Hawks (33-24) at Lakers (29-30)

Post #1 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Mar 3, 2013 10:58 pm

Atlanta Hawks (The Good Guys) Starters:
PG: Jeff Teague

SG: Deshawn Stevenson

SF: Josh Smith

PF: Al Horford

C: Zaza Pachulia

Bench: John Jenkins, Dahnay Jones, Ivan Johnson, Devin Harris, Kyle Korver, Johan Petro, Anthony Tolliver, Jeremy Tyler (Tyler is a maybe). (Lineup and Bench subject to change)
Inactives: Lou Williams
Los Angeles Lakers (The Enemy) Starters:
PG: Steve Nash

SG: Kobe Bryant

SF: Metta World Peace

PF: Earl Clark

C: Dwight Howard

Bench: Antawn Jamison, Jodie Meeks, Robert Sacre, David Ebanks, Steve Blake, Darius Morris, Chris Duhon. (Lineup and Bench Subject to Change)
Inactive: Pau Gasol, Jordan Hill
Stat Leaders: Atlanta Hawks
PPG:

Al Horford and Josh Smith (Tie): 17.1
APG:

Jeff Teague: 7.1
RPG:

Al Horford: 10.0
Other Stats: Josh Smith - 2.0 Blocks, Jeff Teague - 1.5 Steals, Al Horford - 20.4 PER
Stat Leaders: Lakers
PPG:

Kobe Bryant: 27.2
APG:

Steve Nash: 7.1
RPG:

Dwight Howard: 11.9
Other Stats: Dwight Howard - 2.3 Blocks, MWP - 1.7 Steals, Kobe Bryant - 23.7 PER
What Happened Last Game:
Atlanta:

lost 92-87 to Phoenix
LA:

Beat Minnesota 116-94

Key to the Game: Our main Key for this one is to exploit the Point Guard matchup: Jeff Teague's offense is far superior to the defense of any of the Lakers' Point Guards, Teague is quicker and his penetration will be key to creating chances to our jump shooters on the outside and for Josh and Al on the inside, for us to win Teague has got to step up.

The Lakers are a star studded team who have been in a season long slump and who are without 2 key bigmen in Gasol and Jordan Hill, playing this team right now without Pau is a bargain.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes[/youtube]

GO HAWKS!!!!

GrimeyKidd · Post #2 » by **GrimeyKidd** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:00 am

Stevenson is starting

Post #3 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:08 am

Nicely done, ATLBoy. This thread is a throwback.

It's obvious you put alot of work into it.

Kudos.

Post #4 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:10 am

GrimeyKidd wrote:Stevenson is starting

Thank goodness. Otherwise Kobe'd have a field day.

Hope Deshawn's jumper is working tonight.

Post #5 » by **ATL Boy** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:19 am

Jamaaliver wrote:Nicely done, ATLBoy. This thread is a throwback.

It's obvious you put alot of work into it.

Kudos.

Thank you

Post #6 » by **ATL Boy** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:19 am

GrimeyKidd wrote:Stevenson is starting

My bad, I'll edit that in

GrimeyKidd · Post #7 » by **GrimeyKidd** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:26 am

ATL Boy wrote:
GrimeyKidd wrote:Stevenson is starting

My bad, I'll edit that in

Official Starting lineup as of ajchawks tweet

Hawks starters: Teague, Stevenson, Smith, Horford and Pachulia.

Post #8 » by **ATL Boy** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:27 am

GrimeyKidd wrote:
ATL Boy wrote:
GrimeyKidd wrote:Stevenson is starting

My bad, I'll edit that in

Official Starting lineup as of ajchawks tweet

Hawks starters: Teague, Stevenson, Smith, Horford and Pachulia.

Again, my bad, I got this lineup from the Lakers gamethread

GrimeyKidd · Post #9 » by **GrimeyKidd** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 1:39 am

Its cool man just here to help

Post #10 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:07 am

GrimeyKidd wrote:Official Starting lineup as of ajchawks tweet

Hawks starters: Teague, Stevenson, Smith, Horford and Pachulia.

Me likey.

That other lineup had us at a disadvantage at every position.

This lineup matches up with them perfectly.

I expect AL to have another big night.
I expect Josh to hang tough helping to guard Kobe tonight.
I expect Zaza to be in foul trouble the entire game.

I expect Teague to be guarded by Kobe, so Josh might have to do alot of running the offense tonight.

Adenusi · Post #11 » by **Adenusi** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:25 am

Please dear god. Punch the Lakers **** in. Go Hawks!

Post #12 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:44 am

How long til the Laker fans come over trolling on our board?

My guess...2nd quarter.

Rip2137 · Post #13 » by **Rip2137** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:51 am

Al Horford against Ron Artest sounds like advantage Hawks, but against Artest his quickness is taken away, his jumper is taken away and his lack of post game will negate him. AL on Dwight gives the Hawks an advantage.

Rip2137 · Post #14 » by **Rip2137** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:55 am

Honestly, Drew should have started Jones.

Post #15 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:56 am

Rip2137 wrote:Al Horford against Ron Artest sounds like advantage Hawks, but against Artest his quickness is taken away, his jumper is taken away and his lack of post game will negate him. AL on Dwight gives the Hawks an advantage.

I was almost with you, there.

Both are pretty tough matchups for AL.

Dwight is still the pre-eminent defensive big man in the league. No way that matching up against Dwight is better than matching up against 34 year old Ron Artest.

The Lakers start a couple of Ex-Defensive Player's of the Year. One is bigger, stronger than AL and in his prime.

The other is World Peace.

Here's to Josh putting in work on whoever the hell is guarding him.

Rip2137 · Post #16 » by **Rip2137** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 2:57 am

Better matchup for Al. Jamison can't guard him.

Adenusi · Post #17 » by **Adenusi** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:02 am

Good job cutting away at that lead.

parson · Post #18 » by **parson** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:03 am

Horford 4 for 5 now, using the midrange shot once and post moves the other 3 times: nice jump hook, one up-and-under and once he jumped over Clark under the basket. Of course, we all know he can't score inside...

Rip2137 · Post #19 » by **Rip2137** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:13 am

Petro has been totally worth his season long suck so far tonight.

Rip2137 · Post #20 » by **Rip2137** » Mon Mar 4, 2013 3:15 am

parson wrote:Horford 4 for 5 now, using the midrange shot once and post moves the other 3 times: nice jump hook, one up-and-under and once he jumped over Clark under the basket. Of course, we all know he can't score inside...

No one ever claimed he can't score from inside. He can't consistently score from the post. If you are going to argue this small of a sample size, Josh Smith is a great jump shooter.