Official Game Thread: Wizards at Hawks: GAME 3

[Thomas]

1 minute ago, AUhawksfan said:

Seems like it takes Wall playing well and that's fine. He can get his if we still get the W. 

Whether its on the court or in his very creative mind, I'm sure he'll always get his, excluding the Reggie Jackson contract of course. 

[Thomas]

The Dennis contract is looking F***in' A right now. We are talking about the first starting playoff series for him against, well, a very serious NBA point guard. Dennis has shown up three times now, everyone else needs to catch up.

[Guest]

The 1-4 Dennis/Paul PnR, with Millsap playing centerfield - I've been begging for more - glad to see it tonight.

[AUhawksfan]

Let me add that I love Prince and how he's let this offense come to him. He's great at fitting in and not trying to do too much. 

I can see him waiting for his time and when he gets it, the guy is going to shine. 

[Guest]

Prince is a player. You make your mark in the playoffs - so far so good 

[cam1218]

I said in another thread, the two times we were down 0-2 in the first round in our playoff run we came back to win the next two games. Great game for us but we have to do it one more time to make it a series. Go Hawks!

[Peoriabird]

Y'all still want to trade Schröder and Prince?

[marco102]

Finally, the good Hawks showed up and showed out!  I like that they were a little more classy as they were destroying the Wizards than the Wizards were in their win. 

So far the Hawks MVP has been Dennis. Kid came to play check this stat line for the series 25 pts, 8 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 turnovers,  while going against one of the best point guards in the league. 

Paul Milsap was a man amongst boys as he should be when going against Morris. 

Tauren Prince this guy is a PLAYER.  I can't wait to see his development in the next few years. 

Dwight wasn't as stiff as other games. I'm still conveinced his back is bothering him. 

Finally, where in the HELL has THAT Malcolm Delaney been all year.  Maybe coach should be put him for some back up PG minutes. 

Also, as much as we talk about Timmy's average defense.  He really seems to defend Bradley well (when Gortat isn't setting an illegal screen that's never called. )

[Lurker]

The difference in this case is if game 4 is a win throw all bets off on this series. I did say that I unfortunately think a quick series was likely but the longer this goes, the longer the advantage changes sides because the Wiz bench is not good.

You still have a game to play but if Wiz role guys are going to play like this there's a good chance this series is tied going back to DC.

[benhillboy]

Didn't see this coming.  Damn good team win.  I don't expect to see efficient three point shooting next game, but winning the glass and scoring bunches in the paint should continue.  

Dennis played a great game, didn't force anything, yet took everything available.  I'd prefer he'd take more FTs than 3s but I'm a nitpicking johnson.

Good job Bud, keep spheghetti spoon-feeding Prince $70M Kenneth's minutes.

Been a minute since I felt like Let's Go!

Edited April 23, 2017 by benhillboy

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, Lurker said:

The difference in this case is if game 4 is a win throw all bets off on this series. I did say that I unfortunately think a quick series was likely but the longer this goes, the longer the advantage changes sides because the Wiz bench is not good.

You still have a game to play but if Wiz role guys are going to play like this there's a good chance this series is tied going back to DC.

I think I discussed with you extensively about the Hawks Bench advantage

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, benhillboy said:

Didn't see this coming.  Damn good team win.  I don't expect to see efficient three point shooting next game, but winning the glass and scoring bunches in the paint should continue.  

Dennis played a great game, didn't force anything, yet took everything available.  I'd prefer he'd take more FTs than 3s but I'm a nitpicking johnson.

Good job Bud, keep spoon feeding Prince $70M Kenneth's minutes.

Been a minute since I felt like Let's Go!

One of these game even Tim will get going so I feel good about this series!

[Lurker]

Just now, Peoriabird said:

I think I discussed with you extensively about the Hawks Bench advantage

It usually doesn't matter in the playoffs. They're trying to make it to where it does not matter but if Beal is going to disappear totally on the road it will.

[lethalweapon3]

"That didn't suck?"

"That didn't suck!"

"That didn't suck!"

"In fact, I liked it!"

~carvana3

[Peoriabird]

21 minutes ago, Lurker said:

It usually doesn't matter in the playoffs. They're trying to make it to where it does not matter but if Beal is going to disappear totally on the road it will.

Just admit it, You were totally wrong about this Wizard team.  Wall is tough but the rest of the team doesn't deserve the kind of praise you heaped on them.

[marco102]

5 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

Didn't see this coming.  Damn good team win.  I don't expect to see efficient three point shooting next game, but winning the glass and scoring bunches in the paint should continue.  

Dennis played a great game, didn't force anything, yet took everything available.  I'd prefer he'd take more FTs than 3s but I'm a nitpicking johnson.

Good job Bud, keep spoon feeding Prince $70M Kenneth's minutes.

Been a minute since I felt like Let's Go!

The Hawks only shot 36%  from three.  It seems efficient because they were like 1 -40 before this game.  I agree about Bud and his rotations as soon as Baze got a little out of control he put THjr in.  Dwight played the right amount of minutes.  I don't think coach cares if he's pouting or not.  Set good screens and played hard defense and they will award him every now and again. 

Edited April 23, 2017 by marco102

[Jody23]

Great effort today.  No time to celebrate.  Got to clean up some errors on execution, because the Wizards are going to bring it in game 4.  On to Monday.

Edited April 23, 2017 by Jody23

[Lurker]

4 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

Just admit it, You were totally wrong about this Wizards.  Wall is tough but the rest of the team doesn't deserve the kind of praise you heaped on them.

You're acting so big when this series isn't even tied up yet. Hold on a minute, this is Atlanta sports and we can NEVER assume ANYTHING. If it's tied up on Monday, I will admit I was wrong.

If the Wizards win in 5, I was not wrong! I said I'd lean toward this series ending very quickly with the Wizards winning but if it didn't, any and all bets would be off. Their starting lineup, despite the struggle in this game is very good. The Hawks starting lineup is not.

Edited April 23, 2017 by Lurker

[benhillboy]

1 minute ago, marco102 said:

The Hawks only shot 36% three.  It seems efficient because they were like 1 -40 before this game. 

36 is good for me.  I was more happy about only 25 attempts.  That's a perfect number for this team, shows they didn't settle.  Dennis hit a couple that I didn't like but he hit em.

[Lurker]

I gave an actual analysis and the short version is this series would either end quickly with the Wizards winning in 4/5 or it'd go to 6 or 7 and it'd be anybody's. It's good to get on the board but we're not at the latter part yet. Wait a minute before you direct s*** at me.