Official Game Thread: Hawks at Clippers

[kg01]

Sucks but them dudes needed friggin Kennard and Mann to morph into the dang Wonder Twins for them to beat us.

Wonder Twins ... activate!  Form of ... fluke victory.

Kawhi gotta be givin PandemicP some major side eye as the trade deadline approaches.

[bleachkit]

Gallo is hurt.

[Buzzard]

The others let us down. Trae had 28 points, Collins had 23. The next high scorer was Snell with 13. We needed a lot more from Huerter, Gallinari, and Bogdan.

It may be time to start Bogdan.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, bleachkit said:

Gallo is hurt.

If so, that means more Solo . . smh

[Buzzard]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Gallo is hurt.

Where do you see that?

[terrell]

Nate McMillan says Danilo Gallinari did not play in the fourth quarter due to an injury.

smh..

[hawkman]

Just now, terrell said:

Nate McMillan says Danilo Gallinari did not play in the fourth quarter due to an injury.

smh..

So the Hawks get Hunter back but potentially lose Gallo. Sigh.

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, Buzzard said:

Where do you see that?

Coach said so. Not sure the severity.

[Dnice]

That was a risky signing. Gallo is usually in street clothes. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 minutes ago, terrell said:

Nate McMillan says Danilo Gallinari did not play in the fourth quarter due to an injury.

smh..

Well he should've played Knight.  He's provided defensive energy and offense every time he's stepped onto the court.

[bleachkit]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Well he should've played Knight.  He's provided defensive energy and offense every time he's stepped onto the court.

We could of used his energy in the 3rd.

[Spud2nique]

I had things to do for this game so I recorded it as usual, turned phone off and everything avoiding checking the scores all night. Came in fresh ready to watch and it didn’t record the game because it was blocked. First Hawks game I’ve missed in a while. 
 

Try to check out game time on NBAtv highlights and they haven’t had a new episode yet.

Went to sportscenter and it showed our highlights and I see we were up nearly 20 close to the end of the 3rd while Clipps played their bench and the bench brought them back. Ugh ..

Streak over at 8. Glad Hunter was bad. Hope to bounce back on Wednesday. Keep your heads up high young Hawks looks like we gave ourselves a chance to win and it just slipped away. 
 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

7 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Gallo is hurt.

 

7 hours ago, Buzzard said:

Where do you see that?

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

7 hours ago, Buzzard said:

The others let us down. Trae had 28 points, Collins had 23. The next high scorer was Snell with 13. We needed a lot more from Huerter, Gallinari, and Bogdan.

It may be time to start Bogdan.

Kevin had a bad game - he has been playing really well in the previous games.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

Agreed!

 

 

[kg01]

One positive sign is that the guys aren't excuse-making or complaining or blaming the refs ... leave that stuff to us.

We're fortunate Beverly didn't play or we'd have dudes in comas right now.  The selective whistle-swallowing was so cute.  Snell got absolutely broad-sided by 3 dudes late in that 4th.  Where's John Foy when you need the 'strong arm'?

[sturt]

Would it be an overreaction to say we need some veteran help for Capela?

No more than that we should be really really anxious to see what Dunn can do, imo (... and of course we should be).

 

Related...

I'm one of those who think that the next realization/evolution in pro basketball will be the advent of the equivalent of what the closer is to a baseball team... 5-man units whose primary function on the roster is to come into a game with 5-10 minutes remaining, and effectively shut-down the other team from scoring.

[KB21]

Rondo has played pretty well during this stretch of games, but last night in the third quarter, the team's offense went to crap with him on the floor.  He tried to isolate himself too much, and the ball movement on offense stopped.  That damn scoop shot of his wasn't falling either.  When Trae came back in, I felt like they pressed too much on offense and let the game get out of hand.  

Then late in the game, I felt like the officiating was clearly one sided.  Tony Snell got absolutely mugged at one point with no call.  

[Sothron]

Disappointed we lost but...

Clippers shot 72.2% from the floor (13-18) and 66.7% from 3 (6-9) in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Hawks, 37-20.

What else is there to say? When the other team basically doesn't miss for an entire quarter you aren't going to win a game.