Dec. 1st: Memphis at Atlanta

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Dec 1, 2010 4:29 pm

Favored to win: Atlanta by 5.5 points

Referees: Bill Kennedy, Courtney Kirkland, Gary Zielinski

Memphis beat the Lakers last night.

SAUCERY_SWEET · Post #2 » by **SAUCERY_SWEET** » Wed Dec 1, 2010 5:23 pm

We blew this team out on opening night but they were without Gasol Pt 2 and Z-Bo got hurt early. With them coming off a win against the Lakers they're feeling good. Joe's status is questionable but i think if we come out and play a solid game the back to back thing can help us out. I'll say Hawks by 5, this should be a pretty tight game.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #3 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Wed Dec 1, 2010 11:36 pm

Any team that has good rebounding bigs can give us fits. We handled them last year in ATL when they were healthy but this isnt the same team and with JJ possibly out, it could be trouble for us.

Post #4 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Dec 1, 2010 11:43 pm

Mo Evans is going to start for Joe Johnson. So, it's going to be Mo, Jamal, and hopefully Jordan.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #5 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 1:39 am

If LeBron had that block that Josh just had it would #1 play.

parson · Post #6 » by **parson** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 2:41 am

Only saw the last 10 minutes (church) but Joe had better take notice. We looked smooth, competent - dare I say it - we looked organized out there. This is what we can look like when we put our egos in check.

evildallas · Post #7 » by **evildallas** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 2:43 am

Joe is out and Hawks set a season high on assists for the team. Coincidence?

evildallas · Post #8 » by **evildallas** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 2:47 am

Other comments . . . Bibby with some huge baskets. Really strong game for Josh Powell. Rough night for Josh Smith (possibly pressing too much to step up). Good minutes from Jeff Teague. Al and Marvin stepped up to pick up some of the offensive slack. Really looking to see Marvin step up while Joe is out. If he doesn't do it now, then he never will.

Post #9 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 4:44 am

The one negative thing that sticks out to me was our poor rebounding. Memphis won that battle 40-28.

HoopsGuru25 · Post #10 » by **HoopsGuru25** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 6:03 am

HMFFL wrote:The one negative thing that sticks out to me was our poor rebounding. Memphis won that battle 40-28.

Al is obviously much improved offensively...but he's been lacking on the boards recently.

evildallas · Post #11 » by **evildallas** » Thu Dec 2, 2010 10:33 am

Our weak rebounding doesn't surprise me, but I agree that the margin is troubling. Not to imply our starting lineup is strong at it, but we have a real rebounding weakness off the bench. As well as Josh Powell played offensively, he just isn't a rebounder. And while Zaza is scrappy and tough, he doesn't put up rebounding numbers either. The more minutes we have the bench frontline on the floor the larger the rebounding deficit is likely to become.