Sometimes being good isn't even that exciting, but it is fun.
by hawksdawgs on Jan 26, 2010 9:48 AM EST
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At some point, you run out of superlatives about Josh Smith. So how about this one. He had 22 points, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 10 rebounds, and 1 assist, and it seemed completely ordinary. I mean it was a good night, but it was Josh Smith where effort and opportunity meet. He is that good that it can be that simple.
Joe Johnson, the Battier killer
All that talk about Battier and how he knows spots and tendencies, well I think Joe does things so slow that kind of research doesn't even matter. After one dribble I can tell you what Joe is going to do and it does not even matter. You are still probably going to need help defense.
And can we all just say a 16 shot Joe Johnson is the kind of Joe Johnson we need.
Where cooler heads prevail
The Hawks shot 19 free throws, and three of those were on technicals. In light of Houston's 30, it makes the win even more impressive. And Atlanta was actually driving the ball a fair amount. Some of that had to do with good interior defense, some of it was bad calls, but if I can type word after word about how time after time the Hawks lost their focus by complaining about things that don't matter, I should at least type "job well done" when they dominated a team when everything wasn't going their well. And it was on the road.... in Houston. Who is this team?
Victory Bullets
- Marvin's baby hook is not falling like it did last year, but I still it.
- Jeff Teague needs to be playing. You can talk in practice all you want about defending the in bounds pass and overplaying the three like Jeff did to open the second quarter, but I guarantee you he has it figured it out now. Woody called the timeout, destroyed Teague, and kept him in. That is coaching. Thank you.
- Even with Joe's jumper on, Houston kept playing off him. It was weird and lovely.
- In the first quarter, Houston pulled an Atlanta, shooting bunches of jump shots. It is as ugly rooting for it as it is rooting against it.
- Then again Brooks hit two three, and it starts to look great. This really is the Hawks!
- Battle of the sixth man? No one earned it, but the not goes to Jamal Crawford.
- How annoying is Chase Budinger?
- Al Horford almost had a double double in 28 minutes.
- Stats, Zaza doesn't care about your damn stats. I will always respect the full court, end of quarter heave at the expense of one's shooting percentage. Then again, I will always respect Zaza. So this may be a chicken/egg situation.
- Houston needs to learn to hide Chase Budinger on defense much, much better.
- Well, I don't miss David Anderson.
- Very few bad things happen when Jamal Crawford drives the ball.
Go Hawks!
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Re: Fouls
I was shocked to see Al go back in the game with ~6 min left and five fouls. I think the shaved eyebrows might have really changed him.
Good Game
Well it really was an ugly game at the beginning, until the 2nd qtr when we started clicking. I say this about JJ, he is unstoppable. As unstoppable as there is in NBA, and if not for him, we would have been in a hole to start the game. Was nice to see the segment on his life after the game on SportSouth.
Smoove is like a Ferrari. He doesn’t really get going until he warms up (not that i know – lol). But once he gets warmed up because of a block or fast break, look out, it is almost impossible to stop him. The speed, the fury, the passion…
A great game actually by Marvin. This is the Marvin we need, he is turning his season around. And Bibby was solid, if we play like this, any team in NBA need be warned.
As for rookie, well he is a rookie. He continue to make many mistakes, but i actually think Woody is doing ok with him Rookie needs more playing time, and seasoning. Give him another year and then let’s see. Game is still too fast for him.
Hate that Chicago keeps beating teams we have to play against next, just makes those teams more determined to play us harder. Let’s do all we can to get Woody to be the all star coach. and yep, go Grizzlies :)
Not quite sure what got into Josh
But last night he was battling all over the place. He kept a lot of possessions alive and was really all over the floor. Almost like he was determined to not let Scola or Landry get the best of him.
one note about Josh
Let’s keep those jump shots to a minimum. not sure how many he took, i think he made first one ,but then missed every other one. Otherwise right on performance for Smoove
smoove was unstoppable last night. he played very well and barely whined.
I like this jj that sets the tone for his team and they follow it up with 2times the energy. Bibby is getting his stroke back and played decent d, jamal was the difference as always, and teague was the rookie. His mistakes were predictable and teague seems to take well to woody yelling at him, though it makes me wanna cry:( lets get ready for san Antonio now. Its time for BIBBY and smoove duo to have one of those games
by Hawksgirl on Jan 26, 2010 11:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Chase Budinger is way down the list of most annoying Rocket
1. Chuck Hayes \ Both of these guys remind me of the kid in gym class who went all out
1a. Scola / in the pickup game; lots of effort, lots of fouling
2. Lowery-Does he complain about something every, single trip up and down the court?
3.T-Mac-never liked him, and he is technically still a Rocket
4. Shane Battier-dookie, nuff said
5. Budinger-I’ll put him in the starting 5
Seriously, the entire Rockets’ rostere is pretty damned annoying. Bunch of untalented guys doing everything they can to stay in teh league. They are so strange to watch, as all the big men are slow and plodding, then you have Brooks who is just a jet.
I still cannot figure how they only got 15 fouls called on them. It took the Hawks the first quarter to figure out that the refs were going to let Houston bludgeon them to death, so Atlanta started getting as physical as Houston. Game over.
I still wish we'd have taken Budinger in the 2nd round...
he could end up a huge steal going forward.
And I’m hoping Teague can start to get more 10-20+ minute games in the second half of the season. As Dr. Leo Marvin said, “baby steps”.
by Mr. Sanchez on Jan 26, 2010 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed
I’m not sure anyone can even find our 2nd round pick now. There are I believe about four players that were picked in the second round near our pick that are currently playing.
"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC
It's so rare
for me to have watched a Hawks’ game and had no complaints about any of the players. Aside from a bit of sloppy team defense in the first quarter-which didn’t really matter-everyone played from solid-to-very well. This is about as good as the Hawks have played on the road all season.
I don't know
That first Boston win @Boston was a really well-played game.
"Big Ten can have this challenge. Duke loses, we all win..."
-Marcus Ginyard, G - UNC
This is the Joe Johnson we need...
He only forced a few shots but you can’t blame him when his jumper is falling. He did a good job of making sure other players were involved. When he plays smart, the Hawks are hard to beat.
look
at the article of kd (picking the all-star reserves) he predicted that there could be 3 hawks playing in the all-star game. nice! and look at the shitty comments about hawks having 3 players in it..
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