Official Game Thread: heat at Hawks

[terrell]

24 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

Only thing that saved us was Jimmy blowing a wide open lay up.

[NBASupes]

11 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

It's the exact same thing that we did the last game we blew in Miami. Makes no sense to me, too much time left for that. 

It's like Northcyde hard headed on this. This is a habitual issue for Trae. Bad shot selection and bad decision making issues with several bad defensive possessions. One we got lucky on.

This has happened in too many 4th quarters this year. 

Edited January 22, 2022 by NBASupes

[terrell]

15 minutes ago, Atlantaholic said:

The most glaring weakness all season long. Huerter is our starting 2 going forward. He won't always be great but I think he plays better starting, we don't have anyone better, and I still think his best basketball is ahead of him, especially defensively. I like Hunter's mindset, attack, attack, attack. When he is passive he is actually a big negative offensively, as everything seems to stagnate (a la TLC). When he attacks he stresses the defense, takes preassure off of Trae, and the offense flows. 

"You cant lose your starting job because of injury" is what I was told....................... lol

[terrell]

Hunter makes this team so much better. Praying he can stay healthy....................

[Atlantaholic]

8 minutes ago, terrell said:

Hunter makes this team so much better. Praying he can stay healthy....................

I'm so curious about what he would look like if he could make it through the next few months and stay healthy.

[terrell]

Hawks are yet to lose a game when Kevin Knox gets minutes......................

[JayBirdHawk]

36 minutes ago, AUhawksfan said:

I’m so tired of seeing them roll the ball up the court with still 4 minutes left in the 4th. Too much defensive offense. 

Prevent offense. Play to win not play to not lose.

[Spud2nique]

I forgot one last thing tonight and that’s..

THAT’S 3 IN A ROW!!!  @kg01 is KFC still open? 

[terrell]

Kevin Knox is only 1 month older than Cam.. He had to be the youngest player drafted in 2018................right?

Hopefully this guy can turn into something.. Gonna be interesting to see....

Edited January 22, 2022 by terrell

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

[JeffS17]

Really happy we won tonight!  Every win feels big right now.

[Sothron]

I know one poster doesn't want to hear this but our second unit has been night and day better with Cam gone.

[Spud2nique]

 

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[Spud2nique]

I missed Caron Butler talkin to Trae  Trae mentions he was talkin trash. 

 

   

[Spud2nique]

We want more!!!!

 

 

   

[TheNorthCydeRises]

3 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

"We Did Enough" .... should be the new Hawks slogan.

[thecampster]

Got to say, I'm really proud to be an Atlanta fan this morning. The ovation Knox got after hitting that 3, from the crowd/the announcers/his teammates. Whole thing was classy and the kid responded with the block. He looks lost on most sets. Lets hope the coaching staff helps him with his recognition of what we're trying to do. I know its really different than the Knicks. Loved how he got up on that block and followed the play all the way through.

[bird_dirt]

9 hours ago, bleachkit said:

Only thing that saved us was Jimmy blowing a wide open lay up.

I'm going to credit Trae's defence for getting in his head giving Jimmy the Simmons effect for that miss.

[bird_dirt]

It was pretty cool seeing the all defensive line up in there for the last possession. But maybe I'm missing something, but I was a little surprised OO wasn't out there.

[Diesel]

2 minutes ago, bird_dirt said:

It was pretty cool seeing the all defensive line up in there for the last possession. But maybe I'm missing something, but I was a little surprised OO wasn't out there.

I think because Miami had their bunch of non-basketball looking players on the floor.

Robinson, Struss, Guy, Vincent, with Butler.     Robinson looks like a economist or something.  Like he works for H&R Block.   But Guy... Guy looks like a tweaker.   All of these guys can step off the bench and hit a three.   

Seriously though, OO jumps at everything.   We needed some fast guys who can keep up with the rest who won't  just jump. 

I was surprised to see Knox on the floor though.