Official Game Thread: Hawks at Knicks -- GAME 1

[HawkingAwesome]

2 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

Don't get me wrong, I think JC was solid.  Played a good game and had his moments.  But I think he could be more of a factor for the entirety of the game.  The Hawks have room to feature him more if they want to.  So the point is that the Hawks can get more production from several guys and they still won by 2. 

Hawks have a bunch of guys who can get you 20 - 25 how any do the knicks have? 

[Duff_Man]

41 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Back-hand compliment alert, the guy Scalabrine ... "Trae is elite at drawing contact ... I don't even know where he'd fit in the league if he wasn't so elite at drawing fouls."

Really, clown-a**?

D-Wade and Harden would have been D-leaguers without doing that exact same stuff.

[BrazilianHawk]

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Is there a video with the Bally's call?

It's not excellent quality, but there it is. 

 

[kg01]

21 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

You have to wonder if these clowns took time away from looking stupid perpetuating a narrative to actually watch the game. There was ZERO foul baiting and FTs played such a minor role in Trae's overall game that it's actually a non-story.  T

 

19 minutes ago, marco102 said:

I don't get their complex with Trae, but we don't care anymore. He is changing his own narrative. Every call he got was a foul. 

 

I'll give him credit for his comments on Randle.  Said, hidden in all the Trae stuff, is the FACT that Randle didn't show up las' night.  Said Gallo is a guy that gets no credit for actually being a good defensive player.  Said Randle was the most disappointing player so far (1 game, of course), even more so than Aunt Davis.

- I noticed Gallo d'ing up Randle multiple times last night and I was actually surprised how effective he was in spots.

15 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

You know somebody in that officiating crew is getting chewed out by the league this morning for not calling a BS illegal screen on JC to save the Knicks.

How about the mooooving screens by Gibson to free up Burks' shots?

[TheNorthCydeRises]

7 hours ago, Dejay said:

Somewhere in NYC, Dominique would've killed to have the kind of skill players on his teams while in his prime that Trae has riding shotgun with him right now. Yes, it's a different game and era but do you see Randy Wittman or Snoop Graham getting major minutes on this team? 

 

Joe Johnson too.

Imagine him with a guy like Trae Young running the point.

Smoove did his best imitation of being a poor man's Draymond Green ( from a playmaking standpoint ) to help get Joe open looks.  But just imagine if you had to worry about Trae on the ball AND Joe off the ball?   And the lob threat to Smoove.  Hell, I even say that Trae turns Marvin Williams into a much better player than he turned out to be.

I appreciated everything Bibby did to bring some stability to the PG position, especially with his shooting.  But he's no Trae Young.  Not even by a long shot.

[lethalweapon3]

21 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Do you have the audio? Id like to hear that. No one blows a gasket like Steve.

Not yet! They're playing it on audacy's 929thegame radio about once per hour.

~lw3

[Dnice]

How yall doing after a night's sleep?  I know everyone was amped, and browsing for reactions,  I was trying to watch NBAtv, and Bally postgame, and since Memphis was leading and held on, trying to see that too.

[Lurker]

It's pretty funny that you're still getting complaints about how Trae is a foul merchant. Like dude, he may have shot some free throws last night but that was far from a big story about his game.

[Dnice]

1 minute ago, Lurker said:

It's pretty funny that you're still getting complaints about how Trae is a foul merchant. Like dude, he may have shot some free throws last night but that was far from a big story about his game.

Even had a decent lead for a little while before any kind of foul drawing,

[bleachkit]

6 minutes ago, kg01 said:

 

I'll give him credit for his comments on Randle.  Said, hidden in all the Trae stuff, is the FACT that Randle didn't show up las' night.  Said Gallo is a guy that gets no credit for actually being a good defensive player.  Said Randle was the most disappointing player so far (1 game, of course), even more so than Aunt Davis.

- I noticed Gallo d'ing up Randle multiple times last night and I was actually surprised how effective he was in spots.

How about the mooooving screens by Gibson to free up Burks' shots?

No question. It's one of those calls a ref can make on any play.

[NBASupes]

I hate Knicks fans and their media but I love shitting on them in the Garden

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, HawkingAwesome said:

Espn quiet

 

HELLA QUIET!! 

Only Hannah Storm defended us, because they refused to put Trae's game winner in the SportCenter Top 10.  She was surprised it wasn't #1 and jokingly called them out on it.

 

I still have a little bit of a hangover headache from the alcohol yesterday, so I called into work today.

I really want to see what the media says about this game.  Guess I'll have to wait until First Take and Undisputed to get a little commentary on it.  And I may not get it then.

I'll get in my car this afternoon and probably ride around, just to specifically to listen to the Sirius NBA radio talking heads.

