Hawks ready for dangerous game against the Wizards
The Hawks are rested for what a few players said could be a dangerous game against Washington at Philips Arena tonight.
The Wizards are the NBA’s only winless team (0-9), which would make them easy enough to overlook. On top of that, the Hawks are facing games at a resurgent Charlotte (5-4), vs. the Clippers (8-2) and vs. Charlotte.
But Al Horford said the Hawks won’t overlook Washington.
“They are hungry for a win,” he said. “They are going to be ready.”
Coach Larry Drew said the Hawks will start Horford, Josh Smith, Jeff Teague, Kyle Korver and Devin Harris, the same starting five that defeated Orlando 81-72 on Monday in what was a ragged performance affected by some members of the team being struck by the flu and four games on the West Coast.
“I’m hoping we will be a lot better than we were on Monday night,” Drew said. “(I) didn’t see the sharpness or crispness with our execution.”
Drew gave the Hawks Tuesday off so that the players who have logged a lot of minutes could rest. Teague said it looked like the team got its legs back.
The Hawks will need to be sharp against the Wizards, led by guards Jordan Crawford and Bradley Beal. That duo is combining to average almost 24 points per game. Teague said the key to slowing them down is to consistently challenge them around the 3-point line. Washington is hitting 30.4 percent of its 3-point attempts and is averaging 86.9 points per game, compared to the Hawks’ 92.9 scoring average.
Though the Wizards are winless, five of those losses have come by seven points or less. They could be bolstered by the return of Nene.
“This Washington Wizards team is a team that’s very capable,” Drew said he told the team. “They’ve got some good players over there and some guys that have a lot of pride that have been in their ball games.”
– Doug Roberson, AJC (filling in for Chris Vivlamore)
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253 comments Add your comment
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
2:38 pm
Jump on this team at the start of the game and put them away in the 1st half. They will play street ball once they’re behind by a large margin. This has no true PG to run their offensive sets….
jgsbirds
November 21st, 2012
2:51 pm
the way i see this one going is like this:
wizards control tempo and game thru 3 quarters or so and the hawks struggle to get the lead. midway thru the fourth the hawks make a run and instead of putting a lesser opponent away early at home–this one goes down to the wire with the hawks winning by single digits. i’ve seen this game a million times with the hawks and the falcons.
i hope i’m wrong and we blow them out by halftime–but don’t count on it!
go hawks!
Rev in Tampa
November 21st, 2012
2:51 pm
The real relevant information left out of the above article:
With Wall and Nene out the wizard’s perimeter defense will be porous and their rebounding will be non-existant. Look for Teague, Horford, Smith, Pachulia, & Ivan to have big games.
prison mike
November 21st, 2012
2:51 pm
Nene is coming back this game. He has always been a handful for the hawks. Not a sure win.
Doug Roberson
November 21st, 2012
3:05 pm
It’s not a sure thing, according to the Washington Post. I’ve added it to the blog.
Rev in Tampa
November 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
All I have read says Nene is still out.
Jamaaliver
November 21st, 2012
3:19 pm
Here’s hokping Josh doesn’t try to overcompensate for Monday’s bad performance and cost us.
I look for Teague and Korver to thrive against a pair of guards with some serious defensive deficiencies.
lewis
November 21st, 2012
3:42 pm
i look for teague to start hot
i also look for teague to be pulled inexplicably after said hot start
Doug Roberson
November 21st, 2012
3:53 pm
I’m not sure if Washington has the front-court depth to deal with the Hawks. That will be interesting to watch.
Ray
November 21st, 2012
4:23 pm
Well I know to division opponent Washington really wants a win, but as far as I can tell John Wall looking more and more like flirting with the B word(no for anyone thinking about some girls on the street lol).
prison mike
November 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
Nene just said he would only give 10 mins. if he were to go and might just wait their next game. Crisis averted, cause this dude always plays solid vs. us.
ag
November 21st, 2012
5:24 pm
I agree, NeNe is always a load for the Hawks. I also hope Josh does not play hero and play his game. Hopefully we will put them away early. I doubt the staters play a lot.
Astro Joe
November 21st, 2012
6:00 pm
If the Wiazards are a dangerous team, then heaven help the Hawks. Jenkins and Scott should be on the floor at the end of this game.
W.R. Terrell
November 21st, 2012
6:01 pm
The “Smoove” went 3-10 against Orlando with a few turnovers but he did begin to give the ball up to the guards and that is somewhat of an improvment. Lets hope he does not try and over compensate tonight against the Wizards. The HAWKS should jump on this team and TCB. The wild card is the “Smoove” and that “I am a Superstar BS”. I say, just play ball and in the “Smooves” case that entails rebounding, blocking shots, needed defense and common sense play but then I am talking about the SMOOVE.
