Hawks win 109-105; Where is the Boxscore?

[WraithSentinel]

They won which is nice to see. I want to see how the players did, at least from a stats stand point.

[DJ_Money]

I suppose since the game was in Birmingham, it's likely that the final score was just phoned in. I assume the rest of the stats will show up in time.

[thesource966]

The game was on the radio

[HAWKSFAN]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=251012001

Josh Smith didn't play because of a sprained ankle.

Harrington led the team with 25

Joe Johnson had 20

Esteban Batista came off the bench and had 15.

[WraithSentinel]

What amazing production from Edwards and Collier, 10 pts and 2 Rebs. JJ cut back on his TOs a little bit. A good outing by Zaza. Those numbers I think we can expect from him on a regular basis. He will explode every once and awhile and score close to twenty.

[rascurrein]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=251012001

Esteban Batista came off the bench and had 15.

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That's good, but how many minutes he's been on court

[Diesel]

Aside from each players play which I wouldn't judge on this one game...

I'm concerned about Chillz.

He played 40 minutes and only took 8 shots.

I'm not talking about Chillz because I think Chillz has tremendous talent, I'm talking about our play calling. Do we run plays for Chillz or is it that Al was just in the zone for the time he was on the court and we took advantage of that matchup?

If it's the latter, it's OK.

But If we're just not running plays for JC and he's getting all of his points on tip-ins, putbacks, and fast breaks... Well, I don't know.

Raymond Felton seemed to have put together a nice game. I think this game would have been instructive to see how JJ handles playing fast Short Pgs.

[Buzzard]

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I'm talking about our play calling. Do we run plays for Chillz or is it that Al was just in the zone for the time he was on the court and we took advantage of that matchup?

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I can't comment on this as I did not see the game either but this play calling issue seemed to have started last year. I hope Woodson has an idea of what a offensive set is.

I am subscribing to the NBA package this year, so I will have much more to say in the up coming season....

[Dragitoff]

Harrington 3-3 for 3pointers????? When did Al start chucking 3's up?

[swolehawk2]

I listened to the game....did not seem like we ran any plays for Chillz...he did get a couple of jump shots not sure if that was by design.....JJ basically came in late and took over the game....I would have liked to see JJ play more minutes against Raymond...Salim guarded Ray for most of his time....JJ did play some minutes against Brevin though....can't wait to actually see some of these games.

I think Esteban will prolly eventually be our backup center.

When Josh gets back from the ankle thing, I wonder if we will see the Al, Marvin, Smoove front court in spurts.

[Swatguy]

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I'm talking about our play calling. Do we run plays for Chillz or is it that Al was just in the zone for the time he was on the court and we took advantage of that matchup?

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I can't comment on this as I did not see the game either but this play calling issue seemed to have started last year. I hope Woodson has an idea of what a offensive set is.

I am subscribing to the NBA package this year, so I will have much more to say in the up coming season....

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Why would coach not have "an idea of what a offensive set is"? Do you think he had an opportunity to have a clue or "idea" in ALL his years. At Indiana, in the 11 years in the NBA, coaching in the NBA? Do you have an idea ?

[thesheedera]

Good question Diesel. I'd like to be able to say that Childress isn't taking a lot of shots because he's a proven commidity and the coaching staff knows what he can do already, so he's deferring to the other guys so they can get a good look at the rest of the team.

But this is valuable time to build chemistry among the assumed starters, and if Josh is really our best play at the 2 guard, I'd like to see if he can hit the long jumper and create some shots.

Still early, maybe he's a bit banged up or just having trouble adjusting back to a structured game format.

I think every player on this team will frustrate the hell out of us during parts of the season, and the coach will too. Even Zaza will probably appear disappointing to any fans who will expect 20 ppg after being happily surprised by his first two outings.

[Teeareess]

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Aside from each players play which I wouldn't judge on this one game...

I'm concerned about Chillz.

He played 40 minutes and only took 8 shots.

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He also went to the line a lot, so I'm not as concerned yet.

[Buzzard]

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Do you have an idea ?

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Ouch....You must be Woodsons son.

I have an idea it should be done on every half court set. Some coaches are x's and o's type some are not so good at it. Running the play also requires disipline and confidence on the players part as well.

Maybe its our youth and inexperience. Like I said, I did not see the game but this is definetely not the 1st time the play calling or lack of it has been brought up.

[Packfill]

So does this mean that all the people yesterday who were ready to throw Harrington to the curb are now officially on his bandwagon?

Lets give this team some time.

[gsuteke]

that's worth discussing. if this team could get it together defensively then we'd be talking about a decent squad. giving up 100 pts a night is going to get them a 25 win season. the players are young, i can see them struggling offensively but if they struggle defensively it's a poor reflection on the coach IMO. maybe they'll have it down when the season starts.

[Packfill]

Agreed, defense will absolutely be key to the improvement of this team. There has not been an NBA champion in the past 25 years that lacked interior defense, so obviously that will have to be addressed before the Hawks can make any noise. Obviously the Hawks aren't close to a championship squad yet, but they need to build a foundation of playing solid team defense.

[VDiLetto]

anyone notice that he scored 15 points but 11 of that was from free throws? At least we know he is money from the charity stripe.

[swolehawk2]

Yeah. it sounded like, especially in the first three quarters, the Bobcats got every shot they wanted....and knocked them down.

[f_town]

yea i was checking that...good stuff

also Salim at 2-9 and 50% at the line...not so good :-/