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Johnson Mirrors Richardson’s Career-High as Hawks Escape Home With a Win
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Filed under: Reviews— Chase Kuech @ 2:37 am
Atlanta finally picked up their 20th win on the season, but they
needed a career-high 42 points from Joe Johnson to do it. Jason
Richardson put up 17 in the first quarter on his way to tying a
career-high with 42 points on the night, tying Johnson for the
game lead. Each man hit four three-pointers on the evening, and
nearly scored 20 points at the end of the first quarter. In that
first quarter, Golden State opened up an eight point lead, and
had it up to as many as 13 in the first half, but a good run at
the end of the half kept Atlanta in the game.
In the second half, things remained close, but a scoring drought
from the Warriors in the final quarter gave the Hawks a victory
at home, which seems to really be the only place they can win.
Out of their now 20 wins on the season, 13 of them have come at
home, and only seven have been on the road. Golden State has had
their troubles on the road as well, winning only 9 of their 25
wins on the road.
The game tonight was a rematch of opening night, a game that took
place in California, a game the Warriors won by 25. Since their
hot start, Golden State has cooled off considerably, and the Hawks
are performing much better, to the tune of nine wins in their
last 17 games. They stay at home, but get another long break, as
they have until Saturday to relax when they host the struggling
Chicago Bulls.
Other notable stats for Hawks players include two double-doubles,
one each from Zaza Pachulia and Marvin Williams. Pachulia had 11
points to go with his 10 boards, while Williams had 14 points to
go with his 10 boards. Johnson also chipped in nine assists and
six rebounds to go with his 42 points, after seeing all 48 minutes
on the floor.
Speaking of floor time, Donta Smith got a chance to play a few
minutes tonight after being recalled from the D-League today, but
James Lang, the 6’10” 305 pound center has not seen any time on
the floor in any of the three games he has been dressed for.
Estaban Batista has been seeing more time lately, but Pachulia
actually played nearly 42 minutes tonight to acquire his double-double.
Baron Davis did not start for the visitors, and saw only 22 minutes of
playing time for the Warriors, notching nine points and six assists.
His replacement, veteran journeyman Derek Fisher had 12 points in
his 28 minutes of action. Mike Dunleavy and Mikael Pietrus also
scored in double-digits, scoring 13 points and 10 points respectively.
Josh Childress saw no time for Atlanta, as he sat out with some
soreness in his leg, something I will investigate further and
report immediately. Tyronn Lue continues to not dress for the
games, as he remains on the sideline with an injury. Those two
injuries are the main reasons for recalling Smith and Lang.
The victory for Atlanta actually skips them above Orlando in the
Southeast Division, as the Hawks are only 19 games back of Miami
while the Magic are 19.5 games back. The Magic have one more loss
than the Hawks, and should probably play again at least by
Saturday, so by the time Atlanta plays on Saturday night, they
could be up by a full game on Orlando. Atlanta is also within one
win of Toronto, who sits at 21-39, as the Hawks look to continue
up the power ladder in the Eastern Conference. While the ping pong
balls may be disappearing for the Birds, the first and second-year
players on this team are gaining valuable experience and even
getting a little confidence thanks to finally getting some
victories in the Dirty South.
Also, make sure you check out the Full Court Press’s second
article, one containing a Warriors-Hawks review, some March
Madness talk, and even some discussion of this season of 24,
after the two-hour event last night, in which a great deal of
exciting things happened, and fans lost a favorite character
tragically.
As one final note, my prayers go out to the Puckett family. We
in the Atlanta Hawks family know how it is to lose a teammate
and a friend, and we can only imagine what they might be going
through at this time. He was a Hall of Famer, and a model
American; a player any baseball team would be lucky to have.
Best wishes to their family.
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