Hawks Vs. Knicks: 99-82 Loss Deserves No Recap
Peachtree Hoops takes a look at the recent struggles of the Atlanta Hawks and surmises that they need a long break away from each other and basketball.
| Final - 2.22.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | 16 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 82 |
| New York Knicks | 30 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 99 |
Peachtree Hoops takes a look at the recent struggles of the Atlanta Hawks and surmises that they need a long break away from each other and basketball.
A New York Knicks lineup still working to figure each other out was way more than the Atlanta Hawks could handle without Joe Johnson.
The Hawks just didn't even show up. We'll take it!
That was way more relaxing than I thought it'd be. Recap later!
Prepare yourself for Knicks-Hawks!
The Atlanta Hawks have announced that Joe Johnson will sit out this weekend's All-Star festivities due to a knee injury.
Some good-bad news and some bad-good news.
Peachtree Hoops writer Jason Walker was a guest on the Bill Shanks show where he discussed the recent struggles of the Atlanta Hawks.
Atlanta Hawks small forward Marvin Williams denied a report that he was unhappy with the team and was looking to be traded.
Tracy McGrady sat down with head coach Larry Drew and general manager Rick Sund to discuss his outburst about the former all-star's outburst about a lack of playing time. Both sides emerged from the meeting saying that they were moving on from the incident.
Atlanta Hawks All-Star Joe Johnson left midway through the third quarter of Monday's loss to the Chicago Bulls and is doubtful for Wednesday's game in New York. Johnson is suffering from tendinitis in his left knee.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 16 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 82 |
| New York | 30 | 30 | 18 | 21 | 99 |
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Smith | 34 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 7-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Marvin Williams | 26 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Willie Green | 30 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Jeff Teague | 29 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 18 |
| Erick Dampier | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Tracy McGrady | 14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Ivan Johnson | 16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Jannero Pargo | 18 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 15 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 12 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Joe Johnson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Al Horford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-81 | 8-29 | 10-18 | 40-12 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 23-0 | 82 | |
| .395 | .276 | .556 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (10 pts) | |||||||
| New York | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 27 | 7-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Amare Stoudemire | 24 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 10-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Tyson Chandler | 33 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Landry Fields | 33 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 7-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Jeremy Lin | 32 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Jared Jeffries | 26 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| J.R. Smith | 25 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 3-6 | 5-1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Steve Novak | 22 | 6-12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 17 |
| Baron Davis | 13 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2-0 | 1 |
| Jerome Jordan | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mike Bibby | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Bill Walker | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Toney Douglas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Iman Shumpert | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Josh Harrellson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 38-80 | 8-22 | 15-24 | 47-14 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 16-2 | 99 | |
| .475 | .364 | .625 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 0 (30 pts) | |||||||