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Doing Lines: Bombs Away For Joe Johnson

Dec 28, 2008 – 11:40 AM
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Tom Ziller

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Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.

Joe Johnson's shooting numbers Saturday against Chicago won't draw blood -- 16-for-31, 41 points. But the fact that Joe Johnson took 31 FGAs, added eight assists, earned six FTAs ... and had only one turnover in 44 minutes -- that's the impressive part.

One of the more ignored facets of Mike Bibby's addition to the Hawks has been that it has allowed J.J. to relax a bit. With Bibby, Johnson's turnover rate has shrunk considerably. But because Bibby isn't the sort of lead guard who demands to run the offense every time, J.J. has kept extremely high usage and assist rates. The Saturday line isn't an every-night thing, but is telling of the overall success the Bibby move has allowed for.

Window Washer: Andray Blatche had one of his jaw-dropping games (now appearing once per month): 19 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, three steals, one block and zero turnovers. That's magic, man. Now do it twice in a week, please.

Unloaded Golden Gun: Jason Kapono has taken Anthony Parker's starting job for Toronto. Jason Kapono's only discernable basketball skill is shooting threes. Jason Kapono shoots threes at a career 46% clip, and shoots twos at a 44% clip. Yet Kapono has taken twice as many twos than threes this season ... even though he's in the game to spread the floor for Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Bosh. ARGH! Saturday in Portland, Kapono The Shooter took two threes, three twos, missed them all, grabbed four rebounds and had two turnovers in 32 minutes. We need an intervention.
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