Official Game Thread: Hawks at Pistons

[Atlantaholic]

Sadiq Bey had his way with Hunter, our defense in general is garbage, nothing new. 

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, LucastheThird said:

Would've liked to see our bench run the lead up a bit more like they used to. 

It's not the 'typical bench' though.

[terrell]

Gallos defesne is pure trash....

[Atlantaholic]

Just now, terrell said:

Gallos defesne is pure trash....

yea, that's why we should just put him at the three, at least he has height advantage at the three. At the four he is both slower and shorter than most of his matchups.

[LucastheThird]

This is what I was talking about bench mob!!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

20 minutes ago, terrell said:

Why isnt Huerter better off the bench then?

 

We really haven't tried him off the bench.   He's gotten the pass his entire career, as the defacto starter.

This is his 122nd game tonight . . . he's started in 116.

 

Gallo red hot

[RedDawg#8]

Fast paced game. Detroit is pushing and attacking.

Gonna be a great opportunity for us to work our transition game on both ends. Something we dont do much of.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

26 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Should have left Gallo as the starter, so Bogi can keep coming off the bench.

But that means that the Hawks would play big.

And you know we can't have that.

[Atlantaholic]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

But that means that the Hawks would play big.

And you know we can't have that.

Yea, who needs size in a sport like basketball???

[Atlantaholic]

Hawks best team at not turning the ball over

Also Hawks, can't inbound the ball. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

What a horrible call.  Challenge that Nate.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Nate won a challenge!!

 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

We're playing well offensively, but couldn't stop a baby going after a milk bottle.

 

[Atlantaholic]

too many players on our team suck I think is the problem. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Hawks playing with their food.

If they don't take control of this game in the 3rd, it's danger time.

 

Game is pretty much going like I expected though.

[terrell]

10 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

We're playing well offensively, but couldn't stop a baby going after a milk bottle.

 

Bad Trae and non-existent defense is a bad combo.....

[Atlantaholic]

2 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

Hawks playing with their food.

If they don't take control of this game in the 3rd, it's danger time.

 

Game is pretty much going like I expected though.

It's not surprising but extremely disappointing. We are well rested, we should be able to put effort on defense, but we just don't care. Every game is crucial regardless of the opponent because we need every single win we can get. I would expect the team, the whole team, to understand this and rally behind it. Still, one half left, let's see if the team can at least turn it up for the second half. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

1 minute ago, Atlantaholic said:

It's not surprising but extremely disappointing. We are well rested, we should be able to put effort on defense, but we just don't care. Every game is crucial regardless of the opponent because we need every single win we can get. I would expect the team, the whole team, to understand this and rally behind it. Still, one half left, let's see if the team can at least turn it up for the second half. 

 

It's not that we don't care.  The Hawks don't have tremendous athletes on this team to maybe lock in defensively like most of us want.

Maybe we just can't do it, especially when we play small.

[benhillboy]

What is an “open wide shot” buddy?  This bally sports crew man.

[Atlantaholic]

1 minute ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

It's not that we don't care.  The Hawks don't have tremendous athletes on this team to maybe lock in defensively like most of us want.

Maybe we just can't do it, especially when we play small.

i don't agree, this exact same squad minus Delon and Hunter was putting up a top 12 defensive rating last year under nate. So no, we shouldn't be this bad. It may not be that we aren't "trying", but we certainly aren't locked in and playing smart, which to me is the same thing. We need to be in playoff mode, this is NOT playoff mode.