Found January 16, 2012 on
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PLAYERS:
Jeff Teague,
Joe Johnson,
Marvin Williams,
Josh Smith,
Jason Collins,
Larry Drew,
Vladimir Radmanovic,
Zaza Pachulia,
Al Horford,
Tracy McGrady,
Willie Green,
Jamal Crawford,
Ivan Johnson,
DeMar DeRozan,
Jannero Pargo
TEAMS: Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors
TEAMS: Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors
Initial feedback: A completely subjective and immediate response to the events of tonight's game, featuring a comment and rating, the latter on a scale of 1 to 10, on every player who saw the floor and the head coach, along with ephemera and miscellany as the author deems necessary.Your ratings and commentary, dear reader, are welcomed in the comments to this post.BoxscorePlayers Jeff Teague: An uneven performance like this, especially in the zone offense, stokes regret over the developmental opportunities wasted the past two seasons. I don't think the good plays outweighed the bad today, but the desire to make good plays never wavered. 5/10Joe Johnson: His relentless attacks on Jose Calderson in the Toronto zone in the third quarter was as positive a key to the victory as anything. The three shots he blocked should not be overlooked, either. Johnson blocked 12 shots in a little over 5400 minutes over the last two seasons. 9/10Marvin Williams: Thus far, his return to to acti...
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