The HAWKS are entertaining, fun to watch. IVAN is doing his thang, AL is banging, ZSA, ZSA is playing with more confidence. I’m gonna sit back and enjoy these fellas because they actually want to win and a premodonna mindset is not their thang. I think the HAWKS can beat up on the Wizards with hustle, defense and smart play. Lets hope the crazies and stupids chill.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
6:11 pm
I’m on the same page as Chad.,,
Vinnie (ATL)
What happens to Josh Smith? I thought the new CBA protected draft picks by offering more years and money to stay with the player’s team. Josh has to wait till year’s end to get those years and money. Why gamble like Cleveland did? Trade Josh before the deadline Hawks have to protect themselves.
Chad Ford (1:31 PM)
I think the Hawks are actually hoping things go sour in LA, Dwight decides he doesn’t want to be there and will join his good friend, Josh in Atlanta. So I’m not sure he goes anywhere this year …
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
6:12 pm
Doug Roberson, you have an opportunity to become an all-time Hawks blog legend. If Jeff Teague has another hot start and gets pulled early, ask Larry Drew if he thinks Teague is playing at an All-Star level. If he says no, ask him if he thinks Teague might have stats worthy of All-Star consideration if Drew played him 5 more minutes per game.
kevkat
November 21st, 2012
6:13 pm
One thing I can say, nobody is better at pointing out what’s wrong with his team than LD. Getting them to do what he asks is the problem, along with his weird coaching at times.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
6:14 pm
” Dangerous Game ” might be a little melodramatic …. but for sure it’s never good to be the first to lose to a winless team …. DA HAWKS just need to come out strong & bury them early …. b/c we’re the better team right now …. come on Josh, Al , Teague , Ivan , KK , Lou & Morrow …. Let’s get ‘er done
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
6:17 pm
JC2 gonna go at Teague.
Ken Strickland
November 21st, 2012
6:35 pm
I want everyone to take a look at the following preseason stats and tell me if we wouldn’t be better off with DJames at SF rather than playing ATolliver, DStevenson and KKorver out of position.
DJ-MPG 19.2, PPG 6.5, RPG 6.8, APG .83, SPG .83
KK-MPG 20.1, PPG 9.0, RPG 2.7, APG 1.2, SPG .5
AT-MPG 18.9, PPG 8.1, RPG 3.4, APG .85, SPG .57
DS-MPG 21.0, PPG 5.0, RPG 1.75, APG 1.75, SPG 1.4
While playing fewer mins than Korver or Stevenson and only .3MPG more than Tolliver, James came within 1.05RPG of matching the combined total of all 3 players(6.8 to a combined 7.85RPG). Does anyone think we couldn’t use that level of rebounding at the SF position? Korver’s outside shooting, and James’ ability to do just about everything else well, would give us a solid SF combination.
Ken Strickland
November 21st, 2012
6:42 pm
One other thing. Is there anyone who feels we would be any worse off financially, and better off talent and production wise if we had cut Petro and kept KBenson? And it’s still not too late to make it happen. Like DOC said, we need to cut our losses and admit a mistake was made by cutting James, and I’d add Benson as well.
terrell
November 21st, 2012
6:46 pm
Kinfolk in the house tonight. Do your thing Chris Singleton. In a loss of course. lol. Go Hawks!
terrell
November 21st, 2012
6:48 pm
An 0-9 team shouldnt be dangerous, btw. Sounds like some of LD’s words of motivation.
richbrave
November 21st, 2012
6:54 pm
Listen I follow the WIZARDS……..o.k. I admit it although I’ve started wearing a bag on my head to the phone-booth, the two times a year I journey up to D.C. for a game.
With NENE on one foot and his first game back, you’ve got nothing to worry about…..unless the HAWKS just don’t show up. HILARIO can’t possible add 10 to the final outcome with his hobbling presence.
Just play you game and win HAWSTERS. Now if he and WALL are in playing shape come February, you might think about how to approach the game. But with the way the WIZ are constantly snake-bit with injuries, I don’t expect them to ever be on their ‘A’ game this season or any other dor that matter.
Good luck HAWKS fans, and extend these schlubs to 0-10. It enhances the probability that a new GM who actually knows top talent will be ready to pick in the #1 lottery slot for the WIZARDS next June.
bubacar aw
November 21st, 2012
6:55 pm
I am pretty sure that someone on the Wizards will have a career night against the Hawks !!! All the atlanta sport franchises suffer from the same disease which is LAZINESS !! There is a lazy spirit that has plagued Atlanta and the south and its only spread over into sports as well. Atlanta, with all its distractions, is a hard place to create a team that will bring home a championship.
richbrave
November 21st, 2012
6:56 pm
Oh BTW, HAPPY THANKSGIVING HAWKSTERS one and all. Enjoy.
richbrave
November 21st, 2012
7:00 pm
JORDAN CRAWFORD just can’t wait to get to the floor at PHILLIPS. He’ll jack up 30 and hit 10. get ready. Maybe JAVARIS CRITTENTON…….oh, maybe not, doc. Be cool man. Later.
dylan
November 21st, 2012
7:09 pm
Dude no way is john wall a bust. Dude was seriously the only good player for the wiz since he came in and has been very good. 18 and 8 are very good numbers for anyone, especially a Page with no other offensive threat.
i_am_soulstar
November 21st, 2012
7:10 pm
Yeah, sounds like LD’s trying to make sure the Hawks don’t take the Wiz lightly.
