Official Game Thread: Hawks at Knicks -- GAME 2

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 minutes ago, hylndr11 said:

Which rotations , I stopped watching med 3rd and it was still starters mostly and gallo.i believe , I must have missed something, but Collins being out and not being able to help capella messed up a bunch , we should have been up 25 at the half 

 

Nate put the entire bench in and they lose a 13 point lead.

Nate left them in, despite being ice cold.

Trae didn't get back into the game until the Hawks were down by 10.

 

Despite the Hawks coming back to tie it, that was virtually the game right there.

[bleachkit]

Their bigs are clowning our bigs. 

[Thomas]

Nate first and foremost lost us a chance in the fourth. Our shooting finished it for us in ugly fashion. 

[NBASupes]

Gallo was tired. He looked worn out by the 3rd. He played too many mins. You know Gallo only good for 24 mins a game

[timebomb]

Nate miss managed this one. He’s an actual HC but there’s a reason he was our assistant. Oh and JC wanted outta this game. I’m sitting there telling my wife look JC going to foul again he’s  playing outta control. Boom fouls again. I’m like he’s not done he’s looking to foul out. Boom another foul. If you give that guy max money you’re hamstring this team for years. Could’ve and should’ve won this game. 

Edited May 27, 2021 by timebomb

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

Their bigs are clowning our bigs. 

Capela was looking like shit on offense. 

[MarylandHawk]

12 minutes ago, Cwell said:

Capela - 4 points

Collins - 0 points

what the entire flip? Smh

Was Collins in early foul trouble?  Seem like he hardly played. I think Nate is going to have to tighten his rotation on the rest of the road games. But Gall is going to have to step up. 

[hylndr11]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Nate put the entire bench in and they lose a 13 point lead.

Nate left them in, despite being ice cold.

Trae didn't get back into the game until the Hawks were down by 10.

 

Despite the Hawks coming back to tie it, that was virtually the game right there.

Well hopefully he'll learn from that , the closer we get till the end of the series he won't have a choice anyway

[benhillboy]

Rose got too many dribble drives off for my liking.  Sucks Dunn ain’t in playoff shape.

Edited May 27, 2021 by benhillboy

[Jody23]

11 minutes ago, hawkman said:

Should be on to the next one up 2-0. The Hawks could have survived Nate screwing up by leaving the bench in too long OR guys missing wide open shots if those were isolated incidents. You can't have both of those things happen in the second half of a Playoff game and win. This was a very winnable game. The Hawks got in their own way tonight.

Agreed.

[MarylandHawk]

It was nice to see Hunter come alive. Although he missed some key wide ope shots down the stretch.  He needs to learn and improve.  

[NBASupes]

Just now, Thomas said:

Nate first and foremost lost us a chance in the fourth. Our shooting finished it for us in ugly fashion. 

That play out of the timeout where a cold Bogi took and curl three pointer was an insanely stupid play. We needed to get to the paint. 

I'll give the Knicks credit. They did the one thing I said was massive for the game. Win the rebounding battle. A big reason for this was without JC. Its was Capela by himself. 

[timebomb]

Just now, MarylandHawk said:

Was Collins in early foul trouble?  Seem like he hardly played. I think Nate is going to have to tighten his rotation on the rest of the road games. But Gall is going to have to step up. 

He put himself in foul trouble with out of control play.

[615Hawk]

Taj Gibson and Noel are hustling. Our guys aren’t. Also Taj getting called for 1 foul call in 30 mins is ridiculous. 

[hawkman]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Nate put the entire bench in and they lose a 13 point lead.

Nate left them in, despite being ice cold.

Trae didn't get back into the game until the Hawks were down by 10.

 

Despite the Hawks coming back to tie it, that was virtually the game right there.

Guys miss shots in basketball. It happens. Coaching mistakes are more egregious. There's absolutely no excuse for a coach to watch the bench crash and burn like that and do nothing to stop it. 

[NBASupes]

Just now, MarylandHawk said:

It was nice to see Hunter come alive. Although he missed some key wide ope shots down the stretch.  He needs to learn and improve.  

That's dead legs. This is his 5th game back. He will be fully back my game 4. 

[Thomas]

So trying to lighten up a bit and will say we blocked double digit shots tonight and Capela blocked five so there was some activity on that end.

[NBASupes]

Just now, 615Hawk said:

Taj Gibson and Noel are hustling. Our guys aren’t. Also Taj getting called for 1 foul call in 30 mins is ridiculous. 

They are also fouling like mad men and not getting called for it but you know who does?

[Cwell]

1 minute ago, benhillboy said:

I may be ignorant to the situation but is Dunn hurt or what?  I gotta believe he could cut those Rose dribble drives in half.

It was already established he wouldn’t be in the playoff rotation. He’s healthy

[JayBirdHawk]

2 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Gallo was tired. He looked worn out by the 3rd. He played too many mins. You know Gallo only good for 24 mins a game

Nate could have put Solo in with the starters for a few minutes to spell Galo.  Nate was too stubborn with the game plan to stick with this rotations and the time he brought Trae back in the 4th.

2 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

I may be ignorant to the situation but is Dunn hurt or what?  I gotta believe he could cut those Rose dribble drives in half.

Nate said he is rolling with Lou at backup PG and using a 9 man rotation for the playoffs.