Peachtree Hoops: Game Thread #41: Charlotte Bobcats @ Atlanta Hawks

[Hawksquawk]

Atlanta Hawks 09-10 Season Game # 41
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21-19		27-14
Philips Arena
January 22nd, 2010, 7:30 PM EST
SportsSouth, Hawks Radio Network, NBA Audio League Pass
Probable starters:
Raymond Felton	PG	Mike Bibby
Stephen Jackson	SG	Joe Johnson
Gerald Wallace	SF	Marvin Williams
Boris Diaw	PF	Josh Smith
Nazr Mohammed	C	Al Horford

Fair warning, game recap could come very late or not at all. Actual, big life things going on this weekend.

Go Hawks!

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[exodus]

Nice to see the Hawks come out with some energy. They need to start hitting the boards though.

[mrhonline]

Gotta find a way to get more than 1 FTA in the second half...

[exodus]

Gotta find a way to get more than 1 FTA in the second half...

If the hawks bigs would ever throw up some fakes they could get to the line easily. plus the Hawks have been settling for too many 3s for weeks. they aren't attacking the basket like they did in November.

[mrhonline]

7 FTA attempts through the first 8.5 minutes of the 3rd quarter and the Hawks have blown this game open.

[exodus]

The fast break has been good to the Hawks today. If you turn it over against the Hawks it means trouble.

[mrhonline]

A 36 point 3rd quarter = Jeff Teague time???

[exodus]

As usual too many 3s. They were attacking the basket in the 3rd and have completely gone away from that.

[Admin]

Well this was a fun and frustrating game to watch, seeing us run up and down the court making spectacular plays and building a big lead only to see us get lazy and let the Bobcats right back in and then we build it up again and finally put them away but there are two things that I can't get off of my mind from this game.

The first is how do the other players feel seeing JJ, and to a slightly lesser extent Jamal, dribbling and dribbling and then putting up a shot with nobody else touching the ball? Are they okay with that and want them to take shots or is it something that bothers them and causes some of the lazy defense that we see far too often due to them rebelling?

The other is I'm really starting to worry about Teague and his inability to score anywhere on the court. He seems to either get his shot blocked in the paint since the defenders know what's coming or he makes a silly pass trying to bail himself out after leaving his feet or he's firing up an ugly jump shot or he's not doing anything but running around. I swear it almost feels like Acie part II as far as his offense is concerned. The defense doesn't bother me as much since he has a lot to learn in that regard but the kid should be able to score points in some fashion but for whatever reason he just can't.

[exodus]

Good win against a hot team but like many i am just not a fan of the lack of ball movement. I also think the hawks are taking too many 3s.

Nice to see Marvin showing a pulse.

[itsslomotionbaby]

Well this was a fun and frustrating game to watch, seeing us run up and down the court making spectacular plays and building a big lead only to see us get lazy and let the Bobcats right back in and then we build it up again and finally put them away but there are two things that I can't get off of my mind from this game.

The first is how do the other players feel seeing JJ, and to a slightly lesser extent Jamal, dribbling and dribbling and then putting up a shot with nobody else touching the ball? Are they okay with that and want them to take shots or is it something that bothers them and causes some of the lazy defense that we see far too often due to them rebelling?

The other is I'm really starting to worry about Teague and his inability to score anywhere on the court. He seems to either get his shot blocked in the paint since the defenders know what's coming or he makes a silly pass trying to bail himself out after leaving his feet or he's firing up an ugly jump shot or he's not doing anything but running around. I swear it almost feels like Acie part II as far as his offense is concerned. The defense doesn't bother me as much since he has a lot to learn in that regard but the kid should be able to score points in some fashion but for whatever reason he just can't.

IF YOU ASK ME HE IS WAY WORSE THAN ACIE LAW ON THE OFFENSIVE END< WELL JOSH CHIDRESSS LOOKED LIKE A BUST UNTIL HIS #RD YR>