Official Game Thread: Hawks at Knicks -- GAME 2

[hawkman]

2 minutes ago, hawkzlova123 said:

It's pretty awesome how trae altogether ignored the spitting . Was he even aware? If so that's incredible patience and ignoring non sense

He did the same after getting tripped by Noel. In fact, all the Hawks have pretty much ignored the foolishness. Nate did a good job of getting them prepared for this series. Arguing with the refs or getting caught up with the crowd's antics is futile. Maybe, Nate can take a tech to keep the officials on their toes but that would probably have little impact on the officiating over the course of the series. The officiating is what it is at this point. 

[macdaddy]

2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

With all the Shenanigans - Hawks had every chance to win this game.  With 5:06 left, the score was tied at 91 on a Capela dunk.  Then it all went downhill. 

Bogi - missed 3, Capela - missed bunny, Bogi - missed 3, Hunter - missed 3, Hunter - missed 3, Young - missed 3, Bogi - missed 3, Hunter - missed alley hoop, Hunter - got fouled, hit 1 free throw - that was all Folks. So that is 

1 point in the last 5 minutes.

This is the thing.  Everyone blaming Nate for not bringing the starters back but would it have mattered?   The starters tied it up but then proceeded to give it away.   

[RedDawg#8]

We lost by 9. Probably less if not for having to play the foul game late.

Make 3 of those wide open shots and we win this game. Period

[RedDawg#8]

37 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

This is the thing.  Everyone blaming Nate for not bringing the starters back but would it have mattered?   The starters tied it up but then proceeded to give it away.   

I think so, even if its just to mix them in. Dre JUST got back in to the lineup. Most of these guys have played really well next to or as starters. I dont see the need to ride a 5 man bench unit heavy minutes together. They should get one timeout, two max on the floor without a starter or 2 out there with them.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 hours ago, macdaddy said:

This is the thing.  Everyone blaming Nate for not bringing the starters back but would it have mattered?   The starters tied it up but then proceeded to give it away.   

 

They shouldn't have had to battle back from 10 down to begin with.  Once that lead got to 6 for the Knicks, Trae should've been back in the game.

No reason why Trae isn't logging close to 40 minutes in a series like this. I know coach wants to get Lou his minutes.  But let's keep it real.  Lou hasn't exaclty been setting the world on fire the last 4 weeks.  He's only scored in double figures in 4 of his last 12 games, while shooting like 36% FG in the process.

Playoffs are all about adjustments.  And in this game, Thibs made the right adjustments ( out of desperation, but they worked ).

Rose and Gibson started the 2nd half.  Barrett, who was wasn't bad at all in the game, didn't play the final 15 minutes of the game.  The Knicks bench thoroughly outplayed our group with Rose and Randle off the floor.

So if Nate thinks for one minute that he can rely on "set rotations" in the playoffs, this series will be lost in 6 games.  In the playoffs, you play the people who are producing.  And you give a very short leash to bench players, in which the pressure of the playoffs may be too great for them.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Taj Gibson was ( +23 ) in the game.

Taj freakin Gibson.

 

Unacceptable.

[ATLHawks3]

McMillan needs to do something similar to the Knicks by sending 3 guys to rim to get defensive rebounds. We were too reliant on Clint in game 2 to get those boards and as a result were out rebounded by these guys. Also John just settle down and play your game and stop picking up these ticky tack fouls.

[macdaddy]

15 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Thibs made the right adjustments ( out of desperation, but they worked ).

He didn't really.  they worked because we couldn't throw it in the ocean.  Knicks played like absolute garbage.   We were just worse down the stretch.   

Still can't believe there is no repercussion for the Noel trip of Trae.  WTF?