Official Game Thread: Hawks at heat (The Next One)

[benhillboy]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Great Googly Moogly

 

 

I usually don’t trip over AS nods and all that but what the hell are these coaches/ voters looking at his presence around the rim is invaluable.

[terrell]

I wonder what our record would be had we fired PIerce earlier? Makes you wonder..WE actually played good defense without Cam and Dre...Its like they were just tired of playing for LP..

Edited March 3, 2021 by terrell

[REHawksFan]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

In fairness to LP, this is what he's been preaching on the defensive end.  

Nate's lineups and rotations weren't much different than LP's, with the exception of keeping Gallo at the 4.

The team just gave a lot more effort tonight.

Nate played OO much more than LP ever has.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[bleachkit]

Just now, REHawksFan said:

Nate played OO much more than LP ever has.

Id like to see them give him a solid 20 minutes.

[Sothron]

3 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

In fairness to LP, this is what he's been preaching on the defensive end.  

Nate's lineups and rotations weren't much different than LP's, with the exception of keeping Gallo at the 4.

The team just gave a lot more effort tonight.

That's on the HC. Clearly they were out to show what they can do even with all the injuries.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Gallo +20. 

[REHawksFan]

1 minute ago, terrell said:

I wonder what our record would be had we fired PIerce last season? Makes you wonder..WE actually played good defense without Cam and Dre...Its like they were just tired of playing for LP..

Question is can they play good offense while also playing good defense under Nate? That is the question. If all they do is switch it up and now suck at offense it won't matter in the standings. 

[sturt]

15-20, eh?

I had us preseason for 15-21 at the break.

Possibly just a little redemption for my devastating fail at predicting LP's future.

[MarylandHawk]

Is John alright?  He didn't play in the 4th quarter. Great game. It was nice to see the bench rotation. Rondo and Bogi combination is so nice to see. In the past, it has been Rondo and a bunch of other non scorers or facilitators. 

[bleachkit]

Tomorrow we play the Magic. You think we got injuries? They got so many injuries.

[Peoriabird]

Well...A lot of myths were busted tonight!

1.  Coaching won't matter with these players

2. Hawks can only win shootouts

3. Trae Young has to score 30 to give the Hawks a chance to win

4. This team can't play defense without Reddish and Hunter

5. Trae Young is the worse defender in the league.

6. Capela can't be played late in the 4th quarter

7. The team should have waited longer to fire LLoyd Pierce

[bleachkit]

2 minutes ago, Sothron said:

That's on the HC. Clearly they were out to show what they can do even with all the injuries.

It's one game. tell me what you think after that 7 game west coast road trip in late March.

[JayBirdHawk]

2 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

Nate played OO much more than LP ever has.

He played 10 minutes tonight.  In 3 consecutive games against Denver (W), Cleveland (L) and Boston (W)  - he played 13, 10 and 12 minutes respectively. Then he played about 4 minutes the last 2 games. 

[JayBirdHawk]

The Biggest question is can we win 2 games in a row on a back to back.

[MaceCase]

Allow ourselves a month to dissuade any ‘dead coach bounce’ aka ‘the Lawrence Frank’ thoughts.

[terrell]

2 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

It's one game. tell me what you think after that 7 game west coast road trip in late March.

Thats a killer trip...If we can win just 3 of those games, Ill be impressed....

[hylndr11]

Atl 23 turnovers miami 7 turnovers 

Cleaning this up is going to make a huge diff

[Sothron]

3 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

It's one game. tell me what you think after that 7 game west coast road trip in late March.

I know its one game dude but we can be happy with a big win, right?

[REHawksFan]

2 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

Well...A lot of myths were busted tonight!

1.  Coaching won't matter with these layers

2. Hawks can only win shootouts

3. Trae Young has to score 30 to give the Hawks a chance to win

4. This team can't play defense without Reddish and Hunter

5. Trae Young is the worse defender in the league.

6. Capela can't be played late in the 4th quarter

7. The team should have waited longer to fire LLoyd Pierce

You got 6 out of 7 locked down. A little early to say No. 3 is busted. If you think 94 pts wins most nights you are sorely mistaken. 

I doubt they win consistently with Trae limited offensively. Dont win tonight if Trae isn't taking and making those long 3s in the 4th.