Atlanta Hawks vs San Antonio Spurs official gamethread

[ATL Boy]

Starting lineups: Atlanta Hawks
PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Joe Johnson
SF: Marvin Williams
PF: Josh Smith
C: Zaza Pachulia
Bench: Ivan Johnson, Jason Collins, Jerry Stackhouse, Vladimir Radmanovic, Tracy Mcgrady, Jannero Pargo, Donald Sloan, Willie Green, KIRK HINRICH!
Injuries: Al Horford.
San Antonio Spurs:
PG: Tony Parker
SG: Gary Neal
SF: Richard Jefferson
PF: Tim Duncan
C: DeJuan Blair
Bench: TJ Ford, Tiago Splitter, Kawhi Leonard, Matt Bonner, James Anderson, Ike Diogu, Daniel Green, Cory Joseph.
Injuries: Manu Ginobili.
Stat Leaders: Atlanta Hawks:
PPG: Joe Johnson: 19.1 PPG
RPG: Josh Smith: 9.4 RPG
APG: Jeff Teague: 5.7
Other Stats leaders: Josh Smith: 1.8 BPG, Jeff Teague: 2.1 SPG
San Antonio Spurs:
PPG: Tony Parker: 17.7 PPG
RPG: Tim Duncan: 7.3 RPG
APG: Tony Parker 8.1 APG
Other Stats Leaders: Tim Duncan 1.0 BPG, Manu Ginobili: 1.2 SPG
What happened last game:
San Antonio: San Antonio 104 - New Orleans 102
Atlanta Atlanta (The Joe Johnson Show) 97 - Milwaukee 92
Key to the Game: Attack the Paint: The Spurs have no shot blockers on their team with the exception of maybe Duncan who averages 1 block per game, we have to attack the paint without being afraid, Teague and Josh especially.

This team got 99 problems but winning aint one
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[DirtybirdGA]

Horrid 1st pic where Parker made the lane his home.

[ATL Boy]

Kirk Hinrich will play tonight!!

[Ruhiel]

Horrid 1st pic where Parker made the lane his home.

well we got Teague on the bench instead of Hinrich. Might he debut?

We'll see what Teague gots. But I hope he and JJ take off on these guys.

I wish we would start Vlad. I know he doesn't rebound for Smith to run the wing but if Marvin bricks one more fast break layup

[Superiorblogman]

Hawks have only beaten one winning team on the road and that was with Horford. The team has proven nothing so-far because they are just winning games that statistically they should. This is another chance to get a big win against a winner. The Spurs starting lineup is less than intimidating. Parker still scares me, then nothing puts fear in me. If they beat us it will be because they simply play smarter, harder, and execute better. Seeing that our team plays and coaches flat out stupid a lot of times this is probably another loss.

By the way, thread sucks as usual. Yeah Ya Know.

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[ATL Boy]

Hawks have only beaten one winning team on the road and that was with Horford. The team has proven nothing so-far because they are just winning games that statistically they should. This is another chance to get a big win against a winner. The Spurs starting lineup is less than intimidating. Parker still scares me, then nothing puts fear in me. If they beat us it will be because they simply play smarter, harder, and execute better. Seeing that our team plays and coaches flat out stupid a lot of times this is probably another lose.

By the way, thread sucks as usual. Yeah Ya Know.

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Another loss? You mean like the loss against Milwaukee you predicted? Or maybe the loss against Chicago, or Miami, or perhaps the loss against the Cavs? all of which you predicted, you've predicted the Hawks would lose pretty much every game we've played so far this season. your a joke

[HMFFL]

San Antonio is favored to win by 4.5 points. They've won the previous two meetings and are 9-1 at home.

Let's make it 9-2. Go Hawks!

[Skyhawk1]

I think we've lost like 12 in a row there in San Antonio, so if we compete and perhaps win that'd be huge. The Spurs 2nd unit might make the difference in this game. So, if our bench doesn't show up, forget about it. I'm happy to see Hinrich back. Our second unit lacks a leader on the floor and he might just be that guy .... if we don't trade him sometime soon. LET'S GO HAWKS.

[MaceCase]

I wasn't sure if I was just drunk or if I dreamt it but I swore I saw Danny Green playing meaningful minutes for the Spurs during a game and killing it. Wow, to think he was nothing more than Lebron's dance choreographer a few seasons ago. Maybe it's a different Green because I see you have him listed as "Daniel", that would make more sense for me

[baseline33]

ranking wise, the Hawks are better than the Spurs, but match up wise, the Hawks just don't match up well to the Spurs.

for years, the Hawks just don't play well against the Spurs, especially Joe, maybe Teague can change things, but with all of said, it is going to be an extremely hard game tonight.

[Ruhiel]

idk The Spurs are trying out different lineups but Dejuan Blair and Duncan vs Pachulia and Smith. I still think we got some bad matchups.

[KickinItInSac]

I like Hawks chances tonight, outside of *Duncan, RJ, Parker and Blair the Spurs are just kinda there, their bench is pretty weak, I think they should've kept George Hill but what do I know? Hawks are deeper but Spurs play smart, I'm going Hawks by 3

[KickinItInSac]

Zaza's gotta do something on the glass, Blair makes his bread and butter with offensive rebounds

[smittylo]

ZaZa is serviceable but damn i sure wish he would take it strong to the hole instead of doing those sorry layups when he is by the rim. We got a chance tonight to break this losing streak in SA. I think Atlanta has the stronger bench. If we can control T.Splitter then we got this one in the bag. (I know, control Tiago Splitter. Go figure.) Lets go Hawks!!!

[HMFFL]

No reason to leave RJ open for the 3 like that. We need to play better defense or we won't stand a chance in this game.

[KickinItInSac]

ZaZa is serviceable but damn i sure wish he would take it strong to the hole instead of doing those sorry layups when he is by the rim. We got a chance tonight to break this losing streak in SA. I think Atlanta has the stronger bench. If we can control T.Splitter then we got this one in the bag. (I know, control Tiago Splitter. Go figure.) Lets go Hawks!!!

Right? Tiago sucks but he just grabbed like 2 offensive boards and made a lay-up at the buzzer...it sucks being small

nice 3 by Hinrich though

[ATL Boy]

Pathetic first quarter, we couldn't buy a shot smdh

[Superiorblogman]

Josh taking bad shots and Zaza can't finish. What's new?

[HMFFL]

The Spurs have 13 rebs to our 7. Box out and get good position on them Atlanta.

[KickinItInSac]

Hinrich is all over the place...glad to have him back, too bad they turned it over