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Great Win against the lowly cats without 2 important bigs

Al Horford (7)
Josh Smith (7)
Zaza Pachulia (2)
Kyle Korver (2)
Devin Harris (2)
Jeff Teague (1)

Notes: Josh Smith abused and bullied the Bobcat defense: 30 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists on 15-24 shooting. It's nice to see Josh step up like this without Al or Zaza in the lineup, the one bad part about his game was his 7 assists.
Speaking of stepping up with no Al or Zaza: Ivan Johnson was a beast!! He had 15 rebounds, 10 in the first half, 6 offensive; he also had 12 points and 3 steals, Great step up game by Ivan.
Korver was another step up player, he shot 8-11 from the field and 5-6 from 3 point land finishing with 21 points. Korver played a game high 41 minutes and is playing very well of late.
Teague shot only 4-9 and had 10 points and a lackluster 6 assists but did control the tempo of the game, good game by Teague even with the lax numbers.

Smoove stepped up big time, and desreves kudos for doing so. I believe we're about to see a Josh Smith resurgence the next few weeks as he gets his annual All-Star snub motivation and starts hitting every shot he takes.

I can't say our starting 5 was more talented than Charlotte's starting 5, but having a veteran team with a veteran coach pays off against the bottom feeding younger teams that don't know how to win on a consistent basis.

Korver has impressed all year.

Ivan is a beast, deserves more consistent PT from LDrew. He gets my vote as I had no idea how he'd respond to heavy minutes and a starting role.

I kinda hope Zaza and Horford are out tomorrow also just so we can see if Smoove thrives with all the shots he wants, and to see how long it takes KG and Ivan to go at it. KG is all talk, Ivan backs down from noone!!!

Dude, Biyambo, Warrick and Henderson started. Our starting line up was better.

I personally love Ivan and for a team with not much energy at times, not playing a guy that ALWAYS brings energy is just silly.

If you were to put Josh, Ivan and Tolliver on the court at one time, I think it would look insane defensively just with the hustle factor. It would be a disaster offensively, but I would love to see that.