Official Game Thread: Bucks at Hawks -- ECF GAME 3

[Diesel]

1 minute ago, Thomas said:

Well damn. Hoping Trae is good by Wednesday night. We know he will play because he is tough as it gets but am also hoping for no problems with that ankle. Do or die game.

Tuesday...

[Hawkmoor]

Nobody in that locker room looks like they believe what Nate is saying...

[TheNorthCydeRises]

4 minutes ago, REHawksFan said:

The refs sucked sure but the Hawks still led by 7 with 4 to play. They didn't defend, got out worked all night on the boards, and got nothing from Bogie. Once Trae got hurt there was zero offense. 

Better hope he's right for Game 4 or it's going to get ugly. Thats just the reality right now. We miss Hunter terribly and need the Bogie from the last half of the year to show up. 

 

Nah . . we were up 7 with 7:32 to play.  Then the Bucks go on a 13 - 3 run in like 2 minutes, and we were down by 3.

That's when you called game.

[Threezus]

7 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

Nate stubbornness is 2nd to the refs incompetent. He didn't hurt Trae. The ref did.

Im not giving the refs any leeway either they were garbage as well but even with their garbage the Hawks were in the lead and playing well enough to win.  The minute Huerter left the floor and OO left Middleton went straight nuclear not long after.   Huerter and OO was giving people fits tonight on defense and we were ahead.  To me that means you leave some of your better defending people in instead of the injured players giving you absolute garbage.   

Also im about sick of Cam getting no minutes over  Solo and Bogi no one can tell me he isn;t ready as i seen him play last night and he was more than well enough to give you better minutes than bogi and Solo can even if it's defensively. 

[MarylandHawk]

9 minutes ago, NBASupes said:

I see why Indy fans wanted Nate gone. It don't make sense sticking to a lineup when shit ain't working. I felt he adjusted against Philly but against Milwaukee, he riding with shit that's not working

Calm down bro, we are 3 games from the FINALS with a team we all would have been happy with making to the second round. 

[Sothron]

We lose the game because the ref didn't move seeing Trae come literally right at him. We still win that game despite the incredibly one sided calling if that doesn't happen.

The NBA has officially stooped to trying to get refs to hurt Trae Young to get us out of the playoffs. Disgusting.

[AUhawksfan]

Man, this thread is full of overreactions. I’m still team Nate and we wouldn’t be here without him. The loss sucks but let’s see how we come out next game. The series is not over but we need to take the next one 100% if Trae is healthy. 

[hawkman]

1 minute ago, MarylandHawk said:

Ok, who are you going to find that better?  He is getting the most out of this squad. This team will be even better next year with this experience and a chance to add more pieces. 

I'm not saying don't bring him back but this is a legitimate problem that has costed the Hawks Playoff games. A loss on Tuesday and this series won't make it back to Atlanta. With Trae hurt, the game was still right there. 

[terrell]

Wtf is up with Bogi man...smh

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, Diesel said:

Yall are a piece of work...

This man has taken this franchise farther than it ever has been...   I'm taking about the Atlanta Hawks... not the St. Louis Hawks... that's a different franchise... but Nate has taken us farther than we ever have been and with our injuries he did it with bubble gum and maskin tape... and yall are being critical of his coaching???

Do you know everybody believes that we should have lost to the Knicks?

And yall are being critical of his coaching??

GTFOH.

 

So what if he has taken us further. He still deserves critism in THIS GAME for some of his lineup rotations. 

Just like in the Philly series. @TheNorthCydeRiseswas banging his drum since game 2 for Nate to play the big lineup, which he finally did more of from G4 on and played Solo less.

You GTFOH!

[hylndr11]

Trea is the engine he's everything , it's not even fair to talk about anything else if he's hobbled.  We win this one if it didn't happen, period.  

[Sothron]

Why the hell is Bogi getting these minutes? He's hurt. He can't hit his shot. Put in Cam and Snell. 

[jbdrs]

Bogdanovic can't play more than 20 minutes, much less down the stretch having played 30+ minutes.  He literally had nothing to offer in the 4th. Couldn't shoot. Couldn't play defense. H

[MarylandHawk]

2 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

He also played Bogi too many minutes in the 4th, played Solo, didn't play Cam and took OO out in the 4th.

Even with that other stuff, I don’t think Middleton would have got a chance to get in a rhythm which is what cost us the game. Kevin was playing excellent basketball. Middle hit 3 three pointers in a 2min span hat Lou should have been on the bench with Heurter in. 

[nathan2331]

I just gotta say, it's crazy were able to keep up again this Bucks team with all the injuries we're dealing with. Just have to hope Trae is good to go on Tuesday. We go as far as he can take us until someone else decides to step up.

[bleachkit]

Play Cam, Play OO. Dont be afraid to play your young guys.

[Iverwig]

1 minute ago, Sothron said:

Why the hell is Bogi getting these minutes? He's hurt. He can't hit his shot. Put in Cam and Snell. 

That’s a question someone in the media needs to ask him. 

[Carmine]

Trae needs a second option. Shoutout to Gallo & OO for their contributions tonight, wouldn't have been a game without them. I'm gonna be watching game 4 very closely and hope to see some differences made.

 

 

[REHawksFan]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Nah . . we were up 7 with 7:32 to play.  Then the Bucks go on a 13 - 3 run in like 2 minutes, and we were down by 3.

That's when you called game.

Yeah, I got my time wrong. The point still remains. It wasn't the refs fault they lost. They can't overcome Trae being hobbled, Bogie giving nothing, getting out worked on the boards, etc...

Just too much. I'm not just calling game. I'm calling SERIES.  Especially if Trae isn't the superstar due to the ankle. It's been fun, but I think it's over. 

Would love for you to get to ridicule me in the NBA finals though. 

[Plainview1981]

5 minutes ago, MarylandHawk said:

Calm down bro, we are 3 games from the FINALS with a team we all would have been happy with making to the second round. 

Hawks are never going to the finals unless They get someone real to play with Trae. They had a good second half, they will give Nate a big contract and perhaps underachiever next year unless the roster is upgraded and Nate will exit in the middle of his contact possibly. He never lasts.

Edited June 28, 2021 by Plainview1981