Official Game Thread: Hawks at Knicks -- GAME 5

[Sothron]

I know Trae is going to get all the ink and that's fine. But...can we talk about our defense? The team defense? Amazing. We completely shut down the Knicks. I mean completely. Randle and RJ are so left hand dominant that it made it child's play to Nate to shut them boys down.

I loved it. I can't wait to see Stephen A. Smith eating crow on First Take. These BSPN fools that disrespected all season. 

As my old teammate would yell at the opposing bench during our games in college:

"We coming! We coming for DAT ASS! We coming!'

Philly...we coming for dat ass.

[marco102]

 

[Spud2nique]

Hey @kg01 thanks for talking me back to the squawk around 6 months ago. You were right, I didn’t want to miss this ride without all the wonderful faithfuls here at squawk. Where I live, you people don’t exist, it’s just a 60% Warrior fan/ 60% Laker fan base..  wait that’s... 120.. nevermind. In any event, we had a hell of a season and tonight capped a hell of a first round victory.

4 down.... 12 to go. 
 

ANYYYYYYYYYTHHHHIIIINNNGGGSSSSSPOSSSSSIIIIBBBBLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEE! 
 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Spud2nique

[aali34]

 

[kg01]

1 hour ago, marco102 said:

and cute

Dayum sho is.

[kg01]

1 hour ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Poor Ashley.

I'll comfort you, Ash.

[JayBirdHawk]

Solo strikes again, lol

 

...only guy left of the starters is JC.

[JayBirdHawk]

Built Tough!

 

 

[benhillboy]

13 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Built Tough!

 

 

Dope jacket.  Trae is one of the few well-dressed NBA players, that Ronald McDonald sweatsuit notwithstanding.

[benhillboy]

The Knicks have 7 Free Agents this summer.  None of them could earn a comparable roster spot here lol.

[aali34]

1 minute ago, benhillboy said:

The Knicks have 7 Free Agents this summer.  None of them could earn a comparable roster spot here lol.

Ehh Rose could.

[KB21]

Onyeka Okongwu is primed for a big second year jump.  H was very good when he subbed in for Clint.  He will have a full offseason and will have no injury issues to deal with going into year two.  We will see the DeAndre Hunter year two jump from him.  

[aali34]

1 minute ago, KB21 said:

Onyeka Okongwu is primed for a big second year jump.  H was very good when he subbed in for Clint.  He will have a full offseason and will have no injury issues to deal with going into year two.  We will see the DeAndre Hunter year two jump from him.  

His quick twitch reflexes are elite. He was sealing off the roller and blocked the ball handlers shot in the same possession.  A defense with him, Cam, and Dre would be so stingy and cover so much ground.

[Spud2nique]

7 minutes ago, aali34 said:

His quick twitch reflexes are elite

Yup and super smart on the court he makes team winning plays.

[Spud2nique]

Hey does anyone know if the Trae bowing was in honor of Reggie at MSG. If I remember correctly he bowed too..or was it Chuck Person..  somebody did.. 

Anyone? Wow, Reggie was right there so it makes sense. Didn’t even think of that till now. 
 

The bow is beautiful.

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Spud2nique

[aali34]

Just now, Spud2nique said:

Hey does anyone know if the Trae bowing was in honor of Reggie at MSG. If I remember correctly he bowed too..or was it Chuck Person..  somebody did.. 

Anyone? Wow, Reggie was right there so it makes sense. Didn’t even think of that till now. 
 

The bow is beautiful.

Nahh he's done it against highschool crowds in the past. He's a killer without having to pay homage.

[RedDawg#8]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Built Tough!

 

 

Somewhere Cam Reddish is like "really....everybody??? Yall not missing no one???"

[gurpilo]

Fantastic effort from the team, really unbelievable for a team this young.

I think we can challenge the Sixers, specially if they miss Embiid. I think we can really win if Embiid is not playing and I am serious.

[High5]

Somewhat disappointing close out game from Trae, but you couldn’t have asked for a cooler ending than that shot and bow. Never has an opposing player embarrassed a fan base more than that. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

9 minutes ago, High5 said:

Somewhat disappointing close out game from Trae, but you couldn’t have asked for a cooler ending than that shot and bow. Never has an opposing player embarrassed a fan base more than that. 

Trae in the 4th quarter

5 - 7 FG ( 2 - 4 3FG ) . . . . 8 - 9 FT . . 18 pts