Official Game Thread: Hawks at Wizards: GAME 2

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Howard was on the floor when the Hawks made the big run in the 3rd quarter.  So why couldn't he get back into the game?

[Alex]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

That was a coaching decision.   It's not his fault that coach trusted Muscala over him, toward the end of the 4th.

 

There is a reason why that is/was the case.

[Lurker]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Howard was on the floor when the Hawks made the big run in the 3rd quarter.  So why couldn't he get back into the game?

Can't look at the +/- here at all. He was...

1. Not playing the Gortat/Wall PNR on defense well AT ALL.
2. Being beaten fundamentally by Gortat on the boards.

If he's in in the 4th, it probably doesn't matter. He lost through fundamentals on the boards vs Gortat on many key shots.

[Sarcatic1]

We just blew a very winnable game

Bud was out coached by Scott Brooks. Think about that for a second. Scotty freaking Brooks out coached Bud

Prince was having a very good game yet was on the bench for Baze. Baze was terrible on both ends yet coach had him in during crunch time and he rewarded the Hawks with even more bad play.   Get this dude the F out of here. He should have never been brought back the moment the Hawks used a lottery pick on Prince. Baze has been awful going back to the second half of last year.  HE GOTS TO GO

Moose better not be on this team next year. He was getting bullied by Gortat out there. Good move coach by leaving him in there so he could give up offensive rebounds and no rim protection

Tim was awful. Dumb turnovers, dumb shots, and getting lost on defense.

Dennis was our only consistent offense but John Wall is torching him

 

Bud  SMDH

Once again, BAZE GOTS TO GO ASAP

[Lurker]

Outside of taking too many "under shots", Dennis controlled the pace in the 3rd quarter and it all went away when he left.

[cam1218]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Howard was on the floor when the Hawks made the big run in the 3rd quarter.  So why couldn't he get back into the game?

Howard was lazy with some passes. I don't agree with the decision to bench him the entire 4th though. Bud is doing a poor job of balancing need for offense/spacing and the need for interior defense/rebounds. Wizards were destroying us with free throw jumpers at the end--we coulda used Dwight. 

[rd79]

We only had a chance to win because we got tons of FTs and the Wiz had foul trouble all night long and at the end they throw the game away. Don't think we get that many calls again and I really have no idea how to keep a game vs the Wiz close without them. That's why I'm very pessimistic about not getting swept...

I thought Dennis light a fire with that statement dunk to close the gap in the fourth but nope...

Buds rotations will always look awkward to me...

And don't pay Sap a single Dollar more than $66M for 3 yrs...

Don't pay THJ more than $60M for 4 yrs...

If you can't get something for Baze in the offseason, give him until next all star break to recover otherwise trade him for nothing and even throw in a 2nd if necessary...

[Sarcatic1]

Our rookie, who barely played the first half of the year has been better than most of our vets so far.

[cam1218]

Nobody was great but only Baze was completely awful. He was only useful when the refs called fouls on each drive. He honestly missed a layup and got to shoot free throws at one point. 

[NBASupes]

If Dwight was in the game, we would have had a shot at Chick-fil-A

[cam1218]

I'm not thrilled with losing two in a row, but it's not the end of the world. We will know if our guys want a series come Saturday. The only two times we were down 2-0 in the first round during our "playoff run" (Boston year one, Indy with Josh out the door) we won game 3/4. Pretty sure I'm not forgetting a year. 

Edited to add we have also won two games and dropped the next two before as well. I'm thinking Boston, Brooklyn, Miami, Milwaukee, 

[StephenHawking]

Thj pressing way too hard. Made a bunch of stupid decisions.

Baze blowing layups, turning the ball over, fouling and blowing the game as usual

Dwight showing no effort. Biggest disappointment. No signs of playoffdwight. Rather sleepwalkdwight.

[Thomas]

Well, maybe hitting over twenty percent from three will be possible on our court but man without Bud using any common sense especially late we are so up against it right now. 

[AUhawksfan]

4 minutes ago, StephenHawking said:

Thj pressing way too hard. Made a bunch of stupid decisions.

Baze blowing layups, turning the ball over, fouling and blowing the game as usual

Dwight showing no effort. Biggest disappointment. No signs of playoffdwight. Rather sleepwalkdwight.

This. 2 of these guys have yet to step up and better do it next game or this series is over. The third one can just sit on the bench all game next to Delaney - I'm sure you know which one I'm referring to.

[cam1218]

'Member when we had two good point guards? So many of us have been waiting for a backup PG since we traded Jeff.

[BrazilianHawk]

 Thank you coach Bud. Finally we've shown them our greatness!

 

[StephenHawking]

in it to win it 

[Guest]

Headless Baze, smh.

[Guest]

The playoffs don't start until somebody wins on the road. All the Wizards did was go 2-0 and protect their home floor. Now it's our turn to do the same.

[Lurker]

The playoffs are not the time to try to justify contracts.