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PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Kyle Korver
SF: DeMarre Carroll
PF: Paul Millsap
C: Al Horford



PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Jimmy Butler
SF: Mike Dunleavy
PF: Pau Gasol
C: Joakim Noah

Game Notes:

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Go Hawks go!!!

Let's run with the Bulls.

No Schroder tonight? Was looking forward to seeing him, and was worried he would kill Brooks in the second unit.

A little bit of home cooking from the refs there? Clearly a clear path.

And then Mack gets hit in the hand and no call.

Looks like Schroder might have to play. Honestly I feel like if Schroder was playing, the way the bulls D is rotating, this would be a 10-15 point lead right now. Now we have to brace for the inevitable Bulls run.

Hawks are just unreal this season. They don't have a superstar yet by playing like a team makes them dangerous and they way they share the ball is exciting to watch.

Still. rolling. on the road...

You guys are amazing. Don't let Raptor fans use you an example of a 'treadmill' team, you guys maximized your talent base with great coaching and continuity. Best team in the league to root for.

I got a feeling that schroder did something he shouldn't have pregame....

hmph. something about this lead has me nervous. I am generally feeling good, but something about this....I don't know.

Prove me wrong fellas.

Hawks champs wrote:I got a feeling that schroder did something he shouldn't have pregame....

Yeah he must be in the doghouse for some reason.

Edit: just said it was for rest.

Korver is a bad bad man...

24 points. 7/10 FG's. 7/9 3PM. 6 rebounds.

AL with yet another amazing game. He's definitely putting pressure on the coaches to add him to the AS Roster as well.
This past week, 'The Godfather' avg 20 ppg on 75% shooting from the field. Flat out amazing. Or as CBSSports put it:

HOT HORF NBA 4-star review : Al Horford has 44 points on 19-for-22 shooting in the last 27 hours. Al Horford is good.

In AL's last comeback season in 2013, he had elite level production in February and March once he knocked all the rust off. Looks like he's headed for that type of run yet again.

PAU played pretty damn well also. I can only wish we'd found a way to get PG here years ago via trade. He could be a part of the renaissance we're experiencing.

Disappointed Noah didn't play, I'd have liked to see those guys at full strength.

KK showing why he's the best in the world at what he does.

Teague had a rough night shooting, but 11 assists to 2 turnovers is very impressive.

Dennis tweaked his ankle last night in Toronto, nothing serious but coach decided to keep him out of this game. He should be back Monday. Great win by our Hawks, it's such a joy to see Horford driving and getting in the paint. He's amazing when he's playing like that. Gotta love to see Teague growth as well. Korver is from another planet.

Another great statement win for the Hawks tonight. I think the Toronto win is bigger because the Hawks needed to prove that they could beat the Raptors, but I think the Hawks beating the Bulls, will get more attention around the NBA, because the Bulls have a lot of undeserved hype

Player of the game easily goes to Korver. They guy is like a sniper on special forces, but everybody had a good game, especially on the defensive end.

Listening to alot of sports radio and espn, it seems that the majority of NBA fans are expecting the Hawks to get 3 all star, with an outside chance of a 4th for Kyle Korver. Its a great debate to have now a days.

Korver's kudos continues:

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Gotta disagree with you Jamal. Pay looked horrible to me. His rotations defensively were non existent...if he decided to rotate at all. Offensively he was just settling for jumpers for the majority of the game, that did start to fall in the 4th. Overall he statistically has looked good this year, but he is getting benched in the 4th of games and if that is his defensive effort, I see why.

As for this game (or season) as long as Al is hitting that midrange jumper, we are down right scary. And Teague missed alot of gimmes at the rim but still had 11 assist, 3 steals and 3 blocks and played great D on Rose.