Hey Josh, do you know that if you play 90% of your offensive game in the post tonight, you could have an easy 30? Did you know that?
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
7:10 pm
Ken S. I agree with your points re: James and Benson as I documented at repatl.blogspot.com during the preseason. I absolutely agree that the Hawks would be a better team if it cut Petro and Scott and replaced them on the roster with Benson and James. However, this is simply not going to happen. For whatever reason somebody in the Hawks is in love with Scott, who will NEVER be a rotation NBA player. And they aren’t going to cut Petro because they may need his salary for matching purposes at the trade deadline.
What you see is likely the Hawks’ roster until the deadline passes. After that, anything can happen. Once Petro can no longer be traded, it becomes much more likely that the he will be released to open a roster spot for a more productive player… like Eddy Curry for example.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
7:13 pm
Also interesting to note: Tolliver had the best aggregate +/- in the preseason, just ahead of James. But he’s currently dead last for the Hawks, as Willie Green was last year:
http://www.nba.com/statistics/plusminus/plusminus_sort.jsp?pcomb=1&season=22012&split=9&team=Hawks
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
7:17 pm
Damion James being cut in the pre-season is all about Al Horford wanting to be a power forward. By carrying zero small forwards on the regular season roster, it forces Josh Smith to play a lot of minutes out of position at small forward, thus opening up more minutes for Horford at power forward. If the Hawks had a legitimate defender at the 3 position like James, it would only be natural to let Josh guard power forwards and Al guard centers.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
7:23 pm
“Tolliver had the best aggregate +/- in the preseason, just ahead of James. But he’s currently dead last for the Hawks, as Willie Green was last year:”
More evidence that preseason doesn’t mean sh-t.
Doug Roberson
November 21st, 2012
7:24 pm
It looks the Wizards are going with Beal, Vesely, Seraphin, Crawford and Livingston
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
7:27 pm
Good to see Josh working on free throws before the game.
ag
November 21st, 2012
7:29 pm
Ken, I was very surprised as well as a lot of bloggers to find out he was cut. I actually would start James at the SF. He would really help us with our rebounding. I would also use him to cut and grab offensive rebounds. Like you always say, LD likes offense over defense.
I did not understand the Benson move either. He played better than Scott in the Summer League, and in his first and only preseason game he scores 10 points – and let go. Petro is pretty bad. I would rather have Twin back than this guy.
Eventually, I must admit, LD does do the logical thing. He is playing Ivan and sitting Tolliver. I don’t know how much he influences pick-ups or cuts.
I honestly think JT0 could lead this team in scoring. I think the coaching staff holds him back. Does anyone have the same or different opinion on JT0? He drives to the basket any time he wants.
Doug Roberson
November 21st, 2012
7:48 pm
Smith already has 7 points, surpassing his total from Monday
keith
November 21st, 2012
7:49 pm
We should have kept Keith Benson. Keith (great name) Should be our starter at the 4. He had an outstanding summer league. His game is NBA ready, he just needs minutes….
Blast
November 21st, 2012
7:53 pm
Nobody on the Wiz team wants to shoot, except Crawford.
Blast
November 21st, 2012
7:54 pm
And maybe Nick Young.
Horford is smoking.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
7:56 pm
Hey did anyone notice the Spurs picked up F James Anderson again …. w/ injuries to K Leonard & S Jackson
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
7:56 pm
Nick Young is a 76er.
Hawks off to a pretty good start… would be better if the Wizards hadn’t hit some improbable shots.
Just Joe
November 21st, 2012
7:59 pm
Foul line Shawty got it going tonight.
Blast
November 21st, 2012
7:59 pm
Don’t think any Hawk player has a foul yet.
Doug Roberson
November 21st, 2012
8:00 pm
Nene is in for Washington. Quick basket and draws a foul
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:02 pm
I like this lineup. Defenders/hustle players at 3, 4 and 5 and two scoring guards.
Rev in Tampa
November 21st, 2012
8:03 pm
Nene comes in with instant impact
ag
November 21st, 2012
8:03 pm
Good for Anderson, but he did not impress me much. At work so missing the game – although I am recording it. Looks like we are off to a good start.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:04 pm
Soon as I say that they let WAS back in the game.
Just Joe
November 21st, 2012
8:04 pm
Hawks bench 1 of 6 so far.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
8:05 pm
Backup scrubs struggling
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:07 pm
Lou… is… not… a… point… guard.
bigdave
November 21st, 2012
8:09 pm
Courtsideshawty courtside tonight…
Grey and brown hoodie ..
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
8:09 pm
Ken S …. I still would love to see Keith Benson in a HAWKS uni ….. even before we got him, word was out on Petro (garbage) ….. I would have love to seen that 6′9 / 345 lb greek center we got from Clippers for Willie Green
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:09 pm
Lou’s inability to play PG is all the more reason Harris should be coming off the bench in favor of Morrow or Stevenson.
