Wed: Washington 12-24 (6-13 V) @ Atlanta 24-13 (14-4 H)

[ATL DirtyBird]

Josh should have a triple double.
Teague didnt get enough PT once again.
Al didnt get enough touches.
Mario needs to stay

[evildallas]

Our bigs gave too much respect to Haywood as a defender. It seemed they always threw the ball out to the 3 point line rather than even try to finish in the paint. I know he's long but I didn't see them try to score over him even once.

Most exciting sequence for me was when Mario had to D up Jamison several possessions in a row on the block an Jamison did not score.

[nvc]

teague's block from behind was pretty exciting too. when teague and mario were in together our defense was really intense. with bibby playing like he was tonight there is no excuse for woody not playing teague in the second half. he has earned more minutes with his play lately.

also, josh smiths court vision tonight was exceptional. his shot wasn't falling, so instead of continually forcing like we have seen before he was making great passes to the other guys. if some more open shots had fallen then he would have had well over 10 assists.

[HMFFL]

This was the third game this month Joe failed to get to the free throw line. To start the month against New York he missed his only attempt, so almost four games out of seven. His free throw attempts per game this season is a five year low.

[tontoz]

This was the third game this month Joe failed to get to the free throw line. To start the month against New York he missed his only attempt, so almost four games out of seven. His free throw attempts per game this season is a five year low.

JJ has been taking a lot of 3s this month, 6 per game. he is making them too (20-42) so I am not to worried about his lack of foul shots.

I am much more worried about the Hawks lack of rebounding. They started off the season rebounding well but on the season there are now even with their opponents in rebounding which is a bad sign.

[killbuckner]

If Jamison ends up with the Cavs that is going to be a ridiculously scary team.

[killbuckner]

The Hawks are now a slightly worse defensive rebounding team than the Knicks. That is just troubling. I realize that with the style Josh plays that there will be games that he is out of position on the defensive boards- the guy we really need to step up is Marvin.

[azuresou1]

The Hawks are now a slightly worse defensive rebounding team than the Knicks. That is just troubling. I realize that with the style Josh plays that there will be games that he is out of position on the defensive boards- the guy we really need to step up is Marvin.

TBH it looks like Josh is not being as aggressive defensively as he was earlier - perhaps to stay out of foul trouble, but his Blocks rate has dropped at an alarming rate as well.

[ATL DirtyBird]

Josh has been much more tentative to block shots due do his early foul trouble. Josh needs to be committed to the defensive end. He should average about 3 blocks with the amount of penetration by guards on Bibby. I got hope that hell get his head on straight

Marvin has stepped up these past two games.