Official Game Thread: Hawks at Nets (Game 1 of 2)

[capstone21]

Giving up 144 points is embarrassing 

[mrhonline]

1 minute ago, hylndr11 said:

Trae is learning to use everyone hell find the balance of when to use the guys and do his thing

I thought he did a great job of that tonight. Frankly, there's nothing you can complain about on the offensive side. 

They need to dig harder defensively, but they lost to a better team tonight.

[GameTime]

Glad Collins got his groove back

[RandomFan]

The growing pains of a young talented team trying to figure out the next steps towards winning vs the big boys. We know we can score. We know we need to continue working on defense. We know we need to continue working on the little things to close games out. 

[LucastheThird]

We cannot give up 144 in any game and expect to win. Defense needs to get better across the board. We can score on anyone, but we need to defend.

[terrell]

4 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Brooklyn won game 1. We gotta win game 2

Gallo going out hurt us..

[Cwell]

Besides the bad team defense, we played well. Better than before. Alot of guys aren't even fully back to their normal selves yet. This can get scary when we fully get into the swing of things

[Final_quest]

Tough when Kyrie can’t miss.  We showed we can hang with them.  We got plenty more for next time.

[JayBirdHawk]

So, we know what the offense will look like. The defense is in need of work.

[Diesel]

Good effort by the Hawks.  Irving and Durant were just too much.  Especially Irving in the 4th. 

I take back half of the things I said about Bogi. 

We just need to find a good way to defend guys like Irving.

 

[bleachkit]

Nique jinxed us by talking trash about Kyrie all game.

[Cwell]

Kyrie is Kyrie. Nothing you can do when he gets hot. Can't give up 6 3's to Joe Harris though

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 minutes ago, hylndr11 said:

It wouldnt be that close if Kyrie was going bricking 14 shots early

So the Nets were going to score 160?

[mrhonline]

I know a lot of you are complaining about the defense, and I agree they could've put in more effort, but it's Kyrie and Durant. Plus, Joe Harris is a lights-out shooter.

[GameTime]

Cam Reddish with a quiet 20.

[hawkman]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

So, we know what the offense will look like. The defense is in need of work.

The Hawks couldn't get any stops down the stretch. Kyrie had a lot to do with that though. Once he caught fire, he was unstoppable. Asking Cam or Hunter to lock him up all game is too much to ask. We needed Dunn tonight. 

[Diesel]

1 minute ago, mrhonline said:

I know a lot of you are complaining about the defense, and I agree they could've put in more effort, but it's Kyrie and Durant. Plus, Joe Harris is a lights-out shooter.

I aggree... we just have to find a way to slow them down by the time the playoffs roll around. 

[REHawksFan]

Trae went 0-4 from 3pt. Sometimes I wonder if all the foul seeking plays takes him out of a shooting rhythm.  I don't think he made a fg once they got into the bonus in the 4th. Or maybe he made 1. 

Still, great effort from the guys. Especially considering Gallo went down early. No shortage of offense. And they had spurts of really good defense as well. 

At the end of the day, the team with the two best players on the court won the game. That's life in the NBA.

Edited December 31, 2020 by REHawksFan

[Cwell]

Just now, GameTime said:

Cam Reddish with a quiet 20.

the fact that he hasn't really gotten into his bag yet, man...........just wait

[NBASupes]

8 minutes ago, GameTime said:

Really missed Gallo during the 4th

Gallo would have been massive for us.