Atlanta Hawks game thread: Smaller lineup vs. Nuggets
Vivlamore reporting.
The Hawks will go with a smaller starting unit against the Nuggets. Jeff Teague, Devin Harris, DeShawn Stevenson, Josh Smith and Al Horford will get the starting assignment against the bigger five from the Nuggets.
“Sometimes you’ve got to roll the dice,” Hawks coach Larry Drew said of his lineup decision. “I’m really going on feel with this. Instead of always adjusting to the other team, sometimes it’s good to go with your guy and see if they adjust to you or see if it works. With the lineup that we are going with I do like the fact that we are a lot faster. We do give up size. At some point in the game that lineup is going to change and we’ll get bigger. I really going with feel on this.
“Some things that I really like about the smaller lineup is the fact that again, particularly at home, we’ll be able to get up and down much better. I would anticipate more pick-and-roll basketball with both Devin and Jeff.”
Also, John Jenkins did make it back from his D-League assignment and will be available.
“It was really fun to go out there and see the ball go in a few times,” Jenkins said. “… There is definitely some talent down there. There are a lot of guys fighting for spots to come up here, so they want to impress people. I knew me being a call-down there would be pressure on me, with those guys trying to go at me. I had to match their intensity and go at them, too.”
- Chris Vivlamore
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Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:27 pm
“Did you hear Magic say the Hawks should re-up LD? And Bill Simmons said he thinks the Hawks have a chance to get a 3 seed.”
Bill Simmons has been on the Hawks bandwagon pretty much since the day they traded Joe. Not surprised about that at all.
I’m not surprised Magic would say that — keep in mind, though, that he also thought firing Woody was a terrible move. I don’t really pay attention to anything Magic says. He’s like the Tim McCarver of basketball.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:27 pm
Al Horford, SMDH again. Come on Al. Put Ivan in Drew!
J.J.M.
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Get teague sorry ass off the court
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Lawson is on fire!! Makes it look easy
Melvin
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Teague has to learn to use that left hand
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
IDIOT JOSH SMITH. BENCH JOSH SMITH.
O'Brien
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Josh doing what he does. Brick city.
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
LAwson is Killing Teague! OMG!
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Lawson is MURDERING Teague. This is Teague’s worst game of the season by a pretty wide margin.
Rusty
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
LD has JT playing scared, he needs to go somewhere else to get away from that man.
Astro Joe
December 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
Teague must think he is playing against Jeremy Pargo again.
O'Brien
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
Najeh,
Jalen was giving magic a hard time after endorsing LD, because he said Magic played with LD, and thats why he likes him
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
Teague you cant leave Lawson, he will make u pay dude!
J.J.M.
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
Teague can’t guard…score…and can’t make plays for other people tonight
Sautee
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
Rusty, your buddy Teague is standing around while Lawson is playing.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
TRADE AL AND JOSH FOR PAU AND METTA WORLD WAR. I WOULD DO THIS DEAL IN A HEARTBEAT.
Melvin
December 5th, 2012
9:29 pm
4pt lead turns to down by 2 in less than 2mins, SMH
Blast
December 5th, 2012
9:30 pm
Gotta stay on Lawson, man. Give him no daylight at all.
O'Brien
December 5th, 2012
9:30 pm
I think Devin should see some minutes at PG tonight. And i think we are missing Korver.
HawkFan
December 5th, 2012
9:30 pm
Teague can be a good player but his D has a long way to go. It may be what keeps him from being a top PG going forward
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:30 pm
KNICKS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
31-10
13-4
Sautee
December 5th, 2012
9:31 pm
“LD has JT playing scared, he needs to go somewhere else to get away from that man.”
LOL, it’s NEVER Teague’s fault with Rusty/
Astro Joe
December 5th, 2012
9:31 pm
Rusty, so let me get this right. When Teague plays well, LD has nothing to do with it. But when Teague struggles, it is because LD is whispering evil in his ear? Give me a break. Sometimes a player just doesn’t have a good night.
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:32 pm
Denver was down 8 now up 2
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:32 pm
Teague has 4 pts…
High-sider
December 5th, 2012
9:34 pm
I know this is late but if the Heat can lose to the Wizards, I guess the Hawks can lose to the Cavs. Strange league – the NBA is.
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:34 pm
10-2 run by Denver puts em up.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:34 pm
Pau Gasol would have knocked down that shot!!!
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
It’s a good thing Lou is playing the PG position well today, with Teague having an off night. Nice drive and kick.
Josh just got posterized.
Astro Joe
December 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
Josh got posterized!
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
Josh Smith got posted a third time!
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
D. Harris playing Grown Man Basketball.
Melvin
December 5th, 2012
9:35 pm
Terrible call. That was an offensive foul on Iggy
HawkFan
December 5th, 2012
9:36 pm
I am all for the accountability on D move by LD. JT was beaten consistently by Pargo last game and now Lawson.
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:36 pm
Josh can get what he wants in the post against Faried if they will post him up consistently.
And on a second look, Iguodala clearly fouled Josh on that posterization.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:36 pm
Weak move into the land by Josh. Needs to be more assertive!!!
J.J.M.
December 5th, 2012
9:36 pm
Josh got elbowed in the neck
Blast
December 5th, 2012
9:36 pm
Refs cheating on Hawks as usual. What else is new?
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:37 pm
Bad shot Teague.
J.J.M.
December 5th, 2012
9:37 pm
Yea lou shoot another jumper
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:37 pm
Josh playing a fantastic 3rd quarter so far.
Melvin
December 5th, 2012
9:37 pm
Nice pass to Josh to Al….
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:38 pm
…and just as I say that Lawson picks his pocket.
I have said many times that Teague is my favorite Hawk, but damn, if only the Hawks could have been one pick higher and gotten Lawson.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:38 pm
We should be dominating at home. We can not allow these SCRUB teams to come in here and hang around!!
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:39 pm
Nice play Al.
HawkFan
December 5th, 2012
9:39 pm
Big Al dominating. Devin as well
Slimjr
December 5th, 2012
9:39 pm
Smith hits a fade-away jumper to win the Game for the Knicks with .005 left
Woody goes Whew…
Najeh Davenpoop
December 5th, 2012
9:40 pm
This Hawks team is really dependent on the 3 to score consistently, so with Korver out it’s nice to see Stevenson knocking them down. I was worried that Korver’s absence would hurt them in the half court (and it did to an extent for a while in the 1st half) but they have mostly weathered that by creating more transition opportunities for themselves.
keith
December 5th, 2012
9:41 pm
BiG Dummy Larry Drew should be giving Jenkins minutes tonight. A few more months with Larry and he will be coaching in the D-LEAGUE.
Blast
December 5th, 2012
9:41 pm
There you go! Up 6! Gotta to keep it up, though, and contain Lawson. He’s the only one hurting you right now. Andre has been a no factor so far.