Official Game Thread: Hawks at 76ers -- GAME 1

[Dexmethylphenidate]

7 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I wonder if since we took G1, Hawks hold him out until G3 back in Atlanta?

If Hunter is upgraded to probable then he should play. He's in a good rhythm. Hawks need everything they got.  

[Thomas]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

 

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Trae said it all right there. Clapped his hands and a "Yeah". Beautiful.

[JTB]

12 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

I disagree. We had a number of turnovers that were completely our fault. Trae passing it directly to Thybulle, Bogi letting himself get mugged. Cant cry refs, sorry. 

Smh Philly was allowed to foul at the end on those turnovers. Not crying to the refs but it is what it is.

the refs called the game completely different at the end...not surprising but unexpectedly 

there’s no adjusting for bullshit you have to just play through it like they did and got the W.

Edited June 6, 2021 by JTB

[Thomas]

So Trae with 35 and 10 against the #1 seed. This is reflecting time now that the cardiac arrest thing has subsided. lol. Great impact by the smallest cat on the court.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Thomas

[timebomb]

Well I said in another thread I liked the matchup. They can’t guard Trea despite all the defensively minded guards and we would attack Embiid offensively and defensively. I thought Hunter would neutralize Simmons and we’d guard Harris like Randle.  Obviously Hunter was out tonight so we’ll see how that goes. But I was right about the first two Trae and how we attacked Embiid but I was wrong about Harris we guarded Simmons like Randle. But overall it kinda played out how I thought, except the huge lead and almost collapse. 
We did what we needed to do and stole one on the road. We just need to play our game and we can win this series.

[cam1218]

2 minutes ago, JTB said:

Smh Philly was allowed to foul at the end on those turnovers. Not crying to the refs but it is what it is.

the refs called the game completely different at the end...not surprising but unexpectedly 

End of the second quarter too honestly. I felt they were trying to keep the score close before halftime. 

[TheTruth]

7 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

 

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OK - We've heard "Hold my nuts!"

"Hold my beer!"

and "Hold my *eggplant*"

But Bogi, "Hold my nips"? 

[Bonkers]

Trae does NOT need to play the entire 3rd qtr. Nate needs to realize that next game. He looked tired

[TheNorthCydeRises]

8 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Snell isnt getting significant minutes. Again, who's minutes are you taking away to put him in?

This guy played 25 minutes tonight. 

 

 

With no Hunter, you split the minutes between Solo and Snell.  In the 2nd half, you play whomever is playing the best.

On you increase Kevin's minutes to 35.

[gHost83]

F U LP! 

[bleachkit]

8 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Knife seems like a very obvious answer to me.

Nah, give me the Knife. Gotta have your bulldog in there. Snell shoots at a high %, but come on, he takes like two shots a game. It's not enough.

[Dejay]

The human victory cigar is now here. As mandated, I did not watch the game and was at H-Mart with the family.  After today's win, they are frantically trying to make plans for Wednesday and Friday night to keep me occupied.

Heard that Trae went off. Someone give me the 411...

[Wretch]

BS aside, are we better than we think we are?  All year, I've held my excitement because....Atlanta.  But we've had some pretty convincing wins this season.  I knew we would thrash NY in the first round, and I felt like we could beat Philly or at least make it a difficult series for them.  

...but we have been looking scary good.  We just wiped the floor with the best team in the East...from buzzer to buzzer.

[terrell]

Im still thinking about that Huerter pass out of the double team.....That was HUGE.

Edited June 6, 2021 by terrell

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, Bonkers said:

Trae does NOT need to play the entire 3rd qtr. Nate needs to realize that next game. He looked tired

 

 

Nate had Bogi out of the game, and picked that time to stagger the minutes of Trae and Bogi.

We were only outscored by 4 in the 3rd quarter, so it didn't hurt us.

[bleachkit]

Just now, terrell said:

Im Sstill thinking about that Huerter pass out of the double team.....That was HUGE.

Huerter was really the x factor today. 

[Thomas]

The three-point line was in some ways the story of the game, as Atlanta shot 20-of-47 (42.6%) from deep while the Sixers made just 10-of-28 (35.7%).

Well that and the refs.

[HawkingAwesome]

9 minutes ago, Dexmethylphenidate said:

If Hunter is upgraded to probable then he should play. He's in a good rhythm. Hawks need everything they got.  

Is he an upgrade over solo, yes 100000, but they took care of business without him. 

[Thomas]

2 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Nah, give me the Knife. Gotta have your bulldog in there. Snell shoots at a high %, but come on, he takes like two shots a game. It's not enough.

Did you watch Knife's impact today?? Not saying it happens all series but today was a very good time for Solo to watch some.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, Dejay said:

The human victory cigar is now here. As mandated, I did not watch the game and was at H-Mart with the family.  After today's win, they are frantically trying to make plans for Wednesday and Friday night to keep me occupied.

Heard that Trae went off. Someone give me the 411...

Tale of 2 games.

 

Hawks dominated for 44 minutes.

Hawks almost gave it all away in the last 4.

 

It would've been one of the top 5 Atlanta choke jobs of all time, had we blown it.   Not the worst, but definitely up there.