Official Game Thread: Rockets at Hawks

[NBASupes]

Great win

[Jody23]

On to the next one !!!

[NBASupes]

Houston athleticism and length is tremendous but their awareness just failed them viciously. 

[REHawksFan]

2 minutes ago, hawkman said:

Extremely bad finish for him. He'll bounce back though.

No doubt. I don't worry about Trae long term. He has these games every now and then. Glad we had DJ, JJ, and Saddiq tonight. 

[Final_quest]

Amazing games by Saddiq and Murray.  I can't believe no team made a serious offer for Murray.  Would love to see us make a run the last 30 games of the season.  

[hawkman]

2 minutes ago, Jody23 said:

On to the next one !!!

1 down 7 to go. This stretch could be the turning point of this season.

[NBASupes]

1 minute ago, Final_quest said:

Amazing games by Saddiq and Murray.  I can't believe no team made a serious offer for Murray.  Would love to see us make a run the last 30 games of the season.  

One did but it's not available yet. You gotta have a need for a PG. If you don't, you are looking for him to add to your team. Murray's play 2024 has been superior to 2023. He's looking like a clear top 50 guy. In 2023, it was more namesake but now, he's back to Murray's World. 

[hawkman]

4 minutes ago, Final_quest said:

Amazing games by Saddiq and Murray.  I can't believe no team made a serious offer for Murray.  Would love to see us make a run the last 30 games of the season.  

It's going to happen. The injuries are kind of disrupting things but the Hawks are on an upswing right now.

[Chrimturn]

 

Just now, hawkman said:

1 down 7 to go. This stretch could be the turning point of this season.

Here we go now…

[aali34]

On another note, I wanna see more Kobe then Patty, atleast in the regular season

[JayBirdHawk]

My only complaint is the 9 missed freethrows. Two games in a row we missed too many.

[JayBirdHawk]

Games like these are why we NEED secondary playmaking and ball handling. Trae was blanketed from touching the ball. Good job by DJ.

[bird_dirt]

11 minutes ago, Chrimturn said:

Bey deserves it.  Came through in the clutch time with the 3 and put back.

The clean up man

[NBASupes]

5 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

My only complaint is the 9 missed freethrows. Two games in a row we missed too many.

Strange for us but it happens. 

[bird_dirt]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Games like these are why we NEED secondary playmaking and ball handling. Trae was blanketed from touching the ball. Good job by DJ.

Exactly! That’s exactly why he came here. It’s good to see it when it’s working like we hoped. 

[NBASupes]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Games like these are why we NEED secondary playmaking and ball handling. Trae was blanketed from touching the ball. Good job by DJ.

Even if we trade DJ. We really have to replace the secondary playmaking and ball-handling player but he needs to be a 2 with size. That's critical for us. 

[NBASupes]

12 minutes ago, aali34 said:

On another note, I wanna see more Kobe then Patty, atleast in the regular season

Kobe's defense looked miles better this run than he looked early this season. He was ass early this season. The G-League has clearly helped him in understanding the game. 

[JayBirdHawk]

What did you guys think of Kobe's first game with extended (16) minutes?

[Jody23]

1 minute ago, JayBirdHawk said:

What did you guys think of Kobe's first game with extended (16) minutes?

He played under control and was really solid defensively.  I hope he continues to get some minutes.

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, NBASupes said:

Kobe's defense looked miles better this run than he looked early this season. He was ass early this season. The G-League has clearly helped him in understanding the game. 

He didn't play enough early to make a determination, his minutes were so limited early in the season.   3:14, 1:11 (G3 and 4), 1:52 G47 - total of 6+ minutes.