Atlanta Begins Road Trip With 86-78 Loss In Los Angeles
Peachtree Hoops takes a closer look at the Atlanta Hawks' 86-78 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers to open its five-game road trip.
| Final - 2.14.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | 24 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 78 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 27 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 86 |
Peachtree Hoops takes a closer look at the Atlanta Hawks' 86-78 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers to open its five-game road trip.
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Peachtree Hoops takes a closer look at the Atlanta Hawks upcoming five-game road trip that starts on Tuesday in Los Angeles against the Lakers.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 24 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 78 |
| LA Lakers | 27 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 86 |
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 24 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Josh Smith | 32 | 7-18 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 9-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10-4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson | 36 | 7-17 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Jeff Teague | 33 | 6-16 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 2-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Erick Dampier | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tracy McGrady | 15 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 14 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 28 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Willie Green | 11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ivan Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jannero Pargo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Al Horford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-90 | 7-27 | 9-14 | 47-17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 15-0 | 78 | |
| .344 | .259 | .643 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (21 pts) | |||||||
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 26 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Pau Gasol | 34 | 9-22 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4-0 | 20 |
| Andrew Bynum | 31 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 15-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Kobe Bryant | 34 | 5-18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Derek Fisher | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Matt Barnes | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Troy Murphy | 30 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Steve Blake | 29 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 13 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Jason Kapono | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Luke Walton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Josh McRoberts | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Devin Ebanks | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Darius Morris | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-84 | 8-17 | 4-9 | 52-14 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 13-0 | 86 | |
| .440 | .471 | .444 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (15 pts) | |||||||