Pair frustrated after misfiring

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  1. Master Shake

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    Nearly two hours after the Hawks put the finishing touches on a public scrimmage at Philips Arena on Saturday afternoon, Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams were still on the practice floor.</p>

    "What are you still doing here?" another straggler asked.</p>


    "Did you see the scrimmage?" Williams shot back. "It was sick out there."</p>

    For anyone who watched the 32-minute scrimmage &mdash; and a crowd of more than 1,000 turned out &mdash; the biggest mystery was the missing shooting strokes of the two starters.</p>

    They combined for just three points, two free throws by Johnson and one by Williams, and never seemed to get into the flow of the action that was fairly steady on both ends.</p>

    "Nothing would go in," Williams said. "It was ridiculous."</p>

    If the Hawks are to reach the lofty season goals they've set for themselves, a scrimmage is the only place where something like this can happen.</p>

    And Hawks coach Mike Woodson doesn't even want to see it then. "I told both of those guys to get in the gym and put up some shots," Woodson said immediately after the scrimmage. "Their body language wasn't good out there. And they didn't play the way we're accustomed to seeing them play or the way they're capable of playing. And we just can't have that this season. Not in a game and not even in practice."</div></p>

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</p>
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    That can't be good.</p>
     
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    I wouldn't look to much in to it. It happens, and it was just a small scrimmage. You don't just go from 25 points per, to 1.5. Johnson is a scorer, he will be just fine.</p>

    As for Marvin, well, he can score more then 3 anyway, so I'm not worried about him anyway. But, it was a sloppy game. I hope the Hawks can just keep working so this won't happen all the time.</p>
     

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