Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted December 15, 2012 Moderators Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 It’ll be the third game in a week where the Atlanta Hawks draw an opponent going into the second night of a back-to-back. Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors step into the Highlight Factory, as the Hawks seek their 12th win in 14 contests since falling short to the Warriors in Oakland on Nov. 14. One week ago, the Hawks knocked off Memphis one night after the Grizz played in New Orleans. Atlanta’s last game was against a Bobcats team that came in sluggish one night after the Clippers held them off in Charlotte. The Warriors took a step backwards on the path to national recognition as a playoff contender.Perhaps a little lethargic after soaking in some of the South Beach nightlife in the afterglow of their upset of the HEAT on Wednesday, the W’s took an L last night from a team the Hawks kept at arm’s length two nights before, the Orlando Magic. Fortunately for them, the I-Drive nightlife isn’t quite as distracting. Their slippage after a five-game winning streak could also be a bout of homesickness. It’s the final game on a whopping 7-game East Coast road trip. Klay Thompson went just 3-for-13 in Orlando, but in the prior five-game winning streak he scored 20 PPG and shot 56.1%, including 47.6% from 3-point range, seemingly breaking out of a season-long slump (40.6 FG%). Draymond Green, the late-game hero against Miami, went just 0-for-4 for a bagel against Orlando. With David Lee and Curry each putting in over 40 minutes last night, look for Coach Mark Jackson to lean on rookie starter Harrison Barnes, Carl Landry, Green, and Richard Jefferson to provide a spark while Thompson tries to get his shooting mojo back quickly, enticing the Hawks’ wing players to take defensive help off of Lee and Curry. Barnes had a team-leading 19 points and 13 rebounds in the Warriors’ Nov. 14 win. After producing just 14 points in the first quarter against Orlando and falling behind 51-36 by the end of the first half, G-State turned to former Yellow Jacket Jarrett Jack (6 assists, 1 turnover) to handle playmaking duties while trying to get Curry, Thompson and Lee going offensively. They continue to start rookie Festus “for the Restus” Ezeli, keeping him to short spells on the floor, but his impact on the game has waned with just 12 rebounds and four blocks (19 fouls) in his last seven games combined. He and Lee could do little to fend off the Magic’s Nikola Vucevic (12 points, 17 rebounds), who was fairly dormant the prior game versus Atlanta, or Andrew Nicholson (15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks). They’re compelled to keep Ezeli front-and-center, in part because Andris Biedrins has proven worthless, but more importantly because they’re still missing Aussie center Andrew Bogut as he continues his recovery from ankle surgery. While that shows up in their dearth of blocked shots (3.4 per game, next to last in NBA), it sure is hard to tell by the way they’re rebounding the ball. Led by Lee (six straight double-doubles, 24.2 PPG and 13.7 RPG in those games) and reserve Carl Landry, the Warriors are third overall in defensive rebounds and total rebounds per game, and leads the league with an over 75% defensive rebounding rate. They’re playing that Hands Down, Man Down mantra to a T, closing out on opposing ball handlers, getting a hand up and boxing out. Opposing shooters may be countering that by drawing lots of physical contact and getting to the foul line. The Warriors’ 22.1 personal fouls per game rank 3rd highest in the league. It appears that if you sit back and engage in an outside shooting contest with the Warriors, they’ll put whatever rebounders they can find in the game and happily engage you. GSW opponents take a high number of threes (24 attempts per game, 27% of all shots taken, both top-five in the league) but aren’t really connecting on them (34 percent, bottom-five). They’re 14-4 when their opponents are goaded into more than 20 3-point shots in a game (1-4 otherwise). Hawk guards should not be content with jacking perimeter shots, but should drive, draw contact, go for And-1s and get to the free throw line. The Hawks are top-five in the league for percentage of And-1 shots (about 3 percent of field goals attempted), but bottom-five in free throw rate (24 FTAs per 100 FGAs) and 28th in free throw shooting percentage (69.8 FT%). Go Hawks! ~lw3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted December 15, 2012 Author Moderators Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Reminder: no local TV tonight! Just CSN Bay Area. BUT there's free NBA League Pass Trial tonight, so check your cable provider for the NBALP channels. ~lw3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I think the Hawks should go with the big lineup,and play Al at PF, because David Lee has always had Josh's number.David Lee and Drew Gooden are two guys have always given Josh fits. Just let Horford guard Lee , too keep Josh out of foul trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Nope, not going with the big lineup tonight: Hawks lineup vs Warriors: Teague, Korver, Stevenson, Smith and Horford. #ATLHawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PSSSHHHRRR87 Posted December 15, 2012 Moderators Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Morrow out tonight with back injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaceCase Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Will RJ play? I thought he was nursing a strained calf/fight with Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotha2ThaNite Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Reminder: no local TV tonight! Just CSN Bay Area. BUT there's free NBA League Pass Trial tonight, so check your cable provider for the NBALP channels. ~lw3WooHoo! I found the channel. Now, lets just hope they show the game. I couldn't go because I'm putting together my 5yr daughters bed I bought from Ikea.Dang, it's a lot to put together but I'm about finished just in time for the game. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Anywhere to watch on here?I don't think my cable has the channel they are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNorthCydeRises Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Wow. Looks like I came to the wrong game. Hawks look like garbage tonight. Only bright spots are Al and Ivan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNorthCydeRises Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Hawks down 20 to start the 4th. Make that 22. I want to see Jenkins get a few good looks from 3.LOL. Make that down 24. Golden state is an offensive machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruckus Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 We suck again!!!!I forgot what an ugly Hawks performance looks like. I wonder why we struggle against this team so much. At least JJ is getting some extended minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member cam1218 Posted December 16, 2012 Premium Member Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Well, when the game started..I thought bad news; still no fan support on the weekends. I was hoping to see a decent crowd show up tonight.As the game ends..I'm thinking good news, no fan support tonight. What a horrible game, luckily nobody was there to see this peformance. The rookies finally got their minutes but it was the wrong type of blowout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted December 16, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Other then horford, it see,pmed like no one tried tonight at all....Brick was throwing up a lot of bricks tonight.No defense tonightNo passingNo good percentage shotsI hope this does not become a trendwarriors just destroyed us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungsta Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 well the good thing about being a team that no one cares about is that no1 outside of atlanta will give a damn that we got blown out and no1 will be talking about it unlike the lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Some games you can't win.Some games you can't lose. Tonight was one of those games. Unfortunately, Atlanta was on the losing side. Josh couldn't buy a goal and his opposite couldn't miss. Josh kept on shootingand missing. His opponent kept on shooting and hitting everything. I wanted to see JJ and Scott play, but not like this. They did fine, considering.After the first quarter, our threes weren't there and theirs were. Again, Atlantashot very poorly from the free throw line. Not that it made much differencebut this should not be. Horford and Ivan - - - That's about all. You gotta lose sometimes and this was one of those times. Defense was terrible.Offense was terrible. Starters were terrible. Bench was terrible. Free throwswere terrible. Even the officials were terrible, not that it really mattered. Finally,the Hawk fans were terrible - - They weren't present. We live and learn and come back better for it, at least we hope. GO FALCONS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benhillboy Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Good thing this one didn't come on TV. Hopefully the throw-aways will be few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mully Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Jeff Teague couldn't get a foul called for him even if he bribed the officials.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth Posted December 16, 2012 Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 Our first real stinker of the year. Hopefully this one was an anomaly and not a sign of things to come against good teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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