Hawks secure #7 Seed vs C's

[REHawksFan]

48 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Or do you think the Celtics start Rob Williams with Horford to help with renounding?

I think matchup wise Clint on Rob Williams and OO on Horford is the best case scenario.  I'm operating under the concept (based on the boston writers opinions) that they start the 5-out lineup and bring Williams in off the bench.  That's what led me to the starting OO thought.  IF boston starts Williams instead of White then you put Clint on Williams and JC on Al.  But I think that is more beneficial for Atlanta so I don't think that happens.  

I think there are more matchup issues for Atlanta if you start White/Smart/Brown/Tatum/Horford because you have Trae/DJ guarding White/Smart but then Hunter on Brown?  But that leaves JC for Tatum who will get cooked.  So you put Hunter on Tatum but then JC on Brown?  Again, cooked.  But also CC on Al in that lineup seems like a problem if Al is hitting from perimeter.  Close outs will allow whomever JC is covering to get to the basket pretty easily.  

I'm saying if you start OO you have a better chance to get out to Al and recover for the drive than with CC.  

[Diesel]

12 hours ago, hawkman said:

he only reason this team is "mid" is because they didn't play the game the right way for much of the season.

We don't have to make up any new Narratives.   The truth is that we're just mid..

 

All year.  But.....  I think we've been lying in wait. 

 

[Diesel]

2 hours ago, REHawksFan said:

Everyone I've read says the Hawks have no one that stands a chance at holding Tatum in check

IT'S DRE DAY!!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[NBASupes]

4 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Tatum has averaged 25.8pts, 7.3rpg, 5.2apg vs Dre for his career. I need to see Dre have an impact on those stats.

This is the Dre Game!

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Check your facts.

 

https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629631/head-to-head

[benhillboy]

1 hour ago, NBASupes said:

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Check your facts.

 

https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629631/head-to-head

I’ll take 40/ 25 splits from Tatum all day but these are only from 2 matchups this season.

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[benhillboy]

7 hours ago, NBASupes said:

Also, we must deal with these two players well, Sam Hauser and Payton Pritchard. Both of these guys can score but we must abuse them and run them off the floor. Trae did that once with Payton. 

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I’m petty positive they won’t see any run.  The celts defense loses all integrity with them on.  Mazzula ain’t chancing that for one minute.  I expect to see both Blake and Moose tho.

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[Diesel]

I don't think quin showed our hand when we played them last. 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

10 minutes ago, Diesel said:

I don't think quin showed our hand when we played them last. 

 

You mean his 8th game as coach or his all bench starting? 

[djjob23]

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[benhillboy]

6 hours ago, benhillboy said:

I’m petty positive they won’t see any run.  The celts defense loses all integrity with them on.  Mazzula ain’t chancing that for one minute.  I expect to see both Blake and Moose tho.

@NBASupes I was dead wrong on Hauser.  Can’t believe he played and Grant Williams (over 2000 minutes this season) didn’t.  

[Spud2nique]

5 hours ago, benhillboy said:

@NBASupes I was dead wrong on Hauser.  Can’t believe he played and Grant Williams (over 2000 minutes this season) didn’t.  

Hauser has no business being on the court and should be exploited on D.

[Diesel]

For us, the PNR has to be more natural. Trae shouldn't be out there trying to direct traffic for a switch on the PNR. 

I don't have the numbers, but I think this year we have run the PNR a lot less than in previous years.

[NBASupes]

6 hours ago, Diesel said:

For us, the PNR has to be more natural. Trae shouldn't be out there trying to direct traffic for a switch on the PNR. 

I don't have the numbers, but I think this year we have run the PNR a lot less than in previous years.

It was on par with last year till Nate got fired. 

[JayBirdHawk]

Getting ready for G2.

 

 

 

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[JayBirdHawk]

Can someone do this to set the tone?  Particularly all the sliding screens.

 

 

[bleachkit]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/trae-youngs-recent-playoff-struggles-put-in-perspective-by-historically-bad-shooting-stat/

[macdaddy]

12 hours ago, bleachkit said:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/trae-youngs-recent-playoff-struggles-put-in-perspective-by-historically-bad-shooting-stat/

This article is hacky has hell

"If Young's 3-point shots are not falling (which they often aren't; even in 2021 when he became a playoff darling he was a 31% 3-point shooter), and he's not constantly getting into the paint and creating lobs at the rim for Atlanta's bigs, he doesn't do anything else on the floor that helps his team win. "

Really?  What else could he do?  It'd be nice if he got a lot of assists or drew fouls to help his team win right?   Or given his defensive limitations maybe even get some steals.   But no he doesn't do any of those things.  Well if you don't watch the games you don't see him do any of those things anyway.   (speaking of the author not you bleach)