Official Game Thread: Bucks at Hawks -- ECF GAME 4

[capstone21]

It might have been forgotten about the Bogi Hawks during the season when Trae was out … we still won

[Guest]

Before the season, someone bet $10,000 (for a $1.5 mil payout) to win it all.  Another bet of $10,000 to win the ECF (for a $500,000 payout).  

Hope it was one of you good folks!!

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-betting-championship-odds-shift-with-two-huge-bets-on-the-atlanta-hawks-193202452.html

[lethalweapon3]

10 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

LOL . . TNT putting up the wrong score of the game, and had Milwaukee winning.

So disrespectful.

Well, to be fair, it's not like the TNT crew is from h... oh, nevermind!

~lw3

[bleachkit]

1 minute ago, NekiEcko said:

Now the question is how long Giannis is going to be out for the Bucks because I dont see him coming back on the court on Thursday with that injury (crazy stuff happened but).  I hope that young man gets better

Good job tonight with Trae and we need two more wins.

Bud was about to put him back in the game before the GM came down and sent Giannis back to the locker room. The man has no morals. 

[Diesel]

1 minute ago, NekiEcko said:

Now the question is how long Giannis is going to be out for the Bucks because I dont see him coming back on the court on Thursday with that injury (crazy stuff happened but).  I hope that young man gets better

Good job tonight with Trae and we need two more wins.

I think he will be back Thursday.  He won't have the same spring though.  IN fact, physically he may be fine... but psychologically, it's going to take him a minute to trust it. 

[Plainview1981]

Missed the game partly due to some bad news, but it looks like an impressive win.

Can they win the series now if Gannis is out?

Can it sorta be like a Rocky Balboa situation where the favorite gets an injury and leaves the door open?

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

 

1 minute ago, NekiEcko said:

Now the question is how long Giannis is going to be out for the Bucks because I dont see him coming back on the court on Thursday with that injury (crazy stuff happened but).  I hope that young man gets better

Good job tonight with Trae and we need two more wins.

 

Even if he comes back, his entire game is based on extreme athleticism.  Is he really going to attack with reckless abandon, if his knee is still sore?

This may be a situation in which both the Hawks and Bucks decide to make their stand in Game 6, and bring their superstars back.  

Game 5, I would leave them both out if they're not at least 75%.

[capstone21]

1 minute ago, Diesel said:

I think he will be back Thursday.  He won't have the same spring though.  IN fact, physically he may be fine... but psychologically, it's going to take him a minute to trust it. 

I would be surprised… that knee went a different direction.  Feel bad for him

[Bonkers]

If Trae comes back, he has to realize that he needs to completely stop the long 3s

 

I'm no long 3s unless it's absolutely necessary. The flow of this game was amazing

[Diesel]

Let's not be so quick to forget...

 

We make History again...  2 ECF wins...  Never before done by any Atlanta Hawks franchise. 

[marco102]

Excuse me while I go troll Realgm about Cam Reddish and their hottakes.  I'll be back in a day or two. I might get banned.  

[Thomas]

2 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Bud was about to put him back in the game before the GM came down and sent Giannis back to the locker room. The man has no morals. 

Kinda like quiting on his team and taking a truckload of money on his way out??

[marco102]

One more note before I go troll. I believe Atlanta lead throughout this game.  The bucks did tie it up 19-19, but I don't count that.

[Dejay]

So I'll cop. I did watch the last four minutes of this one. Sue me.

Let me get this straight. They kept Trae out of the ballgame and still blew the doors off when everyone and their grandparents bet the farm on the Bucks?

I thought that Milwaukee was made of sterner stuff. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for that putrid performance. I'll gladly take it of course but oh boy. They truly thought that they could roll out the basketball tonight, win by 27, then finish them in five. I have a deep suspicion that they'll deeply regret mailing it in when they find themselves down in the series and wondering why. Oh well, that's a them problem.

So much for the Bucks being a superior team and having some supposed 'gear' that the Hawks can't reach; they can be had if the Hawks play like thots. And if Trae comes back remotely effective and healthy, with Bogdanovic looking better, well...

Edited June 30, 2021 by Dejay

[Diesel]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

 

Even if he comes back, his entire game is based on extreme athleticism.  Is he really going to attack with reckless abandon, if his knee is still sore?

This may be a situation in which both the Hawks and Bucks decide to make their stand in Game 6, and bring their superstars back.  

Game 5, I would leave them both out if they're not at least 75%.

It's going to take a lot to keep Trae out of game 5.   Nate may limit his minutes to something silly... like 15 minutes. 

[hawkman]

3 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Bud was about to put him back in the game before the GM came down and sent Giannis back to the locker room. The man has no morals. 

That was downright unacceptable. I really hope their medical staff didn't send him back out there. Shades of Grant Hill in Detroit. 

[marco102]

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

If Trae comes back, he has to realize that he needs to completely stop the long 3s

 

I'm no long 3s unless it's absolutely necessary. The flow of this game was amazing

 

He went 6 - 14 last game and made 3 of those bombs.

The flow of this game was determined by our defense and the fact that Milwaukee couldn't make a 3.

[Jdawgflow]

10 minutes ago, Diesel said:

Portis is a thug.

I would love to have him on our team.  A Zaza that can shoot threes.

5 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Bud was about to put him back in the game before the GM came down and sent Giannis back to the locker room. The man has no morals. 

This actually happened?

[Peoriabird]

2 minutes ago, Dejay said:

So I'll cop. I did watch the last four minutes of this one. Sue me.

Let me get this straight. They kept Trae out of the ballgame and still blew the doors off when everyone and their grandparents bet the farm on the Bucks?

I thought that Milwaukee was made of sterner stuff. They ought to be ashamed of themselves for that putrid performance. I'll gladly take it of course but oh boy. They truly thought that they could roll out the basketball tonight, win by 27, then finish them in five. I have a deep suspicion that they'll deeply regret mailing it in when they find themselves down in the series and wondering why. Oh well, that's a them problem.

So much for the Bucks being a superior team and having some supposed 'gear' that the Hawks can't reach; they can be had if the Hawks play like thots. And if Trae comes back remotely effective and healthy, with Bogdanovic looking better, well...

Watch the game before you criticize the Bucks.  The Hawks played some defense tonight!