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

[FL_BRYANT]

Not as physical as I want them to be but much more so than the first three games. So happy to see Cam and Dunn. They really increased the defensive intensity and got up into Holiday and Middleton. Without Trae the Hawks had to muddy the waters and fight every possession to win. So glad to see the fight they showed tonight.  Go Hawks we can beat these boys.

[FL_BRYANT]

Cam and Dunn are a huge improvement over Hill and Snell. Hawks became more aggressive when they entered the game. This is a great opportunity for the Hawks because there is no guarantee that they will ever get this chance again. They can get to the finals and win it all.

BELIEVE!!!

[NBASupes]

2 hours ago, bleachkit said:

LP is a professional and stand up guy. He's been very complimentary of Hawks throughout. It would be easy for him to be sour grapes, getting fired in the season, but he hasn't been that way at all. 

He helped with some of our best players on the rosters and bringing them to Atlanta. 

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

7 hours ago, bleachkit said:

I doubt Giannis has a major long term injury. He was walking pretty good when he came out of the locker room. 

Lest not forget that Rondo once finished out a quarter with an ACL tear that ended up ending his season. We all have different pain thresholds.

[bird_dirt]

16 hours ago, kg01 said:

 

@bird_dirt and @AHF gettin' ready in the creepiest, most Kentucky way they know how ..

 

Mehmet Okur's not the only one with a soft touch.

[Thomas]

So the morning article on the game...uh...Giannis...did mention this. The ESPN folks did give some context anyway as painful as it may have been. Still it was mostly about Giannis as expected.

The Hawks, who were without star guard Trae Young, never trailed in the game. They outscored the Bucks in points in the paint, 46-44.

[Thomas]

8 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Probably the worst shooting point guard in all the NBA, and by a considerable margin. Excellent defender of course. 

Dunn's offense reminds me of the year Jacque Vaughn had with us. There was a running joke as to when he would hit his first shot for us. It was very sad to watch. In Dunn's corner of course is that aggressive defense as you stated.

[Thomas]

8 hours ago, JeffS17 said:

That saucy take to the hole where he got T'd up had the whole arena rocking.  Him and Nathan look like they love every minute of game time

Skylar looked like he has been here before. Seamless for him when he entered the game. Looked excellent.

[thecampster]

7 hours ago, Atlantaholic said:

The injury certainly looked like an ACL tear to me, but hopefully for Giannis that is not the case. 

On the couch with my wife as he laid on the ground and I watched the replay.

"Oh F$%@", 

"What?" she asks.

"Oh man, I didn't want to win like that."

"Like what? What happened?" a little concerned at my mood.

"Giannis just tore his ACL! Man he's a good dude. Type of guy you'd love to have on your squad. He's a gamer. D@&#!"

 

The second it happened, that was my first thought. I'll be shocked if the MRI comes back and says he's okay/a game time decision. Its the way it extended and buckled. We've all seen that before.

Edited June 30, 2021 by thecampster

[Final_quest]

3 minutes ago, thecampster said:

On the couch with my wife as he laid on the ground and I watched the replay.

"Oh F$%@", 

"What?" she asks.

"Oh man, I didn't want to win like that."

"Like what? What happened?" a little concerned at my mood.

"Giannis just tore his ACL! Man he's a good dude. Type of guy you'd love to have on your squad. He's a gamer. D@&#!"

 

The second it happened, that was my first thought. I'll be shocked if the MRI comes back and says he's okay/a game time decision. Its the way it extended and buckled. We've all seen that before.

I felt much the same.  Nothing good to say.  The entire arena went stone cold silent.  Tough to watch.  

What shocked me was watching him come back to the bench after the 1st trip to the locker room.  I was thinking maybe a knee can look like it got shattered and be totally fine.  If Bud was gonna put him back in the game, and this turns out to be as bad as it looks, what does that say about him as a coach?  

 

[kg01]

4 hours ago, bleachkit said:

LP is a professional and stand up guy. He's been very complimentary of Hawks throughout. It would be easy for him to be sour grapes, getting fired in the season, but he hasn't been that way at all. 

In a stunning departure, kg agrees totally with bleachk.

Although moving on was the right move, there's no reason to pile onto the guy.  He did some good things for us.

[warcore]

So grateful to have seen Cam and Kris finally get meaningful minutes. And thereby, be knotted at 2. LEGO HAWK!

[kg01]

Well at least there's one silver lining for MIL.

Giannis'll only miss another 2 games this series.

[RandomFan]

 

[hawkman]

28 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

I felt much the same.  Nothing good to say.  The entire arena went stone cold silent.  Tough to watch.  

What shocked me was watching him come back to the bench after the 1st trip to the locker room.  I was thinking maybe a knee can look like it got shattered and be totally fine.  If Bud was gonna put him back in the game, and this turns out to be as bad as it looks, what does that say about him as a coach?  

 

I'm really hoping this isn't true. I'm not a huge Bud fan after the way he left, but putting him back in the game would've been unethical on a completely different level. But that's not all on him. Any competent medical staff would shut Giannis down and immediately schedule an MRI after that injury.

[Gray Mule]

Hit those free throws!  Oops!  Fans count - I can't!  Oh, well...

Let's trade back!

#1 - Rondo - Lou - - After last night, are you serious - - No way!

#2 - Give us back Reddish and Young and we return Luca Doncic - - Ha Ha.  Get serious...

Last night, Bucks had it made.  Trae was out.  No way these Hawks do anything.  Relax.  We got this.  Atlanta has the lead at the half.  Well, we didn't know what to do with the Hawks having no Trae.  We got this in the second half.  But, but, they refuse to lay down and play dead.  They just continue to score.

Wait!  Who is this?  Two new players?  Reddish and Dunn?  Who are they and where did they come from?  Don't these foolish Hawks know who they are playing?  We just showed up for this game.  With Young unable to go, this was supposed to be all we had to do.  Why won't they quit.  Don't they know when they are defeated?  Don't they know anything?

[AHF]

9 hours ago, Dejay said:

It's still a mismatch, Fran. Just not the one you had in mind.

You'll learn soon enough, just like all the rest...

That was my exact thought when I read that.  I was like "it just went from a win/win toss up to a lopsided win for the Hawks."

[RandomFan]

 

[hylndr11]

55 minutes ago, kg01 said:

In a stunning departure, kg agrees totally with bleachk.

Although moving on was the right move, there's no reason to pile onto the guy.  He did some good things for us.

Apparently he did all the good things for us brought in all these guys, who knows how true all that.is, but us playing this well at this point does not reflect poorly on LP.it actually makes him look better especially with how deep we.are

[Diesel]

THE BLATANT DISRESPECT!!!!!

Looking forward to hearing about how the Hawks defeated the Bucks last night from the talking heads... Caught the tell end of First things first. 

The conversation:  If Atlanta wins the championship, there should be an asterisk by their name???  Then Broussard goes on to say.. if Giannis comes back and Milwaukee wins the championship... I won't feel the asterisk is needed....  WHAT???

So, that goes off and Undisputed comes on... For the first 25 minutes... they talk about Phoenix vs. LAC...  Really???  Then the only mention of our game was a mention of Giannis injury and they all have sad faces like it's a funeral.   Even when we win... we can't get the respect that we are due.