Official Game Thread: heat at Hawks

[benhillboy]

This game reminded me of the Bud 60 win team.  Also like when Pop would sit Tim and Manu and still win by 12.  Nate that dude man.

[marco102]

1 minute ago, Atlantaholic said:

He's a keeper. I wish he would play this well coming off the bench though, it seems all his good performances are when he starts so far thi syear. 

He came off the bench tonight.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

18 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

It’s so refreshing to watch this team without Trae for me, I know I’m in the scant minority.  Balanced scoring, sound team defense without a weak link.  

 

So why did they collapse in the Knicks game, with Trae not available?

And in that game, the collapse was almost immediate,

[Atlantaholic]

Just now, hawkman said:

Yeah but Joe was a monster for the Hawks the minute he put on a Hawks uniform. He was a two way player that could score and pass it. There's a difference between a guy having a great month and a guy that had the Hawks on his shoulders for several Playoff seasons. 

I understand, it was hyperbole, all I'm saying is this level of play is elite atm. 

[hawkman]

Just now, Atlantaholic said:

I understand, it was hyperbole, all I'm saying is this level of play is elite atm. 

I can agree with that. 

[Spud2nique]

Does anyone know our record when we wear the MLK jersey’s? We play some inspired team ball and team D when we wear MLK across our chests and rightfully so. Beautiful.

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, marco102 said:

He came off the bench tonight.

ahhh, my mistake. Missed the farst half and assumed he had started. Still, seems like he has a different attitude the games Trae misses. He needs to maintain that aggressiveness every game. 

[Buzzard]

9 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Someone compared Bogi to JJ.... I think they may have been selling him short. What a month so far by this guy. 

I did in a way on another board. I called his potential as 18/5/5 which is not exact;y JJ but close enough for hand grenades,

[Atlantaholic]

Just now, Spud2nique said:

Does anyone know our record when we wear the MLK jersey’s? We play some inspired team ball and team D when we wear MLK across our chests and rightfully so. Beautiful.

We were undefeated last I checked. 

[marco102]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

So why did they collapse in the Knicks game, with Trae not available?

And in that game, the collapse was almost immediate,

Don't feed into man.  It's not a debate worth having.  There's an ignore function for a reason.

[Atlantaholic]

3 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

This game reminded me of the Bud 60 win team.  Also like when Pop would sit Tim and Manu and still win by 12.  Nate that dude man.

Nate is legt af. Always has been. 

[Spud2nique]

Just now, Atlantaholic said:

We were undefeated last I checked. 

Niiiiice! Ya I kinda recalled @JayBirdHawk making a post about it but wasn’t sure if we were undefeated or one loss. 
 

Thanks for the info. Love it!

[marco102]

2 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

1 minute ago, Atlantaholic said:

We were undefeated last I checked. 

Does anyone know our record when we wear the MLK jersey’s? We play some inspired team ball and team D when we wear MLK across our chests and rightfully so. Beautiful.

Lost one to the Bucks.  That's it.

[Atlantaholic]

3 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

So why did they collapse in the Knicks game, with Trae not available?

And in that game, the collapse was almost immediate,

There will be games we absolutely need Trae, but the fact we are undefeated in games with no Trae since Nate took over shows that this team offensively has so many options that any given night we don't really need Trae. Which is something new for us. 

[RedDawg#8]

I dont wanna hear nothing else about OO being too small to play center. Either keep that energy about Bam, or put it to rest. OO is physically the exact same size as Bam with visually bigger arms on him. Bam looks like he lost some weight this year. But regardless OO can matchup just as well as Bam does. Give him the same amount of time to develop in the NBA and there will be zero question about that.

[Buzzard]

Great win being down three starters. I do hope Capela can go Sunday. It'd be great to see Hunter back soon also!

[Spud2nique]

Just now, marco102 said:

Lost one to the Bucks.  That's it.

Oh that’s right. Well, one ain’t bad but man these unis still bring it for us. My fav unis and good luck for us for sure.

[Spud2nique]

3 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

Nate is legt af. Always has been. 

Ya Nate is making us play defense as a team like he did as an individual. It’s crazy awesome stuff.

[bleachkit]

Great team win. Everyone pretty much played well. Bogi was outstanding with 21 pts and 8 assists. He looks like a borderline all star. Great game Brandon! 17 much needed points. OO with some excellent defense. Very active on that end. JC with 20, Gallo with 17. Damn fine team win.

[BrazilianHawk]

WHAT A WIN!

 

Excellent play by everyone on the court. And awesome coaching by Nate. PAY THIS MAN NOW!

Everybody found a way to contribute for what's perhaps the biggest win of the season.

 

Special props for

3OGI FOTHREEEEEEEEEEEEEE (21, 8 AST)

JC the Baptist (20, 8 REB)

Kevin 11, 6 AST, 5 STL (!!!) 

BG excellent all around game and an amazing putback. 

 

Everyone one on the bench played really well. It would be unfair not to mention Gallo's excellent shooting on his return, and Sweet Lou with his timely buckets. All of the 9 survivors played great! 

 

I LOVE Nate's coaching. What a win!