Hawks' Coach Mike Woodson called out Josh Smith by name on Tuesday during practice when giving a speech to the team about taking their game to the next level.

The speech prompted Smith to react by saying he was willing to "take all the blame."

Smith bolted for the locker room after the huddle, shattering his mouthpiece. Woodson, who was apparently smiling the entire time, cautioned his staff not to worry about the forward.

"Listen, it?s getting close to that time, and we can?t go into this thing being cool about anything," Woodson said. "We had a good run last year, and that run is over. You?ve got to build on that run. And the only way you do that is through hard work, on the floor and that carrying over into games.

"I?m not letting these guys off the hook. They can think I?m tough or whatever, but we?ve got to be ready. We?ve got to be ready."