Now begins the REAL SCHEDULE for the Hawks

[TheNorthCydeRises]

There are absolutely NO BREAKS in the remaining schedule.   Even the weakest team ( Washington ) has 2 All-Star level guards.

Every other team is currently now in playoff contention.

 

16	Sun, Jan 24, 2021	8:00p			@	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Tue, Jan 26, 2021	7:30p				Los Angeles Clippers
18	Wed, Jan 27, 2021	7:30p				Brooklyn Nets
19	Fri, Jan 29, 2021	7:00p			@	Washington Wizards
20	Mon, Feb 1, 2021	7:30p				Los Angeles Lakers
G	Date	Start (ET)				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Feb 3, 2021	7:30p				Dallas Mavericks
22	Thu, Feb 4, 2021	7:30p				Utah Jazz
23	Sat, Feb 6, 2021	7:30p				Toronto Raptors
24	Wed, Feb 10, 2021	7:30p			@	Dallas Mavericks
25	Fri, Feb 12, 2021	7:30p				San Antonio Spurs
26	Sat, Feb 13, 2021	7:30p				Indiana Pacers
27	Mon, Feb 15, 2021	7:30p			@	New York Knicks
28	Wed, Feb 17, 2021	7:30p			@	Boston Celtics
29	Fri, Feb 19, 2021	7:30p			@	Boston Celtics
30	Sun, Feb 21, 2021	7:30p				Denver Nuggets
31	Tue, Feb 23, 2021	7:00p			@	Cleveland Cavaliers
32	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	7:30p				Boston Celtics
33	Fri, Feb 26, 2021	8:00p			@	Oklahoma City Thunder
34	Sun, Feb 28, 2021	6:00p			@	Miami Heat
35	Tue, Mar 2, 2021	7:30p			@	Miami Heat
36	Wed, Mar 3, 2021	7:00p			@	Orlando Magic

 

8 of our next 11 games are at home ( if that means anything anymore ).

After that, 8 of our next 10 are on the road ( thankfully against teams more on our level )

Needless to say, we need a heathly squad the rest of the way to survive this.  Going 11 - 10 in these next 21 games, would probably be decent.

14 - 7 is probably the max we can do.

Anything below 8 - 11 though, would be a major disappointment.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

Hopefully we can stay healthy.

Bogi is now 2 weeks from his injury with another 6 weeks to go.

Dunn update expected in another week.

 

[JayBirdHawk]

For Sundays matchup vs Bucks all eyes will be on Giannis, however the matchup I'll be watching most closely is Hunter vs Middleton.

It will also be interesting to see if LP sticks with Huerter in the starting lineup. DDV vs Huerter. Or does Cam start to matchup vs Jrue leaving Trae on DDV.

There is a concern with Lopez pulling Capela from the paint, so I want to see how LP counters. I think we'll be cross matching in some form so Capela stays close to the basket.

[RedDawg#8]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

For Sundays matchup vs Bucks all eyes will be on Giannis, however the matchup I'll be watching most closely is Hunter vs Middleton.

It will also be interesting to see if LP sticks with Huerter in the starting lineup. DDV vs Huerter. Or does Cam start to matchup vs Jrue leaving Trae on DDV.

There is a concern with Lopez pulling Capela from the paint, so I want to see how LP counters. I think we'll be cross matching in some form so Capela stays close to the basket.

I was thinking about this too, maybe Cam gets the starting nod the next few games for defensive purposes only against MIL, LAC, and BKN. Those teams have too much firepower to use Kev to hide Trae.

If this were a playoff series I could see us implementing some zone concepts to wall off Giannis, but I don't know if we have the practice time to work that in. But a 1-3-1 with Cam-JC-Dre as the wall and Clint behind them. Trae wouldn't need to ball pressure Giannis, he could float to Jrue or DVV, Cam or Dre would always be in the area of Middleton on either side of the court, as well as able to collapse on Giannis if he drives. Clint there to meet him at the rim. 

[RedDawg#8]

2 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

There are absolutely NO BREAKS in the remaining schedule.   Even the weakest team ( Washington ) has 2 All-Star level guards.

Every other team is currently now in playoff contention.