Damn, Al just took Nene’s cornbread.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
8:13 pm
KK … hardly ever takes a bad shot
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:14 pm
Martell Webster going off in this game. I wonder why we can’t guard small forwards?
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
8:14 pm
bigdave
November 21st, 2012
8:09 pm
Courtsideshawty courtside tonight…
Grey and brown hoodie ..
******************
I need to purchase courtside seats to an NBA game just one time.
SMH .. the Hawks never make anything easy. Looks like this will be a dogfight for a while. And it looks like Jordan Crawford came to play tonight.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:17 pm
Bizarro Hawks tonight. Al 0/4 FTs, Josh 3/3 FTs.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
8:17 pm
Josh shooting better free throws than horford now
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
8:17 pm
What a horrible shot by Lou . . come on dude.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:17 pm
Lou has been absolutely horrible in this game. Please get him off the floor.
Smokey
November 21st, 2012
8:20 pm
i dont like harris and teague together when they make JT play off the ball.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
8:21 pm
Korver’s long range game is so strange this year.
He shoots almost lights out ( over 70% ) from 3 point range in transition . . but is shooting below 33% on 3 point shots when he shoots a standstill 3. I guess he needs to be moving to make that shot now.
HawkFan
November 21st, 2012
8:22 pm
Come on guys making it look too hard.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:24 pm
Korver with a nice defensive play to start a fast break.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
8:25 pm
Korver missing some wide open shots
HawkFan
November 21st, 2012
8:26 pm
Smoove lighting it up
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:27 pm
Josh is letting Seraphin do whatever he wants. He looks distracted.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
8:28 pm
Lol mike scott forever chewing some gum
Blast
November 21st, 2012
8:28 pm
Let Jeff play the rest of the game. He is not scoring right now, but he is making stuff happen
Harris made a three early, and that was it.
Josh, post up more! No jumpers!
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:29 pm
Nimbers!
Blast
November 21st, 2012
8:29 pm
There you go, Harris.
Blast
November 21st, 2012
8:34 pm
Lou Williams should have been taking those last second shots Harris was missing.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
8:35 pm
This game has loss written all over it.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:36 pm
The ball moves and gets in the paint when Teague is at PG. It does not when Lou is at PG.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
8:53 pm
Okafor and NeNe coming off the bench. That’s 26mil on the bench….whew..
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
8:56 pm
AL give the ball up on the break
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
8:56 pm
“Magic” Boss with the fast break turnover.
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
8:57 pm
“Osh” with the [missed] “ump” shot.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
8:58 pm
Hawks are getting nothing in the half court and they are still keeping the Wizards at bay thanks to horrible shot selection. This is just a bad game all around. No idea why this team refuses to run pick and rolls.
Tampa Gator
November 21st, 2012
9:01 pm
Not a Hawks follower…..but are the Hawks the only NBA team that continually drafts players #1 and they continually sit on the bench because they should not have been drafted #1….or even drafted….in the first place.
Ken Strickland
November 21st, 2012
9:01 pm
NORTHCYDE-Did you go to the MAGIC CITY CLASSIC this yr, and if so which team do you support?
Rev in Tampa
November 21st, 2012
9:01 pm
Good to see Horford taking extra free throw practice at the half
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:05 pm
LD playing the starters heavy minutes in this game because the bench was terrible and gave the lead back. It’s about time to see the end of 3rd/start of 4th nightly adventure.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:07 pm
Up 9, Lou Will in at point.
Smokey
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
@ Najeh
motion offense should be all day for this team, if LD cant work that out he is truly useless.
Blast
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
Don’t know about this lineup, man.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
My bad… in at 2 guard.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
Hawks have no small forward on roster, therefore nobody picks up WAS small forward Martell Webster.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:09 pm
I see LD is keeping Harris on the floor with Lou after the disaster that was Lou at PG in the first half.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:10 pm
Put this team away…
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:11 pm
@ Ken . . . Yeah I went to the Classic this year, but I go to the Classic for the game, the parties, and the women. I could care less who wins that game . . lol.
But I see ASU pretty much blasted them this year. That game was over by halftime.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:12 pm
LOL . . 7 – 0 run with Teague out the game.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:13 pm
Haha @ Ariza and the Wiz . . . come on Hawks. This team is horrible. Put them out of their misery.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:14 pm
This is an awful game all around.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:14 pm
Ivan playing like sh1t in this game.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:15 pm
Lou is -20 in 12 minutes.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:15 pm
Nene and Okafor are causing the Hawks fits in the paint….
Sam
November 21st, 2012
9:16 pm
I bet you guys think Damien James would be dominating tonight. Loser can’t even sign anywhere as a FA, yet you want him STARTING!
Hawks should give Kyle Korver a 2 year deal. He hustles, plays pretty good D, and knocks down 3’s like nobody’s business.
