Official Game Thread: Hawks at Lakers (3:30 PM Tip Time!)

[Peoriabird]

2 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

Trae has been complete trash

 

Distribute...stop shooting

You are going to upset the "Trae needs to shoot" Crowd!

[Cwell]

Harrell kinda looks like post football Warren Sapp

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Meanwhile . . . in the NCAA Tournament

(5) seed Creighton down by 1 with 16 seconds left

(2) seed Alabama up by 1 with 15 minutes left

 

[REHawksFan]

Just now, Peoriabird said:

That's been my point to @AHF...They have been  playing tough defense when needed under Nate

It obviously helps that LBJ and Davis are out so the Lakers are a shell of themselves. But regardless, Hawks are playing really tough defense. 

If they do this consistently against the better teams, I'll revise my opinion that they need Trae to score to have the best chances of winning. 

[Bonkers]

2 minutes ago, hawkman said:

Every player misses shots. It's not like he can't score. 

Smart Shot Selection leads to better efficiency. True or False?

 

A lot of Trae's misses are completely unnecessary 

Edited March 20, 2021 by Bonkers

[thecampster]

20 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

It has nothing to do with me being wrong or right.  It's the strategy that decent defensive teams tend to deploy against Trae.  They don't want him to get going offensively, because that's what will quickly extend a lead for us . . . just like what happened in the OKC game.

Right now, our defense is excellent ( along with horrible offense from LA ).  So even if Trae doesn't hit those scoring marks, we should be OK in this game.  But in a game in which our opponent is scoring at a normal rate, we'll have to keep pace.

Normally, Trae is that scoring spark.  Tonight, he hasn't made many jumpers, but we're +17 because of Collins and the team defense.

Take a like just to screw with Spud

[Thomas]

Trae is shooting some blanks but seems more and more OK with this team oriented distribution/scoring thing. Am truly enjoying it.

[Peoriabird]

Get Collins back in the game

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, Bonkers said:

Smart Shot Selection leads to better efficiency. True or False?

 

A lot of Trae's misses are completely unnecessary 

He's missed 3 wide open 3s that he normally makes at least 38% of the time.  And he's missed about 3 tough floaters.

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, Peoriabird said:

Get Collins back in the game

Read my mind! 

[hawkman]

1 minute ago, Bonkers said:

Smart Shot Selection leads to better efficiency. True or False?

 

A lot of Trae's misses are completely unnecessary 

How many times has Trae had rough shooting nights only to catch fire? Let's not have selective memory here. 

[Spud2nique]

2 minutes ago, thecampster said:

Take a like just to screw with Spud

JUST WIN BABY!!! I wanna high five all y’all at the end of this! I don’t care I just want a W.

[gHost83]

Number 4 here we come! 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

4 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

It obviously helps that LBJ and Davis are out so the Lakers are a shell of themselves. But regardless, Hawks are playing really tough defense. 

If they do this consistently against the better teams, I'll revise my opinion that they need Trae to score to have the best chances of winning. 

 

The missing piece in the offense is still finding easy shots for Trae.  No one on this team creates for him.  He has to take 80% of his shots off the dribble.

 

[Bonkers]

1 minute ago, hawkman said:

How many times has Trae had rough shooting nights only to catch fire? Let's not have selective memory here. 

Ok and is Trae's overall FG% over or under 45%? Yes or No

Just a Yes or No answer will suffice. Anything else and it's whatever

[hawkman]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

The missing piece in the offense is still finding easy shots for Trae.  No one on this team creates for him.  He has to take 80% of his shots off the dribble.

 

He needs to move more off the ball though. That would help a lot. 

[Peoriabird]

Collins is gobbling up every rebound!!!!

[Bonkers]

This team looks totally different under Nate

Wow

[hawkman]

Just now, Bonkers said:

Ok and is Trae's overall FG% over or under 45%? Yes or No

Just a Yes or No answer will suffice. Anything else and it's whatever

Not doing this. Peace.

[Thomas]

So King Jones has not matched up to well with our Capela today. Things in the post have really worked out for us right now. Keep Clint's feet healthy please.