Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

Hawks head coach Mike Woodson didn't realize his point guard had so much to say, but he's not going to let it bother him too much, even if his comments wer ill-advised.

“That’s what your teammates are supposed to do when you put yourself out there like that,” Woodson said of Bibby’s comments forcing the rest of the Hawks to step up. “I think our guys, hopefully, will come out ready to play. We can’t start the game like we did the other night.”

That being said, the Hawks probably won’t be endorsing the idea that Bibby make daily proclamations similar to the ones he made this week.

Woodson said he hadn’t known about the comments until he heard them on the news after waking up from a nap.

“I don’t think you add fuel to the fire, but hey, I didn’t get to him and he made his comments. We’re just going to have to go out there and play. You still got to win a game if you want to get out of this series,” Woodson said.

Woodson recalled a similar situation during his days as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons. Rasheed Wallace predicted victory in the next game right after a loss in the Eastern Conference championships. The Pistons did win that next game.