Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted January 9, 2012 Moderators Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Here's looking forward to some letdown-free basketball! T-Mac and the Impaler should see more minutes with Marvin sidelined for a couple games. No Memo and no Damion James for New Jersey tonight. MarShon is recovering with his ankle but is expected to play. ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazer Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Here's looking forward to some letdown-free basketball! T-Mac and the Impaler should see more minutes with Marvin sidelined for a couple games. No Memo and no Damion James for New Jersey tonight. MarShon is recovering with his ankle but is expected to play. ~lw3 My vote for official nickname 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Might be a good time to be a Nets fan. Hawks have, for many years, won the tough games, only to lose the ones that they should win. We know - - two out of three on those three in a row -- Wit the Bulls feeling the talons of the Hawks. Now, after a day's rest, can the Hawks still play? We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Do we come out pushing the pace tonite? We are so much better when we do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 J-Smooooooooooooooooooooove =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Don't look now but its a 5 point game ... Good to see we still aren't practicing our FTs :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackB1 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 great game tonite by Teague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Don't look now but its a 5 point game ... Good to see we still aren't practicing our FTs :( Good job Vlad and JJ to finish it off at the line! This game ended up being far too close but the Nets had to shoot a very high percentage to make it happen. I don't know about you guys but I'll take winning 7 out of every 10 games this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Don't look now but its a 5 point game ... Good to see we still aren't practicing our FTs :( In fairness to the Hawks, the Nets fans are using Thunnnnnnnnderrrrrrsticks. So did the Bul's fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Still have some major concerns about this team: 1. We STILL can't hit FTs in clutch time. 2. Our interior D sucks. Foes' length bothers us big time. It inflates opponent offensive rebounds, second chance opportunities, and creates easy put-backs and lay ups. 3. We aren't rebounding well enough--especially Horford and Joe. However, Josh has had 3 awesome games in a row, Teague is playing better, and Vlad is contributing (although all 11 of his shots today were 3pt attempts...wow. He hit 4 of them.) It also feels good to beat teams you should be beating. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkrule152 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 did tmac get hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Moderators Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I think they're still keeping T-Mac's knees on ice... they'll need him more against the Pacers than they needed him tonight. ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Found this interesting: @ajchawksMichael Cunningham "Zaza Pachulia is only #Hawksreserve to play in 2nd half" Rest up starters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Rebounding and freethows are the achilles heel of this team. I hope it doesn't come back and bite us in the *ss for too many games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willthepureshooter Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Still have some major concerns about this team: 1. We STILL can't hit FTs in clutch time. 2. Our interior D sucks. Foes' length bothers us big time. It inflates opponent offensive rebounds, second chance opportunities, and creates easy put-backs and lay ups. 3. We aren't rebounding well enough--especially Horford and Joe. However, Josh has had 3 awesome games in a row, Teague is playing better, and Vlad is contributing (although all 11 of his shots today were 3pt attempts...wow. He hit 4 of them.) It also feels good to beat teams you should be beating. I don't see anything major that's a problem with our interior defense. *shrugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Thoughts on LD playing the starters for most of the 2nd half. Only Zaza played. I Thought LD didn't want them to lose and hear from the media about them losing to the lowly Nets after pumelling the Bulls in impressive fashion. I hope they have legs for Wednesday's game in Indy. Edited January 10, 2012 by JayBirdHawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I don't see anything major that's a problem with our interior defense. *shrugs Tonight's game and both Bulls game when Asik was on the floor are great examples of how our interior D hasn't been what it needs to be. With that said, our D in other areas has been fantastic...good enough to earn us 6th place in Def Eff coming into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJlaysitup Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thoughts on LD playing the starters for most of the 2nd half. Only Zaza played. I Thought LD didn't want them to lose and hear from the media about them losing to the lowly Nets after pumelling the Bulls in impressive fashion. I hope they have legs for Wednesday's game in Indy. Agreed JBH...gotta get a win when you can. I mean it's not a back-to-back...for Gosh sakes I hope our team can have "their legs" with a day off in between. Sometimes I wonder. I think LD made a good choice in (doing his best) to ensure we got this win. Every win counts the same and you never know what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) It's true that Drew wanted to ensure he won the game by leaving the starters in. Here is what he had to say: “Going into halftime, I was going to come out and see what happened and go off feel,” Drew said. “Once New Jersey made that run, I made a decision to ride the starters. I didn’t want to lose momentum. I went with feel. I kind of went with my gut.” http://blogs.ajc.com/hawks/2012/01/09/atlanta-hawks-hawks-106-nets-101/ Edited January 10, 2012 by TheTruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted January 10, 2012 Premium Member Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Still have some major concerns about this team: 1. We STILL can't hit FTs in clutch time. 2. Our interior D sucks. Foes' length bothers us big time. It inflates opponent offensive rebounds, second chance opportunities, and creates easy put-backs and lay ups. 3. We aren't rebounding well enough--especially Horford and Joe. This sounds like a recipe needing some D-12. Thoughts on LD playing the starters for most of the 2nd half. Only Zaza played. I Thought LD didn't want them to lose and hear from the media about them losing to the lowly Nets after pumelling the Bulls in impressive fashion. I hope they have legs for Wednesday's game in Indy. I think because we have so many back to backs in the first 12 games, that LD felt justified in playing the bench more. As you look to the schedule ahead, we have less back to backs so LD will start to get the starters into playoff shape. I think you will see some Tmac and maybe some Green moving forward, but until Hinrich is back and in playing shape, you want see a lot of us playing the bench in long stretches (guys like Pargo, IVAN) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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