JayBirdHawk

No offense, No defense! 6 bench points. Nothing from Bogi and OO. Trae 4 assists/4 turnovers - did not like his approach to the game. Hunter with a goose egg. We ate being outscored, out rebounded, out assisted, out-everything.

We are shooting 6% from 3 ................

Hunter with 3 fouls - play AJ.

4 points for the bench. Only Murray with double digit points

1-12 from 3, Trae 1-5.

I'm gonna need OO to do something.

Trae 3 TOs, 2 pts, 0 assists. Hunter: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, Murray came to play. JC and CC with some contributions.

Not even 20 points.

Not liking this offense so far. Trae 1-7, Zero assists. Run the offense.

Get your TOs out of the way Trae,

We Ready!

You mean his 8th game as coach or his all bench starting?

T-Minus 1 hour. Let's Go!

As part of the next collective bargaining agreement, NBA players will have an increased flexibility to invest alongside team owners in businesses outside of the NBA. The previous five percent safe harbor limit is being more than doubled to 12.5 percent. Players can also invest directly in independently owned WNBA teams or those not owned by NBA owners. Investments by the player and his family cannot exceed four percent, and he can only invest in one team.

NBA Play-In gives Atlanta Hawks’ Saddiq Bey chance to make good on improbable promise “Each year I just feel like no matter what anybody says about us, it’s like the expectation of myself to lead the team to the playoffs and try to win every game, no matter what the expectations are on the outside,” Bey said. The Hawks would have a chance to beat the Heat, who knocked them out of last year’s playoffs, and punch a ticket into the Eastern Conference first round. Which also would mean Bey made good on that improbable promise to himself from six months ago. “I never knew it was going to be like this,” Bey said. “I’m just glad to be here, it’s a blessing to be here. But yeah, I was up thinking about it all night. I tried to force myself to sleep, and I thought I hit my deep sleep, but then I’d toss and turn and wake up and it was like, ‘oh, I’m thinking about the playoffs again.’” Bey and the Hawks are indeed on their way to the playoffs after they won, 116-105, over the Heat. Bey scored 17 points with six boards in 33 minutes off the bench. He normally takes the last bus to the arena before games, but this time he was on an earlier bus, too full of nervous energy to sit in his hotel room any longer. The Hawks traded for Bey because they thought he could help them do what Young just said. He was one of a few key differences for Atlanta last night against the Heat, versus the Hawks’ first-round series loss to Miami from a year ago. He’s 6-7 and 215 pounds. He gives Atlanta another huge, athletic presence on the wing and he’s a 36-percent shooter from 3-point range for his career. Since joining the Hawks, he’s shooting the 3 at a 40-percent clip. Snyder turned to Bey above starter De’Andre Hunter for most of the Play-In game, and Bey’s presence should help against a deep, dangerous Celtics team whose two best players (Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown) are wings. “There’s a lot of singular players on a team, but the strength of this team is becoming even more of a team,” Snyder said, wearing his philosopher’s hat. “That’s what we want to do, and that’s what we want our play to demonstrate, and Saddiq does that. So sometimes guys that are like that, they can have an impact on the group. One of the things he does is he shoots, shoots 3s and that’s something … it’s not that there’s an obsession about 3s, but if you’re open, it’s a good shot. Sometimes giving yourself permission to do that, and he does that, which I think helps us. “And the other is he plays hard,” Snyder continued. “You know he’s going to the offensive glass. He’s a competitive guy. And can never have too much of that.”

Atlanta coach Quin Snyder said beating Miami in the Play-In wasn’t even “something to be celebrate. I would say appreciate.” When Trae Young was asked if he would pause to celebrate the win before looking ahead to the Celtics series, he snapped, “No, what’s there to celebrate?” Well, you made the playoffs. “That’s cool,” Young responded, in a more reflective tone. “I mean, it’s cool we made the playoffs. I’m happy for guys like Saddiq who’ve never been in the playoffs, and some of the other rookies and J.J. (Jalen Johnson) and some of the other guys who this is their first time to be able to experience the playoffs, but I mean, for me, I’ve been in the playoffs now three times and a couple of guys have been in way more than I have. It’s cool to be in the playoffs, but you want to win games in the playoffs.” https://theathletic.com/4403654/2023/04/12/nba-play-in-hawks-heat-pistons-saddiq-bey/

T-Minus 4 hours!

I hope the Lakers beat the Grizzlies, such an unlikable team.