February 16th, 2012 
Russ Loede 
Posted in SLAM DUNK CONTEST Chase Budinger – Houston Rockets Iman Shumpert – New York Knicks Note: Jeremy Lin has been invited to “assist” Shumpert. Derrick Williams – Minnesota Timberwolves Paul George – Indiana Pacers THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT Kevin Love – Minnesota Timberwolves Anthony Morrow – New Jersey Nets Joe Johnson – Atlanta Hawks James Jones – Miami [...]
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2012 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout Participants Announced
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Bulls-Hawks Injury Update: Boozer Likely To Play Game One; Hinrich Doubtful For Series
Slowing Down Rose Just Got Harder Atlanta Hawks guard Kirk Hinrich will be sidelined for Monday’s night Game 1 in Chicago. Even worse, the former Kansas standout is doubtful for the second round match-up with the Bulls. The Jayhawk alum is dealing with a severe hamstring and was expected to defend his former teammate Derrick [...]
Quentin Richardson To Start For Suspended Jason Richardson; Arenas Expected To Play In Game 4
Q-Rich Will Provide The Magic With A Strong Body To Defend Joe Johnson The “Other Richardson”. Quentin Richardson will be the guy counted on to replace Jason Richardson in the Magic starting line-up, for Sunday night’s Game 4 in Atlanta against the Hawks. It was pondered that Redick would have been the man to take [...]
Howard’s 46 Wasted, Hawks Stun Magic 103-93
For those who remember last season’s playoffs, the Atlanta Hawks were eliminated early by the Orlando Magic – and quite easily, at that. This season, the two teams matched up again for another first-round series. much under the same circumstances as last year. The funny thing is that this year’s Hawks are not much [...]
Johnson-less Hawks Embarrass Cavaliers At Quicken 99-83
The Atlanta Hawks were without the services of leading scorer Joe Johnson due to a sprained thumb suffered on Saturday, prior to their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. During most games, that would usually present a problem for the Hawks and throw off the NBA odds, right? Nothing that moving [...]
Pacers Drop Third Straight, Clawed By Hawks 108-93
Perhaps it was less than 24 hours ago when the Indiana Pacers blew a double-digit lead against the San Antonio Spurs. Perhaps it was their lack of focus during their game against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night. No matter what the true reason was, Indiana never led for the entire 48 minutes and Atlanta cruised [...]
CP-3′s 13 Third Quarter Points Help Hornets Sting Hawks 93-86
“We started the third quarter and we just didn’t have any energy. We came out very lethargic. We stopped running, we stopped pushing the basketball for easy transition points, and we started settling for jump shots.” Those were the words of Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew after Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. What [...]
Hawks Rally Comes Up Short, Suns Hold On 118-114
Imagine this scenario: The Atlanta Hawks on Sunday hosted the Phoenix Suns. The game was pretty much dominated by the Suns early on in the first half while the Hawks rallied, but came up a bit short as Phoenix held on to fend off Atlanta 118-114. Keep in mind that what happened during the game is fairly [...]
