Official Game Thread: Hawks at Hornets

[hazer]

If Moose/Belli/Babbit/Ersan were each just 30% from deep, Hawks win this one...

Edited October 21, 2017 by hazer

[Peoriabird]

19 minutes ago, hazer said:

Moose/Ersan/Babbit 2/12 on wide open 3s...

Someone please let me know why Babbit, Delaney and Belinelli played so many minutes???  And Dedmon less than 25 minutes

[Thomas]

So we were 7-30 from three. Over half of them wide the frak open. Sound like us in our post season games much? Different cast but the same result. Get to work Jent. Seriously.

[Lurker]

Dedmon was never going to play full on minutes, and it has nothing to do with Bud "liking white tall guys that are weak". He has foul issues and never has, which means he'd get worn out too easily.

But that's what happens when you try to do what Miami did. You have the ugly games and it might not work in the end, leading to a poor season, because Miami was headed for 20 wins at first.

[Peoriabird]

2 minutes ago, Lurker said:

Dedmon was never going to play full on minutes, and it has nothing to do with Bud "liking white tall guys that are weak". He has foul issues and never has, which means he'd get worn out too easily.

But that's what happens when you try to do what Miami did. You have the ugly games and it might not work in the end, leading to a poor season, because Miami was headed for 20 wins at first.

He had 2 fouls!

[Thomas]

Well then we will see if Bud is as good at chemistry as Spoelstra was last year. That would be incredible.

[Lurker]

1 minute ago, Peoriabird said:

He had 2 fouls!

He would get worn out quickly if he was played for full on minutes.

[Peoriabird]

Just now, Thomas said:

Well then we will see if Bud is as good at chemistry as Spoelstra was last year. That would be incredible.

The substitutions in this game was abysmal!

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, Lurker said:

He would get worn out quickly if he was played for full on minutes.

So you make Howard look like a superstar dunking on your sorry bench because you fear your starting center might get tired???

[Lurker]

4 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

So you make Howard look like a superstar dunking on your sorry bench because you fear your starting center might get tired???

Believe what you want, but Dedmon is not a gamechanger in this one. 

[Thomas]

Our starting four (excluding Ersan of course tonight) shot 50% from the floor so it would have been better to wear them out on the court so as to have some kind of chance at the end whether tired or not. But in the end we couldn't even hit 25% from three overall so whatever, we were going to lose this one late anyway am thinking. The boxscore shows what we had been fearing before the season, a lack of consistent scoring.

[StephenHawking]

Man its crazy how desperately needed Bembry is. 

That second unit had no one making any plays. 

Collins looked like a rookie tonight. Made tons of little mistakes which caused turnovers or easy points for the hornets.

Also I was kinda disappointed with BellyNelly. Had a completely wrong approach for this game. He took so many bad shots just because everything fell last game.

Our supposed floor stretchers couldn't hit a 3 to save their lifes.

Dennis played a good game. I can't really see him playing a more efficient brand of basketball as long as he has no help who attracts defensive focus. 

We'll go through many nights like this. Embrace the tank!!

Edited October 21, 2017 by StephenHawking

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, Lurker said:

Believe what you want, but Dedmon is not a gamechanger in this one. 

5-9 from the field, 7 rebounds 2 assist a steal and a block is much better than what Babbitt brought to the game. 

[ISOJOE]

Schröder should have had 10+ Assists. He created so many open shots for others, especially in the second half and the rest of the team couldn't hit open shots. They looked completely LOST without Dennis on the court and I didn't understand Buds rotations. I feel bad for Dennis.

[Lurker]

4 minutes ago, Peoriabird said:

5-9 from the field, 7 rebounds 2 assist a steal and a block is much better than what Babbitt brought to the game. 

It helps you get feel good points...that's all. Not a win.

[StephenHawking]

vor 5 Minuten, ISOJOE sagte:

Schröder should have had 10+ Assists. He created so many open shots for others, especially in the second half and the rest of the team couldn't hit open shots. They looked completely LOST without Dennis on the court and I didn't understand Buds rotations. I feel bad for Dennis.

Look. This year is not solely about winning games and grinding games out.

We need to build chemistry. Chemistry is only build through playing minutes together as a unit. 

We could play Dennis for 48 minutes with the starters. But then this team is going nowhere in the future. You want your rookies to man up and get better. The approach should be to play better as a whole in the end of the season.

Whether we win 28 or 33 games makes no difference to me. 

Edited October 21, 2017 by StephenHawking

[Thomas]

5 minutes ago, StephenHawking said:

We'll go through many nights like this.

Will have to stock up on a bunch of BC Powder with that being the case. Ugh...

[DBac]

Hornets were cold, Hawks were hot. Then it switched and that was that.

 

I don't like John Collins at the 5. He's just not big enough to be battling with Dwight or Marc Gasol (from preseason) yet.

Edited October 21, 2017 by DBac

[StephenHawking]

vor 2 Minuten, Thomas sagte:

Will have to stock up on a bunch of BC Powder with that being the case. Ugh...

You will need way more...

Edited October 21, 2017 by StephenHawking

[Peoriabird]

1 minute ago, StephenHawking said:

Look. This year is not solely about winning games and grinding games out.

We need to build chemistry. Chemistry is only build through playing minutes together as a unit. 

We could play Dennis for 48 minutes with the starters. But then this team is going nowhere in the future. You want your rookies to man up and get better. The approach should be to play better as a whole in the end of the season.

If we win 28 or 33 games makes no difference to me. 

Chemistry breaks down and teams tend to stop moving the ball when players like Belineli and Babbit fires up so many missed shots.  Coaches need to recognize cold players and go with the hot hands.  Heck Dedmon even hit a 3.  Dude was on tonight but Bud left him on the bench for long stretches.  Also playing Collins at center vs Howard was just asinine!