Sam
November 21st, 2012
9:17 pm
Bet you Lou shoots here…
Sam
November 21st, 2012
9:18 pm
…right again!
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:18 pm
Really, if Lou isn’t drawing fouls he is just an all around liability. Those 3s he jacks up might as well be turnovers. Give me a missed Teague floater that has a chance to be offensive rebounded over a missed Lou 3 that kills the possession any day of the week.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:19 pm
If only the hawks had a true point guard who can drive life would be easier dishing and scoring
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:20 pm
Lou -20, Ivan -13.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:20 pm
And of course on the day that Bob and Nique make it a point to highlight that Teague is the only 50-40-90 player in the league, he is 2/11 from the field.
Sam
November 21st, 2012
9:21 pm
Pink is so trashy…and not in a hot way!
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:22 pm
“I bet you guys think Damion James would be dominating tonight.”
I bet Washington’s scrub small forwards wouldn’t have 16 points if Damion was playing.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:24 pm
Big 4pt play by Krover…..
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:25 pm
AJ Price abusing Teague.
Sam
November 21st, 2012
9:26 pm
Guess we’ll never know
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:26 pm
Are the Hawks going to be down 10 by the time Josh comes back in?
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:27 pm
Hawks transition points are keeping them in the game right now b/c their halfcourt offense looks terrible.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:27 pm
Big hustle plays from Zaza to create transition opportunities. Hawks have been abysmal in the half court in this game. They probably need a lot more of those transition buckets to pull this one out.
By the way Lou is -21 now. It’s like the more he touches the ball on a possession, the less likely the Hawks score on that possession. Morrow should be playing some of these minutes.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:28 pm
All the starters except Harris right at 30 minutes. They will probably all have to play 40 to win this game.
JaeEvolution
November 21st, 2012
9:30 pm
Hibbits just got his triple double with blocks.
Smokey
November 21st, 2012
9:30 pm
Lou is a hog stagnates the offensive flow no one moves and he jacks up a bad shot
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:30 pm
Great pass Teague, too bad it didn’t count.
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
9:31 pm
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:24 pm
Big 4pt play by Krover…..
——————————————————–
The name is Korver – K-o-r-v-e-r.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:31 pm
Take ZaZa out and put Harris back in….
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
Great pass by Josh to AL. Too bad AL missed the shot…
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
Al murdering my fantasy team’s FT%.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
NOBODY on the hawks can drive the ball
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:33 pm
Teague played JC1 defense on that last AJ Price drive, just got out of his way.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:35 pm
Bobcats with a gutzy win . . . and Jeff Taylor ( who should be the Hawks backup SF right now, instead of having John Jenkins rot on the bench ) got a huge block in the final seconds to help seal that win.
When we play them next week, we may be in for a dogfight . . much like we are tonight.
SMH @ the Hawks and Wiz tied right now.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:36 pm
And wow @ Stephanie Ready . . looking damn good in that post game interview in Charlotte.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:37 pm
Speaking of the fantasy team, I don’t know if I want Jordan Crawford back in this game or not.
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
9:38 pm
In the spirit of Thanks-GIVING, are the Hawks trying to “give” this game away to the win-less Wizards?
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:40 pm
Hawks leaving all kinds of Wizards open for wide open jumpers. Just a bad effort all around.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:40 pm
Josh . . come on man. Don’t start that jumpshot crap.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:41 pm
LOL Nique hates Teague… “That’s a good screen.”
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:43 pm
Give LD this — he has consistently been good at designing plays coming out of timeouts.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:43 pm
How many assists has AL mess up for Josh?
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:44 pm
Wow . . . 2 jumpers in a row for Josh. Had to shoot that one though.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:44 pm
Two great defensive plays by Josh to make up for his dumb turnover.
JaeEvolution
November 21st, 2012
9:45 pm
Here comes the jumpers after such a good game.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:47 pm
Pure jump shooting team…horford and josh can’t post up for nothing
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:47 pm
Washington is the 19th ranked offensive rebounding team and the 27th ranked rebounding team overall in the NBA, and they are soundly whipping the Hawks in both categories tonight.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:48 pm
Damn . . Monta missed a jumper that could’ve won it for Milwaukee over the Heat. Now the Heat have one last shot at it.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:49 pm
Nene owning Josh on two consecutive possessions.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:49 pm
Smh get josh out of the city pleaseeee
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:49 pm
Keep your head Josh . . . fight through this. Just play defense.
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
9:50 pm
ALL STARS Josh and Horford cost the game
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:51 pm
They should have fouled earlier in the clock. Dumb coaching….
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:51 pm
Bout to lose to the damn winless wizards?
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:51 pm
Huge miss by Al from his sweet spot. I’d rather just send the Wizards to the line and take my chances with 10 seconds, rather than get a stop and only have 2 seconds left.
HawkFan
November 21st, 2012
9:51 pm
Well we got what we deserved. Bad game
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:51 pm
come on AL .. . . gotta make that.
