Preview and Game Thread #57: Dallas Mavericks @ Atlanta Hawks
by hawksdawgs on Feb 26, 2010 5:22 PM EST
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| Atlanta Hawks 09-10 Season Game # 57 | ||
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| 37-21 | 36-20 |
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| Philips Arena |
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| February 26th, 2010, 7:00 PM EST | ||
| ESPN, Hawks Radio Network, NBA Audio League Pass | ||
| Probable starters: | ||
| Jason Kidd |
PG | Mike Bibby |
| Caron Butler |
SG | Joe Johnson |
| Shawn Marion |
SF | Marvin Williams |
| Dirk Nowitzki | PF | Josh Smith |
| Brendan Haywood |
C | Al Horford |
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Hawks Injury Report: None
Mavs Injury Report: Caron Butler is a game time decision, Erick Dampier is out, and Tim Thomas is out with family issues.
Blogging With the Enemy: Mavs Moneyball
Predicted bane of the Hawks' existence: Jason Terry. I am pretty sure he still thinks Atlanta is his house.
Game Preview:
Considering the Mavs are still adjusting to the big trade, on the road, and the Hawks beat them in Dallas playing poorly, I should be more confident about this game. I should expect a win considering all that. Throw in the fact that Caron Butler cannot chew straws into submission for the first time in his professional career and we should be on the phone to Vegas.
I have none of these feelings of grandeur. Actually, I feel fairly pessimistic about this team. Bad losses take good wins to get over. In the grand scheme of things, one win or one loss does not matter in the standing or with fans, but one loss or one win can turn the tide of perspective pretty dang easily. No one stopped being a fan after the Warriors game and no one started following the Hawks seriously after one of the Boston wins. Still, there are certain contests that can define or redefine the perspective for a while. Tonight is one of those nights.
Keys to the game:
- Keep Haywood off the boards.The Hawks overcame horrible shooting in Dallas by dominating the glass.
- Joe Johnson with an efficient 20 plus points and more than 5 assists. The offense will run through Joe. It always runs through Joe, but tonight it should too. Joe needs to know when to shoot and when to pass.
- Attack the basket, hit your free throws.
- Dirk is good because he can always get easy shots. Jason Terry is good because upon getting easy shots, he hits hard ones. Moral of the story, it is more important to worry about Jason Terry getting easy shots.
Go Hawks!
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This is Smoove's house now
I agree with maxxj3 – sweep time. We were better than this team the last time we met. So they go get bunches of new players. Mavs are arguably playing some of the best basketball of the league now. But we have the athletes, and Dirk as great as he is, doesn’t like playing us. Love this type of game, Hawks will be ready. Go Hawks
all set
SI.com’s team pages for Hawks and Magic up and running. just waiting for the game to start.
the future has come...in the form of Jason Heyward.
think of positives
and get the win. We’ve totally got this.
the future has come...in the form of Jason Heyward.
I Hope The Crowd Fills Out
This is looking like another black eye for our fans with all those empty seats. Wonder how many games this team would win if they had fans like Golden State? It is what it is, go Hawks.
Bibby is doing just fine
Let’s see what Zaza brings to the table, Bibby has contributed so far.
by Truthspitter on Feb 26, 2010 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
Would everyone please go to Eno this week?
I think Zaza’s restaurant must be struggling, because this is as bad as he has been as a Hawk.
Hawks have been bad since the beginning of season
I call it like it is most make excuses and ride jocks, but not me, the Hawks started well because they have been together for a while, but falter because they are not solid in fundamentals. They started well last year 6 in a row
I fully expected that we lose tonite
Just not like this
Am i crazy, or is Bibby taking over this game on the offensive end?
He might as well stay on that side of the floor, but this is the first time he has put on an offensive show in a while
Yes
And I agree with him I’m tired of Marvin, that was a horrible thing to re-sign him to a long contract
by Truthspitter on Feb 26, 2010 7:49 PM EST up reply actions
Nice little Mini Push
Keep pushin Hawks keep it under 10 going into half, hopefully the fans show up at some point
whoa, i seriously thought josh was gonna pull a jumpshot
by da fatchick thrilla on Feb 26, 2010 7:51 PM EST reply actions
okay
What was up on dat play when the ball got stolen twice?
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
it was so fast and exciting
That I could barely keep up
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Good comeback
Good comeback we could have been up 5 or 6 if we did not fall in love with the 3.
Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Derek Coleman, Vlade Divac, Jamaal Tinsley, Andrei Kirilenko, Marcus Camby
by RamblininAlb on Feb 26, 2010 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
I know
I think it’s something like:
7-Olajuwon
3-Kirilenko
1-Robinson, Coleman, Divac, Tinsley (one of the these is not like the other), Camby.
I hope we keep this up in da second half
Cause that was unreal
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:14 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This must be the low budget ESPN broadcast
No Jon Barry. They usually have 3 commentators. They usually have Michelle Tofoya or somebody interviewing the coaches. the guy with Hubie had to do it and there was no b half time interview. Avery Johnson is usually included in the ESPN halftime report. Not tonight
josh has 6 points?
It doesn’t seem like it
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Aww their so cute
" 123 together! "
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
hawks playing D
And daring them to make a three!
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions
If he could ever be consistently good on offense, we could make the Finals
because there is nobody to double Joe with
Thank you, everyone gets down on Marvin, He's not a super star, but he gives you 10 points a night, 5 rebs, and almost a block a game.
by RamblininAlb on Feb 26, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
Do you consider the Lakers elite?
Ron Artest brings little more than Marvin this year in more minutes per game.
by RamblininAlb on Feb 26, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
It's not something that we haven't known for a year and a half
now, we can actually do something about it
Just fortunate is was J-Kidd taking the shots and not Jameer Nelson, Redick,
Lewis, Carter, West, Booby Gibson, or Lebron…
Umm, no, when the shot goes up and their one 7' tall guy outjumps our 3 guys
going for the ball, there are inevitably going to be guys open on the perimeter. In the 3rd quarter, it was fortunate for Atlanta that Kidd was receiving most of those kickouts. When we play Orlando, they seem to knock down every 2nd chance shot they get.
Jason kidd looks like an old hobbit
Jjjjjoe
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Holy crap, the iso end of quarter play worked! It finally worked!
Woody is vindicated. After running the exact same play at the end of every quarter for the last 3 seasons, it worked to perfection. Unbelieveable.
Josh over Gerald Wallace
I’ll take Josh, I think Josh was robbed of All-star berth because they were not going to send 3 Hawks
who would have thought josh would be a beast
I knew he would be good but I’m not gone lie I thought he would lead the league in techs and be okay. boy was I wrong we got jsmoove!
by Hawksgirl on Feb 26, 2010 8:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Tired of the
Al horford is a Power Forward speech. Really tired of it. He’s got the size of a 4, but he plays like a 5.
people say that when they don't have anything else to say or if they want to show they know a little bit about the Hawks
kind of like a cliche’