 

I see GET UP is FINALLY about to talk about the "thriller" at MSG next . . almost 80 minutes into their show.  Let's see how much time they spend on it.

 

[Gray Mule]

Ice Trae on those last two free throws!  Remember what I always say, "You gotta hit your free throws!"

MUST WIN GAME!

NY now faces a must win game.  They have already lost their home field edge.  If Atlanta wins all their home games, they win in 6.  Several things I noticed last night.  NY bench out scored their starters.  If they go with the same starters next game, it will probably happen again.  Them subs for NY are good.

Am I the only one to notice this?  Atlanta players sure have great hands.  Almost every ball that went out of bounds was touched last by a Hawk.  The big exception was when Rose lost it when he had just saved himself from a back court violation.  Couldn't deny that one.  

It will not happen again.  Opening the game, NY missed a lot of their shots and didn't score.  Atlanta also missed a lot of shots but scored on second opportunity.  Don't expect either team to be cold in the second meeting.

Must win game.  Imagine, going to Atlanta, down 2-0 to the Hawks.  Can Burke and Rose pull the next one out?  Will Mr. all everything, Julius Randal destroy Trae and his ice cold mates?  

GO ATL HAWKS !!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

HELLA QUIET!! 

Only Hannah Storm defended us, because they refused to put Trae's game winner in the SportCenter Top 10.  She was surprised it wasn't #1 and jokingly called them out on it.

 

I still have a little bit of a hangover headache from the alcohol yesterday, so I called into work today.

I really want to see what the media says about this game.  Guess I'll have to wait until First Take and Undisputed to get a little commentary on it.  And I may not get it then.

I'll get in my car this afternoon and probably ride around, just to specifically to listen to the Sirius NBA radio talking heads.

 

I see GET UP is FINALLY about to talk about the "thriller" at MSG next . . almost 80 minutes into their show.  Let's see how much time they spend on it.

 

Total time.  47 seconds

LMAO!!

 

Greeny said that Stephen A was at the game, and had more to say about it.  I guess we have to wait until the end of the show, or until First Take, to hear his biased opinion.

 

Hahaha . . I love it!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

11 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

Not yet! They're playing it on audacy's 929thegame radio about once per hour.

~lw3

 

Thank you for reminding me about 92.9 the game in Atlanta.   That's what I need to be listening to.

[kg01]

5 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

I hate Knicks fans and their media but I love shitting on them in the Garden

My ears just stopped bleeding from all the Knick-talk on the "national" broadcast.

Just realized, the PBP guy is the former Knick radio guy.  And, of course, Anthony is a former Knicks player.

"National" broadcast my a**

[Atlantaholic]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Aye Knick fans, regarding your COTY(sic), so FrenchFranq is good enough to guard Trae on the more important play of the game .... but he's not good enough to play any other minute of the whole game?

Weird or ........... panic?

Totally unfair to call that guy into the game, completely cold, and require him to stop a guy that's currently in supernova-mode.

Desperation move 100%. People criticizing the decision but fail to acknowledge that it highlights the bigger problem which is no one on that team can stay in front of Trae Young. Personally I think the bigger coaching failure was the gameplan from the outset. Basically the defensive philosophy with Trae was to play him tight straight one on one and force him to make plays in the paint... which is fn stupid honestly. Trae has been COOKING from that area of the floor both with his floater and his passing, so choosing to take away his perimeter shot which has actually been the weakest part of his game, and force him into his strength makes 0 sense. The way you play Trae is you take the ball away from his hands by blitzing him aggresively, either as he crosses half court or when he runs the PnR, you double him consistently and set up ambushes in certain spots on the floor, force the secondary ball handlers in Bogi and Huerter to make the plays and run those PnRs. 

[Atlantaholic]

2 minutes ago, kg01 said:

My ears just stopped bleeding from all the Knick-talk on the "national" broadcast.

Just realized, the PBP guy is the former Knick radio guy.  And, of course, Anthony is a former Knicks player.

"National" broadcast my a**

Anthony was pretty fair though giving the Hawks a ton of credit throughout most of the game. 

[AHF]

19 minutes ago, BrazilianHawk said:

It's not excellent quality, but there it is. 

 

What possible complaint could there be on this call?

[REHawksFan]

5 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Total time.  47 seconds

LMAO!!

 

Greeny said that Stephen A was at the game, and had more to say about it.  I guess we have to wait until the end of the show, or until First Take, to hear his biased opinion.

 

Hahaha . . I love it!

I watched the Stephen A - Kendrick Perkins clip from last week where Perk said Hawks would win the series and Trae would be the best player in the series. Said Hawks were just the better team.  Stephen A went off on him for that.  Anxious to see the follow up from these two after Game 1.  Should be fun.