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Awesome game though Its has been like a summary of this disconcerting and wild regular season.

I dont know what to think of this team anymore. 

Horrible first half buried us down. Its been too many games that we start 1º quarter with cold shooting, poor defense and lack of effort against subpar teams. We couldnt stop hot shooters Reddick, Rivers and Crawford. 

Bench played pretty bad overall. 

I understand that Prince has to get acclimated to the system but man, sure he can play much better than Scott. He is been awful. 

When you think this team can gain some consistency they let us down again with lackdaisical effort.

Maybe they are gassed or hangover...

Definitely Humphries has had an impact after Muscala's injury. Love his toughness. He deserves more playing time than Musky. 

As well I would add Korver's trade made us more competitive and balanced in the rotations. Bazemore has stepped up since then and THJ is our best offensive weapon from the bench. 

It would be surprising if Millsap doesnt get selected even though he is still somehow an underrated player. 

We are in pace of 50W and Millsap is our MVP. Paul deserves it more than Porzingis for sure. 

I would have liked Tucker's signing two seasons ago. I dont know, maybe Dunleavy and/or a 2nd round pick would do it. This rumor sounds weird to me because is a another defensive minded SF like Thabo. 

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk dijo:

 

At the halfway point of the season, 41 games played we are 4th in the East with a 24-17 record.  That puts us on pace to finish 48-33 (Identical record to last season).  

We started the 10 game stretch against NY and finished against NY.  They were the 5 seed ahead of us at #6.  They are now out of the playoffs at #11.

If we continue to play the way we have played over the last 10 games (9-1), we should be able to improve on that record.

41 games left - The first 10 games:

Home: CHI, PHI, LAC, WAS, NYK, ORL

Away: DET, CHI, MIA, HOU

What will our record be over the next 10?  I'll say 8-2.

After all the roster changes and rumors of trades and rebuild we pretty much are on the same pace and page as last season. We still are a good defensive team (5º DefRat) and not so good on offense (21º OfRat).

On offense we struggle on three point shooting (23º, 34,6%) and free throw shooting (28º, 71,9%). Also the turnovers are quite a problem (bottom five). 

On the contrary, after the addition of Howard we have gone from being a bad rebounding team to one above the average. It looks like we are more ready for the tight playoff games with toughness and resilience. Hopefully by playoff time we can deploy full roster at maximum potential.

Given recent perfomances, at least we should take care of business at home games and make a push for the 2nd or 3rd position until ASG. I believe we have room of improvement mostly on offense and building chemistry. IMO we need good outings from the wings, especially Bazemore and Hardaway.

hace 3 minutos, Thomas dijo:

The wing bench looks much better so hope it continues. 

I agree. I think we have a more solid all-around rotation now. We needed a SF with size and shooting. Dunleavy is been a revelation, hopefully he keeps it up. 

If he could provide 37-40% 3FG I would be glad with his signing.

Apart from Thomas heroics and Celtics three points accuracy, our lack of shooting, energy and ball movement killed us. We need urgently a wing capable of create some ofense and shoot decently from 3. 

We have a solid defensive first unit, but its hard to compete against solid teams with Thabo and Bazemore shooting sub 30% 3PT. 

hace 28 minutos, macdaddy dijo:

Horford will want revenge for getting boo'd mercilessly.  

I expect one clap for each Howards dunk on him (sorry I couldnt found any clap with the Celtics)

In advance stats we are fifth in Defensive Rating, IMO the key of recent success. Hopefully we might end top 3 by the end of the season and be ready for the PO. 

Solid win keeping fresh the starters.

My only complaint is the FT%.

Bench showed that they can be reliable. Loved the energy of Humphries and Prince. It seems that finally Bud has figured out rotations.

I agree Hardaway is a better fit than Baze but we need his scoring from the second unit. I see him like a "poors man" version of Jamal Crawford.

Cant wait till Friday, GO HAWKS!

If we keep up solid defense, hitting open shots, gelling chemistry and handle business against sub 50% teams, at the end of January we could be perfectly 2nd or 3rd seed in the East.

Interesting note found in SI Power Ranking.

Cita

 it's worth mentioning that the lineup of Dennis Schröder, Thabo Sefolosha, Kent Bazemore, Paul Millsap and Dwight Howard has been the league’s most efficient defensive group (minimum 100 minutes played)

End of drama?

hace 42 minutos, Sothron dijo:

Teams rarely trade in conference let alone in division. There's almost no way Orlando would ever trade with us and vice versa.

If we could get Oladipo and Sabonis for Millsap I call that a win. I'm really high on Sabonis, that kid is going to be special if he plays up to his potential.

Oladipo is good but I dont like so much his contract (84M/4) and I doubt he'll be a good fit with Dennis and Baze. IMHO we should trade Bazemore before in order to acquire Oladipo.

Sabonis would be a pretty good singing for Bud system. Maybe Kanter is in the trade block as well. 

22 PTS, 8/16 FG, 1/4 3FG, 5/7 FT, 8 REB (2 OREB), 1 AST, 4 STL, 2 TO, 3 BS. 

hace 7 horas, TheNorthCydeRises dijo:

Last 15 games he's shooting around 65% FTs, when you include tonight's 3-3 performance.

 

I just posted on the Magic thread, 69FT% since December. 

Ahora, Spud2Nique dijo:

Hahahaha ahhhhh I hate you Larry Drew...you dirty dirty rat...

 

Giannis buzzer beater 1 min ago

Damn, that greek freak is a straight baller, never ceases to amaze me. 

Ok, Hornets and Bucks won, at least I hope Lebron takes care of business against Bulls. 

Solid payback win with a balanced effort. This game showed pure Hawks basketball in both sides. 

Even the most criticized Baze and Delaney played pretty good. I still hope that Baze eventually will find his groove. We are moving the ball and shooting with more confidence, it shows on the 3PT%. 

Lets keep it rolling. 

GO HAWKS!