Official Game Thread: 76ers at Hawks -- GAME 4

[lethalweapon3]

The first sign you've officially crossed the Rubicon is, there's some dude selling knockoff commemorative tees on the other shore.

That Hawkeye is about where my eyes were midway through the second quarter.

~lw3

[JayBirdHawk]

7 minutes ago, lethalweapon3 said:

The first sign you've officially crossed the Rubicon is, there's some dude selling knockoff commemorative tees on the other shore.

That Hawkeye is about where my eyes were midway through the second quarter.

~lw3

...and here I was thinking that 'Legend' was the biggest issue with this shirt!

[Gray Mule]

WOW!  HAWKS WIN!!

Ice cold - final seconds of the game - Trae calmly hits his two free throws!  Puts Atlanta up by 3!

Defense!  76ers shooter covered up but not fouled as he attempted the three to tie the game.  He had been hot all night but not this time - - Too much good defense!

Hawks still alive!  Someone had posted, "I hope the 76ers are enjoying the Atlanta night life while they are here."  Well, we know not whether they did or not but we Hawk fans sure enjoyed life in Atlanta last night!

Embiid's injury has finally caught up with him.  He fought a good fight.  He gave it his all.  His engine ran out of steam.  He just couldn't draw enough fouls to carry the 76ers, but he tried.  He cries a lot.  Learned this from Doc, no doubt.  The crying coach.  

Fans here posted, over and over, about the officials not giving the Hawks any calls which they felt that were deserved.  Ask Doc.  All the calls made last night went against the 76ers!  Any one know what the NBA said about the calls?  I believe they closely monitor the final 2 minutes.

Does this victory swing the pressure to the 76ers?  Will Embiid be able to continue?  If not, and Atlanta wins in Philadelphia, the odds have to favor the Hawks with 2 chances to win one.  In the 1st half last night, both teams were up tight.  Missing makeable shots.  Atlanta worse than the 76ers.  Finally, in the second half, the Hawks relaxed and played their game.  

Go on the road.  Open the game, shooting hot and playing defense.  76ers didn't.  Hawks need to do this in our next game.

GO BIG A !!

[JayBirdHawk]

29 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Schlenk said on radio a few minutes ago he didn't know about it before the game either.  Said that 20 minutes before the game, Trae went to trainers and told them it felt a little sore, so they taped it up.  

Trae said he got hit on a screen in G3 so it felt sore.

Kids a gamer:

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Young said he first hurt the shoulder in Game 3 on Friday, but noted: "I wasn't gonna tell nobody anyways other than the training staff" because he was adamant he would play in Game 4. He was not listed on the injury report prior to Game 4.

 

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"It wasn't bothering me," Young said of his shoulder. "It was just fighting through it. Knowing it was kind of sore, I was trying to work it out and keep it warm throughout the game. I'm not blaming my shooting on my arm. I feel like I had a lot of good looks. The shots just weren't going in. I gotta be better at knocking down my shots."

 

[lethalweapon3]

So you're saying (if I properly change the coach) there's a chance?

 

~lw3

[kg01]

12 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Kids a gamer:

 

 

Meanwhile ... footage of JoeLL prepping for his postseason media session ...

[hylndr11]

9 hours ago, HawkingAwesome said:

 

Are korver and smith stoned? Why is korver even on tv this is a super bland platitude broadcast I e ever seen although I never though Kyle or smith were tv personalities jeez

[lethalweapon3]

2 minutes ago, hylndr11 said:

Are korver and smith stoned? Why is korver even on tv this is a super bland platitude broadcast I e ever seen although I never though Kyle or smith were tv personalities jeez

noooo I love these sleepy-headed guys with their Lukewarm Takes! It's good to dial the temperature down a bit from the four-letter network's reactionary content.

Kahl and Smitty (and any Hawks coach that just got fired and needs work) are only on this channel because (a) they, like a LOT of ex-NBA employees, choose to live in The A, and (b) AT&T/Turner Studios is here, too.

Besides, Smitty's weekly "Under the Rim" segment (thanks to the clever producers) is comedy gold. And they can only trot out Sam Mitchell but so much!

 

~lw3

 

 

[kg01]

Wonder how Glenn Rivers, author of 3 different 3-1 series lead collapses, is holding up these days ....

Edited June 15, 2021 by kg01

[hylndr11]

Are y'all seeing this, korver looking down at the desk as he finishes his statements. Strange 

 

Anyway, I missed the game, did the hawks do something a lot different defensively or was this more hero ball from sixers and we kinda took advantage of that.  Or was the slowing if embeed kid taken advantage of? 

 

 

[TheTruth]

1 hour ago, lethalweapon3 said:

So you're saying (if I properly change the coach) there's a chance?

 

~lw3

Wow! To be nearly .500 when trailing by 10+ is crazy! Nate has truly been a game changer! 

Edited June 15, 2021 by TheTruth

[macdaddy]

Apologies if already shared but anyone notice this tweet pop up during the tnt broadcast?

 

 

[Dynamo]

Great Win By The Atlanta Hawks

[KB21]

It was a good night.  I had Mississippi State/Notre Dame on one TV and Atlanta/Philly on another.  I'm still recovering.  Holy Shit!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[kg01]

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Love to see #30 makin' that business decision just in time ...

Sun was like, "What the FORKmaz!"

[JayBirdHawk]

 

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The Hawks shot 36.6 percent from the floor. They shot 30 percent from 3. They shot just over 50 percent at the rim. Trae Young was 8-for-26 and sported athletic tape on his right shoulder from a minor injury he sustained in Game 3, which caused him to have it wrapped whenever he was on the bench. John Collins was 6-for-15. The Sixers shot 41 percent from 3. Joel Embiid had 17 points and 21 rebounds. Tobias Harris once again scored at least 20 points. Seth Curry was 7-for-10 from the floor. The Hawks were down by 18 near the end of the first half. Atlanta pulled it off. Somehow, someway. The Hawks did it. They won 103-100. They found a way to claw their way back in a game.....

What was most impressive was how composed a team of mostly first-timers in the playoffs looked even with the odds stacked against them at the end of the first half. It was a completely different group in the third quarter. Shots started to fall. Collins’ energy on the court was infectious. Young started making shots. Clint Capela helped limit Embiid to 0-for-12 in the second half. The Hawks turned the ball over only four times all game, a franchise low in the playoffs. 

The Hawks might have also found a lineup combination that works to match the Sixers’ size in playing Danilo Gallinari at the four and Collins at the three. That lineup brought the Hawks back in the game late in the third quarter. That combination, along with Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic on the floor, played the second-most minutes for the Hawks and was a plus-five. Nate McMillan said he likes how that group is still able to retain shooting on the floor while being physical enough defensively to hold the Sixers. Collins has been the only player defensively this series who has done a solid job of guarding Harris, so it will be interesting to see how that unit is used for the rest of the series; it has worked despite that three-man group never being played together during the regular season.,,,

 We had 21 second-chance points. The hustle game, the scrap game was one of the keys that we felt we had to win to beat Philadelphia. He did a great job of getting us second and third opportunities. That was big.”

 

[ATLHawks3]

Get 'em, Steve!

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[BrazilianHawk]

13 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Capela is lucky he won. That mishandled pass from JC with 16 seconds left could have cost us the game. 

Eh... Capela wasn't great yesterday, but a lot of Hawks failed that play before he did. That ball should never have gotten to Clint, it should've been shot way before that.