LMAO @ Nique and Bob
Nique: “They still got a foul to give”
Rath: “But they’re going to run the clock out”
Nique: “But you still got 2 seconds”
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
9:52 pm
How do you inspire fans to come out to the arena of a team with no superstars that already has lackluster support?
Lose to an 0-9 team.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:53 pm
I’ll be disappointed if Korver and Morrow are not both on the floor for this final possession.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
9:53 pm
Lets see what LD draw up as a final play….
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:53 pm
LOL @ Nique . . . “you don’t need a quick shot”
Nique, there is only 9 seconds left in the game. You shoot the ball if you have a good shot, regardless.
terrell
November 21st, 2012
9:53 pm
Laughable. Fire LD. Trade Josh and whoever else.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:54 pm
Dammit Drew . . put John Jenkins in
Jenkins, Korver, Teague . . with Josh and Al.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:55 pm
They’re going to double TEague, with Josh’s man . . we’ll see if Teague can get the ball to Josh for the game tying shot or game winner from 3.
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
9:55 pm
Wasted a timeout
terrell
November 21st, 2012
9:55 pm
What does this fool see in Devin Harris??
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:56 pm
Oh wow . they fouled Devin? Haha . . . gotta love bad teams.
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
9:56 pm
All star devin harris
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
Nice job by LD using Korver as a decoy to clear out space. Clutch FTs by Ludacris. Hopefully the Hawks can get this ugly ass game to overtime and grind out a win.
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
teague, horford or josh would have bricked at least one of those
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
Guard Bradley Beal with your life.
Please don’t put Jordan in right now. He might make this.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
Oh yeah, all you “fire everybody, trade everybody” people can say what you want, but the plus/minus tells the story. The starters may not have been spectacular but they weren’t bad. The bench, primarily Lou, was awful.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
9:58 pm
Nique: “Montel Webster”
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
9:59 pm
Yeah bad team and bad coach. Thank God he didn’t put Jordan in.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
10:00 pm
True story Najeh… the starters have beat the Wizards soundly in this game. The Hawks gave up two leads close to double digits while Lou was on the floor.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
10:00 pm
HAWKS ….got LUCKY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:02 pm
Horford is 1 rebound and 2 assists away from a triple double . . . but he’s shooting terrible from the field and from the FT line.
And Teague is having a nightmare shooting game.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:02 pm
Teague floater is off tonight….
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:03 pm
Another assist by Al . . and most of them have went to Josh.
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:03 pm
AL looking for that triple double…
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
10:04 pm
Teague lets AJ Price blow by him AGAIN then recovers to add a foul to the non-existent defense.
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
10:04 pm
4 pt swing on the josh airball
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:05 pm
LOL . . I’m screaming to Josh “DON’T SETTLE” . . . and then he settles for that jumper . . . airball
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:05 pm
Josh got Al his 10th assist
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
10:05 pm
unreal
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:06 pm
I mean . . . why?
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
10:06 pm
Wide open three created by Price’s effortless penetration against Teague’s non-defense.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:07 pm
Buddy . . you’re dead on about Teague. You would think sooner or later that he’d force him left.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
10:07 pm
Price blows by Teague AGAIN.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
10:07 pm
JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …. STOP IT
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
10:07 pm
ball game?
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:07 pm
Uh oh
J.J.M.
November 21st, 2012
10:08 pm
I don’t even care bout josh anymore. Dude hasn’t learned now he will never learn…thank god he fouled out
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:08 pm
Korver rushed that shot….
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
10:08 pm
no morrow?
Chea
November 21st, 2012
10:08 pm
Somebody make a shot!
Smokey
November 21st, 2012
10:08 pm
hawks are lost on D and decide josh jumpers are good offense.. smh
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:09 pm
Wow Al . . seriously?
Reggie
November 21st, 2012
10:11 pm
I want Josh outta Atlanta…period
BravesFan79
November 21st, 2012
10:11 pm
Holy sht…. Stevenson did something productive! Its a miracle.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:12 pm
Now if Al misses THESE TWO FTs . . . just trade both he and Josh tonight.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:12 pm
Oh wow
JaeEvolution
November 21st, 2012
10:13 pm
Al is f*ckin 1-8 from the line???
Rev in Tampa
November 21st, 2012
10:13 pm
Gameball goes to Korver for hustle
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
10:13 pm
Mookie Blaylock
November 21st, 2012
9:57 pm
teague, horford or josh would have bricked at least one of those
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terrell
November 21st, 2012
10:13 pm
All Star Al. smh
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:14 pm
My goodness AL…. They may need to take him on this last possession before the Wizards go Hack-a-AL…
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:14 pm
I guess Teague has to be the closer tonight.
BravesFan79
November 21st, 2012
10:14 pm
I still don’t see whats so special that Stevenson brings on defense that warrants him getting all these minutes over Morrow. DS cant shoot to save his life, yet seems to think hes Reggie Miller. I know one thing, if we had Korver and Morrow on the floor at the same time most of the game, we would score alot more than 85 points in a game against the Wizards!
