Pachulia’s season ends on bench: Hawks center Zaza Pachulia was unable to return for Thursday’s Game 6 loss to the Celtics while suffering from bone chips in his left foot, and with the Hawks being eliminated in the game, now he turns his attention to getting healthy in the offseason. Pachulia took on a bigger role this season than his last few with the Hawks, as Al Horford dealt with a pectoral muscle injury that cost him most of the year, and he put up his best numbers across the board since 2006-07. (Updated 05/11/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/25/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Pachulia averaged 7.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in 28.3 minutes, emerging as a decent No. 2 Fantasy center when he was healthy. He showed the Hawks he can be depended on in a larger role, so while he will return to a reserve role with Horford healthy for next season, Pachulia should see more than the 15.7 minutes per game he saw the season before. However, unless he gets traded in the offseason, the return to the bench will return him to Fantasy irrelevancy, so do not target him before the late rounds on Draft Day next season. (Updated 05/11/2012).
05/11/2012 02:41 Hawks-Celtics Game 6: Hawks continue their stay in purgatory
The Atlanta Hawks lost Game 6 Thursday to the Celtics. Where will they go from here? Never improving, never declining, the Hawks will likely remain an Eastern Conference prop stuck in purgatory.
05/04/2012 23:04 Celtics 90 Hawks 84: That's who the Celtics are
The Celtics beat the Hawks in overtime in Game 3 because of their self-identity as a team that wins close games, despite a horrible performance team-wide.
05/04/2012 22:43 Rondo, Celtics handle Hawks in OT
Rajon Rondo had a triple-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Celtics to a 90-84 overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night and give Boston a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
