Atlanta Hawks (11-5) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (6-8)

Post #1 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:28 pm

Starting 5: Atlanta Hawks:
PG: Jeff Teague

SG: Joe Johnson

SF: Josh Smith

PF: Marvin Williams

C: Jason Collins

Bench: Ivan Johnson, Willie Green, Zaza Pachulia, Vladimir Radmonovic, Jannero Pargo, Jerry Stackhouse, Tracy Mcgrady, Donald Sloan.
Injuries: Kirk Hinrich, Al Horford
Cleveland Cavaliers:
PG: Kyrie Irving

SG: Anthony Parker

SF: Omri Casspi

PF: Antawn Jamison

C: Anderson Varejao

Bench: Ramon Sessions, Daniel "Boobie" Gibson, Alonzo Gee, Tristan Thompson, Semih Erden, Christian Eyenga, Mychel Thompson, Luke Harangody, Samardo Samuels.
Injuries: Ryan Hollins.
Stat Leaders: Atlanta Hawks:
PPG:

Joe Johnson: 18.2 PPG
RPG:

Josh Smith: 9.1 RPG
APG:

Jeff Teague: 5.8 APG
Other Stats: Josh Smith: 1.8 BPG, Jeff Teague: 2.25 SPG
Cleveland Cavaliers:
PPG:

Kyrie Irving: 17.4 PPG
RPG:

Anderson Varejao: 11.1 RPG
APG:

Kyrie Irving: 5.1 APG
Other Stats: Antawn Jamison: 1.1 BPG, Anderson Varejao 1.4 SPG
What happened Last Game:
Cleveland:

Cleveland 75 - Chicago 114
Atlanta:

Atlanta 76 - Philadelphia 90
Key to the Game: Take advantage of Youth: The Cavs are a really young team who's best player is a rookie, we have to take advantage of the youth the Cavs have.

I have a Good feeling about this game:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnnDqH6Wj8&ob=av2n[/youtube]

Superiorblogman · Post #2 » by **Superiorblogman** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:52 pm

They have beat better teams than us on the road. Will not be easy and will not be surprised if we lose.

MaceCase · Post #3 » by **MaceCase** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:06 pm

Gotta admit I'm eating crow on Irving, never figured him to live up to the hype especially not this quick. Teague needs to reel him in and who knows, maybe Marvin goes for 20 again vs the Cavs.

Ruhiel · Post #4 » by **Ruhiel** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:22 pm

Superiorblogman wrote:They have beat better teams than us on the road. Will not be easy and will not be surprised if we lose.

I'd be surprised:

If all goes the same (as yesterday) our offensive options will be -

Collins vs center/pf (---)
Marvin vs SG weakside option, never trails the break for 3s (---)

Joe Johnson vs (no Iguodala to lock him up)?
Josh Smith vs Varajao/Antwan( had success against bird chested slow Varejao)
??Smith vs Jamison
- does Smith have enough Power for Jamison?
- enough handle/in between jumper (small forward/faceup game) for Jamison?
I doubt it and according to draftexpress Jamison's best defending hybrid forwards.

(Jamison is versatile defensively because of his size and athleticism, but he's not considered a great defender on the perimeter or in the post. Against pure post forwards Jamison has trouble denying position and can't effectively challenge shots. His defense against small forwards is average and limited mostly to other hybrid forwards.
From DraftExpress.com http://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz1k8MxwbqQ)

Jeff Teague vs Kyrie (go either way? It's a loss that your PG is your 3rd option to score.)

Then our bench should be an advantage.

edit: Marvin dropped 30 against CLE last year but iirc that was without Joe. Defenders not quick enough and he drew fouls and made jumpers. Dont think he posted up though...

Superiorblogman · Post #5 » by **Superiorblogman** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:46 pm

MaceCase wrote:Gotta admit I'm eating crow on Irving, never figured him to live up to the hype especially not this quick. Teague needs to reel him in and who knows, maybe Marvin goes for 20 again vs the Cavs.

Me too. Thought he had a lot of bust potential

Post #6 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:46 am

Hawks playing great so far its a blowout, but there's no life on this thread, WHERE IS EVERYONE???

Ruhiel · Post #7 » by **Ruhiel** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:54 am

ATL Boy wrote:Hawks playing great so far its a blowout, but there's no life on this thread, WHERE IS EVERYONE???

Trend with Hawks: Smith and Johnson's matchups are easy. We win easy.

What does this win prove?

Superiorblogman · Post #8 » by **Superiorblogman** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:28 am

Ruhiel wrote:
ATL Boy wrote:Hawks playing great so far its a blowout, but there's no life on this thread, WHERE IS EVERYONE???

Trend with Hawks: Smith and Johnson's matchups are easy. We win easy.

What does this win prove?

I actually agree with you on this but we will most likely lose to the Bucks even though they will have easy matchups.

Good win for the Hawks anyway.

Bucked19 · Post #9 » by **Bucked19** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:36 am

Good bounce back game,that's how you're suppose to blowout garbage teams

MaceCase · Post #10 » by **MaceCase** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:03 am

No happier man on this planet than Joe not seeing Iggy tonight.

joe56755 · Post #11 » by **joe56755** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:15 am

great win tonight , after the sixers game this was nice . i was also glad to see ivan getting more playing time tonight while collins sat on the bench .

evildallas · Post #12 » by **evildallas** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:31 pm

Bucked19 wrote:Good bounce back game,that's how you're suppose to blowout garbage teams

Garbage Playoff Team.

Ruhiel · Post #13 » by **Ruhiel** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:32 pm

We're not losing to Milwaukee. They have size but they just don't have enough skill/talent to match up.

I would go big just to make sure though. Jennings vs Teague???

Joe Johnson and Josh Smith vs Delfino/SJax

Ivan/Vlad and Pachulia vs Leuer and Bogut

Of course Marvin will start and we'll play a undersized perimeter lineup. But wishful thinking.

Superiorblogman · Post #14 » by **Superiorblogman** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:37 pm

Ruhiel wrote:We're not losing to Milwaukee. They have size but they just don't have enough skill/talent to match up.

I would go big just to make sure though. Jennings vs Teague???

Joe Johnson and Josh Smith vs Delfino/SJax

Ivan/Vlad and Pachulia vs Leuer and Bogut

Of course Marvin will start and we'll play a undersized perimeter lineup. But wishful thinking.

Bucks are 4-1 at Home they are not losing to a .500 road team at home. Want even be close.