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:15 pm
LOL, Seraphin should have fouled AL instead of giving him a layup….
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:15 pm
Please don’t put Jordan in.
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:16 pm
Melvin . . I agree.
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
10:16 pm
What the hell is wrong with “Free throw” Boss?
terrell
November 21st, 2012
10:16 pm
Where’s Morrow and Ivan tonight? Why is LD giving Devin all these min?
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:17 pm
Wide open . . . wooooowwww
And korver wins it . haha
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:17 pm
Big shot by Korverl…
tjhook
November 21st, 2012
10:17 pm
Does anyone think the Lakers would be interested in a Gasoline for Al Horford trade. I would miss Horford’s feistiness but the team would really benefit from a big post player.
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
10:17 pm
Korver….BAM!!!!
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:18 pm
Please don’t put Jordan in . . Please/
tjhook
November 21st, 2012
10:18 pm
Officially on the Kyle Korver team
EW
November 21st, 2012
10:18 pm
Josh is doing his iso-joe routine tonight. He will never admit that Jeff Teague is option #1 on this team. Get what you can at the draft deadline.
Smokey
November 21st, 2012
10:18 pm
why cant harris play back up PG and play the other sg’s in proper position. LD seems to want everyone to be a combo. Morrow/Lou/Korver should be at the 2 and whoever is hot keep em in.
Is it a defensive issue with teague/morrow/korver in a small lineup giving up too much def or size?
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:18 pm
OMG
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:20 pm
No good should be the calll
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:20 pm
LOL . . hawks are lucky as (( bleep ))
What an exciting horrible game.
Mr.E
November 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
Holy S’t
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
Take the win and get the hell out of there….WHEW
terrell
November 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
Lucky son of a guns.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
November 21st, 2012
10:21 pm
This is the definition of an average basketball team
moboman
November 21st, 2012
10:22 pm
Who needs JJ? We got KK!!!
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:22 pm
AL one rebound short of a triple double…SMH
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:23 pm
3 games went into OT tonight, with the 4th one still going in the Clippers vs Thunder. I wonder what the record is for OT games in one night?
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:24 pm
Game ball goes to Randy Wittman the wizards coach for not playing NeNe more in crunch time b/c when their two bigs played together, it gave the Hawks fits….
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
10:24 pm
Josh Smith: 3-3 from the FT line
Al Horford: 1-10 from the FT line
GO FIGURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bubacar aw
November 21st, 2012
10:25 pm
Huh the hawks won…..yay yay…ESPN and NBA.com are just slow to update whoopty doo woo
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
10:26 pm
JeJe . . . it’s 2007 all over again. That team was wildly inconsistent. You never knew what team would show up.
hawkfan
November 21st, 2012
10:26 pm
it was a blessing in disguise as I thought at the time when Josh Smith fouled out he kept shooting dumb shots
Cali OG
November 21st, 2012
10:28 pm
As soon as Josh fouled out, I said to myself “self, now they gonna win”. Because the coach has long since “lost him”, trade him as soon as strategically feasible…I know GM has seen enough. Josh and Hawks Nation need a fresh start…inoperable cancer.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
10:31 pm
Korver is the man. This team has several problems, but the two that crop up EVERY SINGLE GAME are a) the 2nd unit can’t score consistently with Lou at PG, and b) they are horrendous at rebounding, especially at the PG, SG, and SF positions. Both of these issues nearly got them killed in this game.
Grandmaster JeJe (GM)
November 21st, 2012
10:33 pm
Didn’t see game. Josh was 11-19?!?!
Looks like he had idiotic plays at end
And I feel every time LD mentions pregame how we have to execute better, we play worse
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
10:33 pm
Al was 1 rebound away from a triple double but nearly gave the game away at the FT line and got abused by Seraphin. Strange game for him. (Not that Josh was significantly better against Nene when he came in for Vesely.)
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
10:34 pm
I will be maybe the only person who gives LD some credit for this game, but he consistently drew up great plays out of timeouts and smartly benched Lou in the 4th quarter instead of forcing him back in. Way to play the hot hand (relatively speaking).
sameba
November 21st, 2012
10:35 pm
When LD finally understands that Lou is not a point guard????
Cedrick
November 21st, 2012
10:35 pm
Look, I have a question. Why did we draft John Jenkins???? Cause it seems like he is getting the same treatment Teague did as a rookie. The guy looks to be a beast from the 3pt line. Lets not force feed us these retreads and let valuable playing time for the rookie get lost in translaton. Let the guy play and let us see if he can compete.
2 FOR JOHN DREW
November 21st, 2012
10:36 pm
Maybe if the home crowd chants ” MISS IT ” ….. Josh might stop all this outside shooting …. He must hit those outside shots in practice …. GEESH !!!!!!!!!!!!
STUNTMAN
November 21st, 2012
10:40 pm
The hawks were supposed to be a team that scores a lot of points but can’t defend, instead they have a top five defense ( better than last year) and they rank 24 in offence, if they reach their offensive potential they’ll be unstoppable .
