr rentals with Bird rights…but some keepers…
Backcourt much improved, Devin Harris upper echelon PG…
Lou Williams/Anthony Morrow B-movie stars…
Frontline of Pachulia, Horford, Smith is NBA ready…
Petro, Ivan can provide solid minutes off bench…
Lack of vets gives Scott, Jo.Williams, Benson shot…
The team still lacks a slasher that can defend….
The 6′9 swingman that gets his off the dribble…
Anyone know status of Orangeman Donte Green?
Buddy Grizzard
July 28th, 2012
12:05 pm
“sorry I forgot Tony Parker….Teague top 12.”
Ty Lawson?
tyger
July 28th, 2012
12:14 pm
All Hell No!
Chalmers
Nelson
Devin Harris
Collison
Jack
Calderon
Lin
Felton
Sessions
Aaron Brooks
Tyreke Evans
Ben Gordon
Teague
John Wall
Baron Davis
Mike Bibby
random
July 28th, 2012
12:57 pm
tyger what list is this for?
KevinM
July 28th, 2012
2:07 pm
“Najeh Davenpoop
July 28th, 2012
3:37 am
“2006 LaMarcus Aldridge I am sure somebody should have gotten the ax for trading him draft day”
Believe it or not, John Paxson (the guy who traded Aldridge for Tyrus Thomas on draft day) is still the Bulls’ GM.”
No, Paxson has been gone since 2/09. Tim Floyd brought in Gar Forman in Feb ‘09 and is the reason for their most recent success with personnel. He was able to get rid of Thomas.
KevinM
July 28th, 2012
2:12 pm
The Magic have hired Vaughan to coach finally! Now, it sounds like a total rebuild with a 30 YO GM and a 37 YO coach.
D12 is as good as gone now….the Magic should just move on and get with their rebuild sooner than later.
steven a smith
July 28th, 2012
2:13 pm
Try this on for size;
C-Keith Benson
PF-Al Horford
steven a smith
July 28th, 2012
2:16 pm
Rewind
steven a smith
July 28th, 2012
2:13 pm
Try this on for size;
C-Keith Benson
PF-Al Horford
SF-Josh Smith
SG-JohnJenkins
PG-Devin Harris
ag
July 28th, 2012
3:47 pm
Okay – I will give you Ty Lawson- he is a BEAST!
Najeh Davenpoop
July 28th, 2012
4:13 pm
“No, Paxson has been gone since 2/09. Tim Floyd brought in Gar Forman in Feb ‘09 and is the reason for their most recent success with personnel. He was able to get rid of Thomas.
Hoopshype is wrong, then. I thought he was gone, too, but Hoopshype doesn’t think so.
http://hoopshype.com/general_managers/john_paxson.htm
ag
July 28th, 2012
4:24 pm
So much hate for different players.. Al, Teague, Josh… people think D. Harris is the savior. Did he actually go to an All-Star game? Don’t remember that. I just remember Utah thought so highly of him that they traded him for Marvin Williams. Like the say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!”
ag
July 28th, 2012
4:25 pm
On this blog – the best Hawks are the one’s who have not worn a Hawk uniform
i.e Harris or Teague
or scrubs like
ZaZa over Al Horford.
KevinM
July 28th, 2012
4:26 pm
Def wrong….on hoopshype…as much as I like the rumors section, not much else is kept up to date there Najeh.
Looking at Houston’s team now that they have signed Lin and Asik, they have Josh Harrelson there until 8/15 if they choose to release him. I wouldn’t mind seeing him here in ATL at 762K. He gives us a better option than Benson, who is Solomon Jones all over again. Harrelson has proven he can play and a decent rebounder. A cheaper version of Zaza IMO and we need depth.
I’m sure Danny’s not done, and it appears on the surface he isn’t interested in rebuilding.
And if you asked me who has the better record entering the playoffs between us and Brooklyn, you would probably take Brooklyn because they are solid in all 5 starting positions.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
July 28th, 2012
4:28 pm
This schedule is not right.
We can’t play the Lakers 3 times. The schedule does not match what’s on the Hawks site.
ag
July 28th, 2012
5:19 pm
I am sure that extra LA actually belongs to the Clips
ECF or Bust!
July 28th, 2012
5:20 pm
Hope and Change.
Atlanta will become the place where top athletes want to come.
Ra'mon
July 28th, 2012
5:44 pm
Orlando is playing this all wrong. If they were thinking about rebuilding, they should trade D12 ASAP so they can have the worse record as possible for them. A top 3 draft pick in this season’s draft, will go a long way to rebuilding the franchise. Otherwise, with D12, they’re a playoff team still that will have a hard time getting a franchise changing draft pick.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
July 28th, 2012
6:45 pm
That December 3 Lakers game does not show up on the Hawks’ site schedule
Smh
Marcus
July 28th, 2012
7:07 pm
Ra’mon,
By all indications, the 20113 draft is reported to be as weak as the 2012 was deep. A top 3 pick next year might not be the building block it normally is … shades of 2006.
ag
July 28th, 2012
7:21 pm
I think they messed up by not trading D12 to Brooklyn. Lopez and Brooks with picks was one of the better deals they could get