Official Game Thread: Hawks - Timberwolves

[capstone21]

Felt like they outplayed us in the second half .... Wiggins is going to be really good

Everybody contributed today ... Baz's blocks was awesome

16 in a row!!

[lethalweapon3]

I'll just go out on a limb and assume this won't ruin anyone's Fantasy teams.

 

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~lw3

[lethalweapon3]

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Wednesday's game thread will be moved from "HomeCourt" to "Around The NBA".

 

 

~lw3

Edited January 26, 2015 by lethalweapon3

[buckeye242424]

Terrible effort, but a win.

82 games. 16 in a row wins. 30-32 wins. Terrible effort?? What are you lookinkg for dude? Gawd....

[lethalweapon3]

Good time to remind folks to make the Game Threads about the games and the team, and not about the posters. Whether some posters crave that attention or not, there's no obligation to give it to them.

 

~lw3

[JETSET]

82 games. 16 in a row wins. 30-32 wins. Terrible effort?? What are you lookinkg for dude? Gawd....

A win is a win but it was pretty bad effort at times.  There were several times where Minny players were found wide open under the basket for easy layups.  That doesn't happen when the boys are trying.  It is good to know that we can win by double digits while toying with teams.

[lethalweapon3]

I liked Flip's maneuver to go really big (starting Young-Dieng-Pek in the frontcourt), but not because of the rebounding advantage that we know by now Bud secretly doesn't give a, ummm, Flip about (11 O-Rebs for the Wolves, but just two in the second half). Going big helped Minnesota force Atlanta to decide whether to put DMC (and Thabo) on either Thad or Wiggins. By the Hawks choosing to focus Carroll on Wiggins (5-for-11 FGs), it helped Young have a great offensive game (11-for-14 2FGs, 4 O-Rebs) and it kept Korver on ice with foul trouble until the fourth quarter.

 

Antić and Thabo's struggles at the line (1-for-6 FTs) helped keep the Wolves within howling distance. Sap's 4 steals and 6 assists (one turnover) today were huge.

 

Minnesota also helped themselves by keeping the TOs down, too, although their 24-13 assist-TO ratio was no match for the Hawks' 30-10.

 

~lw3

[Plainview1981]

82 games. 16 in a row wins. 30-32 wins. Terrible effort?? What are you lookinkg for dude? Gawd....

 

Both Mo Williams and Young went off and they outworked the Hawks in the 2nd half. Minny is like 4-18 on the road.

 

Terrible defensive effort. But it's a win.

 

These things happen. GSW is barely up on Boston by 5. But the defensive effort was not great.

Edited January 26, 2015 by Hotlanta1981

[lethalweapon3]

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[hawkman]

^^^That tweet speaks volumes.

[enrique]

If anyone is getting ready for our game with the OKC/CLE game, JVG just had Teague, Horf, Sap and Korver as his all star reserves. 

I know we are all excited to have the Hawks get some respect via the AS game. I agree with having them all on as AS. But I also would love to get those men REST!!!! Come playoff time we will hopefully be fresh...seeing how Coach Bud is trying to keep minutes reasonable for our starting 5.

[Gray Mule]

Just finished watching replay.

 

This Minnesota team are just a player or two from being very good.  They have

missed a lot of man hours already with injuries (We've been there) and should

have a good lottery pick coming.

 

Dang, we missed a bucket full of free throws.  That made it closer.

 

Setting Atlanta Pro sports record for most wins ever!  Wow!

 

If we had to have a bad game, which we did, this was the perfect time.  Close game

and all those missed free throws spell our doom.

 

GO ATL TEAM !!

[DrReality]

~lw3

And it shows that they are having fun

[buckeye242424]

Yeah... It's hard for me to wrap my head around a team that Is number 1 in the East, not even close..... But people bitch, constantly ...

[capstone21]

I'll just go out on a limb and assume this won't ruin anyone's Fantasy teams.

 

 

~lw3

probably from the tip in that was called back

[Guest]

~lw3

Did anyone else notice Thabo's 2 (I think) 3 pointers tonight had much better fluidity to them?In previous games, his stroke is a bit hesitant and seems to take a bit of time to launch. Tonight it seemed like he didnt hesitate and it took half the time to release as it usual does. I think the staff has been working with him on it. I loved it. Edited January 26, 2015 by Spud2Nique

[Diesel]

Near the end, I was concerned about Thad Youngs scoring?  This guy was out working us underneath.   However, Teague-time is when Putemonskates becomes thecloser.

 

I think we have the possibility of straying from our offense.  Especially when Dennis is in the game, but the first team always goes back to it.

[High5]

 

~lw3

 

Looking at his Twitter feed, he retweeted this:

 

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That's awesome if true.

[Guest]

Got to see Theo Ratliff at the game, that brought a hearty smile to my face. Also, Rick Sund still patrols the sidelines.

[Guest]

The only thing that annoyed me was that they gave up 100 points.

They were on a 8 game streak holding opponents to under 100 points.