High-sider
November 21st, 2012
10:43 pm
The Heat’s “Big 3″ combine for 80 points tonight against the Bucks [James - 28pts; Wade - 28pts; Bosh - 24pts.]
Melvin
November 21st, 2012
10:45 pm
I must admit, the Hawks were the beneficiary of some bad calls tonight…LOL, about time…
HawkFan
November 21st, 2012
10:49 pm
This team is not put together very well but in Ferry defense you take what you get to unload salary. Need to try Morrow and Korver in game at same time with Teague, Al, Josh or ZaZa
Slimjr
November 21st, 2012
10:51 pm
One 8th of the season gone and Larry sits at 6-4 with a top 5 ranked defense?
At this clip he should win close to 48-50 games…Impressive indeed should he achieve that feat..
Maybe Danny is right when he said he’s only 2 years away? Hmmm
8-1
26-7
Knicks down 1 with 1:15 left in the game in Dallas..
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
10:52 pm
Josh, Al, and Zaza were the only players on the Hawks with more than 5 rebounds. Teague 45 minutes, 1 rebound. Korver 44 minutes, 2 rebounds. Harris 34 minutes 3 rebounds. Lou 16 minutes, 0 rebounds. This simply cannot continue.
Slimjr
November 21st, 2012
10:57 pm
Melo just pulled an Osh and shot a midrange brick! They lose…
northcyde
November 21st, 2012
11:03 pm
Al and Josh played the best bad games I’ve ever seen.
Slimjr
November 21st, 2012
11:09 pm
Kevin Love comes back a month or two early and goes for 34 and 14? Crazy!
JaeEvolution
November 21st, 2012
11:15 pm
With K-Love back, I think Derrick Williams is on the block. I haven’t seen a lot of him and don’t know if he could play 3, but if a deal could be worked out with Harris for Williams + filler, it would be good for us.
Najeh Davenpoop
November 21st, 2012
11:17 pm
I think the reason Derrick Williams is on the block is because he can’t play the 3. If he could play the 3 he’d fit perfectly with Love and Pekovic in the front court. He is a tweener who doesn’t do either forward position all that well.
Ken Strickland
November 21st, 2012
11:19 pm
NAJEH-This is exactly why I say we should have kept a rebounder and defender like DJames. We can’t continue relying of Josh, Al and Zaza for our rebounding, especially with Drew’s habit of playing IJohnson so inconsistently. We definitely can’t continue with the level of DEF and rebounding we’ve been getting from our SFs.
At any rate we know Drew wouldn’t play DJames, let alone start him, even if he was on the team. I really like the way Teague has matured and plays under control. He’s running the half court OFF, and creating easy scoring opportunities for his teammates with his penetration. He could easily increase his scoring if he played as aggressively as TParker on OFF.
Josh is starting to become a black hole when the ball reaches his hands. While HORFORD HATERS love to make an issue of his jab step, they seem to go blind when Josh faces up an does the same doggone thing, only to end up taking a long jumper. He has enough trouble hitting wide open jumpers, which teams are more than happy to give him, yet he’s starting to shoot fall away jumpers rather than passing the ball out.
I wish he’d get his head out of his anus and start shooting more bank shots rather than always shooting for the rim.
Buddy Grizzard
November 21st, 2012
11:23 pm
Was thinking about that as well Jae.
richbrave
November 22nd, 2012
12:32 am
Well, it WAS a dangerous game! Knock me over with a feather on turkey day. LD was on the money. I had no idea NENE would have that much impact on this game, but he made all the difference knocking HORFORD, SMITH and PECHULIA off the block. What a difference some heft and athleticism make in the paint. HAWKS dodged a bullet in this one.
richbrave
November 22nd, 2012
12:33 am
The HAWKS miss ISO-JOE, make no mistake.
richbrave
November 22nd, 2012
12:50 am
Worst thing that happened to the WIZ tonight was SMITH fouling out. No more stupid shots from the cheap seats with possession to D.C.
NENE surpassed his minutes for the first game back and I saw him limping. No ot. Heard him say, ‘merda’ when the game ended in regulation.
W.R. Terrell
November 22nd, 2012
8:45 am
The “Smoove” went 11-19 with 6 turnovers, he had a good game minus those 3 dumb plays of launching when he should pass. On the whole maybe he’s learning some sense. This was a good game for him and the team. When he does what he is capable of as in rebounding, defense and attacking the hoop he shows superiority as a player when he goes to his strengths. Lets all hope he is progressing as a player and developing some B ball IQ.
This was a good game to win and a hard one because the HAWKS were playing a desperate team but if the HAWKS want to excel they must quell all uprisings of desperation. This game was hard fought, should the HAWKS have won by 20? I wish that was the scenario, but winning in the last seconds was electrifying, enjoyable and entertaining. I do hope the “Smoove” learned a lot from this game, we will see. I think AL should practice, practice, practice and did I say practice shooting freethrows. No excuses for that, none at all.