 

16	Sun, Jan 24, 2021	8:00p			@	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Tue, Jan 26, 2021	7:30p				Los Angeles Clippers
18	Wed, Jan 27, 2021	7:30p				Brooklyn Nets
19	Fri, Jan 29, 2021	7:00p			@	Washington Wizards
20	Mon, Feb 1, 2021	7:30p				Los Angeles Lakers
G	Date	Start (ET)				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Feb 3, 2021	7:30p				Dallas Mavericks
22	Thu, Feb 4, 2021	7:30p				Utah Jazz
23	Sat, Feb 6, 2021	7:30p				Toronto Raptors
24	Wed, Feb 10, 2021	7:30p			@	Dallas Mavericks
25	Fri, Feb 12, 2021	7:30p				San Antonio Spurs
26	Sat, Feb 13, 2021	7:30p				Indiana Pacers
27	Mon, Feb 15, 2021	7:30p			@	New York Knicks
28	Wed, Feb 17, 2021	7:30p			@	Boston Celtics
29	Fri, Feb 19, 2021	7:30p			@	Boston Celtics
30	Sun, Feb 21, 2021	7:30p				Denver Nuggets
31	Tue, Feb 23, 2021	7:00p			@	Cleveland Cavaliers
32	Wed, Feb 24, 2021	7:30p				Boston Celtics
33	Fri, Feb 26, 2021	8:00p			@	Oklahoma City Thunder
34	Sun, Feb 28, 2021	6:00p			@	Miami Heat
35	Tue, Mar 2, 2021	7:30p			@	Miami Heat
36	Wed, Mar 3, 2021	7:00p			@	Orlando Magic

 

8 of our next 11 games are at home ( if that means anything anymore ).

After that, 8 of our next 10 are on the road ( thankfully against teams more on our level )

Needless to say, we need a heathly squad the rest of the way to survive this.  Going 11 - 10 in these next 21 games, would probably be decent.

14 - 7 is probably the max we can do.

Anything below 8 - 11 though, would be a major disappointment.

Just based on looking at that gauntlet.

We NEED to win the following games:

WAS, split with DAL, TOR, revenge vs CLE, Pick up at least 1 of the 3 vs BOS, split with MIA. and then beat ORL.

I have SAS, Indy, DEN, NYK, OKC and BKN as toss ups that we can hopefully go 3-3 with (Knicks have our number if ya'll haven't noticed).

To me, that qualifies as taking care of business and gets us to 18-18 if we lose the other games. If we can accomplish those 10 wins and still pick up maybe 2 or 3 more wins against the field along the way, we will be in great shape.  

[JayBirdHawk]

Hopefully Hunter and Trae will be good to go by gametime.

 

 

[bleachkit]

4 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Hopefully Hunter and Trae will be good to go by gametime.

 

 

Back spasms? That doesn't sound too good.

[JayBirdHawk]

Too many block shots last game for Cap? 

 

 

[Peoriabird]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Too many block shots last game for Cap? 

 

 

If Capela misses a game for hand soreness then someone needs to be fired!

[bleachkit]

13 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

If Capela misses a game for hand soreness then someone needs to be fired!

Have they been fired?

[kg01]

17 hours ago, Peoriabird said:

If Capela misses a game for hand soreness then someone needs to be fired!

"Why is Capela out with a hand injury when we could've just let him rest it a few games ago?  Someone needs to be fired!"

[RedDawg#8]

On 1/23/2021 at 2:49 PM, RedDawg#8 said:

Just based on looking at that gauntlet.

We NEED to win the following games:

WAS, split with DAL, TOR, revenge vs CLE, Pick up at least 1 of the 3 vs BOS, split with MIA. and then beat ORL.

I have SAS, Indy, DEN, NYK, OKC and BKN as toss ups that we can hopefully go 3-3 with (Knicks have our number if ya'll haven't noticed).

To me, that qualifies as taking care of business and gets us to 18-18 if we lose the other games. If we can accomplish those 10 wins and still pick up maybe 2 or 3 more wins against the field along the way, we will be in great shape.  

 We are off to a 1-2 start in this stretch, which is actually ahead of pace. 
 

Next 6 games: WAS, LAL, UTA, TOR, DALx2. We need to go 3-3. Im assuming we lose to Lakers and Jazz, and am hoping for a split with DAL. 

 

[Gray Mule]

If the Hawks play "up or down" with our competition, we should see some very good games...

[RedDawg#8]

Forget about yesterday. It happened. We are now 1 game off the pace I had us at because we were not able to split with Dallas.

We NEED to win these next 2 games now against SAS and Indy, and really the game against the Knicks too for good measure.

I hope the Dallas loss serves as a wake up call and we take care of our business.

Here's to a winning streak on the horizon and hopefully 14-13 when we meet Boston next week.