Official Game Thread: Pacers at Hawks

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[terrell]

Pels just fouled the 3 pt shooter. 4 point play to tie the game. I THought about Bembry for a second. lol. And Reddick wins it. lol

Edited January 5, 2020 by terrell

[sturt]

Still waiting to learn what Bruno is going through.

 

[Thomas]

We held on Baba Looey. Trae and Huerter were a serious backcourt last night, wow. Kevin trying to make me eat my words about limiting his minutes I guess. Was real aggressive. Very nice to win again. Three good games in a row by us and the only loss was partly due to the refs don't we know.

[JayBirdHawk]

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Huerter, meanwhile, scored a season-high 26 points, six rebounds, and five assists on 10-of-18 from the field and helped carry the Hawks late in the third quarter while Young rested. Finally free from injuries or minutes restrictions, Huerter has finally stepped into the role Atlanta expected him to play entering the season, giving the Hawks another dynamic offensive threat and a counterbalance to Young’s prodigious individual production. A night after logging 39 minutes in Boston, Huerter played 41 on Saturday and filled whatever role asked of him.

“It feels great just to be able to play 41 minutes tonight,” he said. “Just the way the first 25 games of the season went, a lot of different frustrations being out and being on minutes restrictions. Every player wants to play. The past few games I’ve logged a lot of minutes, so hopefully we can keep that up and do all the right things to keep myself healthy.”

He served as both a primary ball-handler and an off-ball complement with the starters, and his ability to both initiate and finish plays ties the Hawks together in ways it couldn’t be prior to his emergence. He had 12 of his 26 points in the third quarter, and his ability to keep a defensive-minded lineup afloat on offense early in the fourth quarter was central to Atlanta holding the Pacers at bay.

 

[Thomas]

9 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

He served as both a primary ball-handler and an off-ball complement with the starters, and his ability to both initiate and finish plays ties the Hawks together in ways it couldn’t be prior to his emergence. He had 12 of his 26 points in the third quarter, and his ability to keep a defensive-minded lineup afloat on offense early in the fourth quarter was central to Atlanta holding the Pacers at bay.

Am actually pretty surprised by the solid ball handling but am very happy with what he showed especially with a ton of minutes like that. His gun was really on as well.

[Thomas]

An article had this statement about Vince appearing in a game this year. Pretty wild stuff there.

For context, 36 players who have played at least one minute in the NBA this season were born after Carter made his NBA debut.

[Gray Mule]

Hawks will walk with a new bounce in their step today!  Goodwin game win, an "oh, so close loss" Friday night and then, Pacers overcome.  1st win against Indiana in a long, long time.  Three key players out and still, the Pacers couldn't stop these Hawks.  The Green Men won.  Hawks lost Collins with his injury and then they had some ????? calls go against them.  Oh, well.  They know.

Hawks may finally have begun to understand NBA defense and how it is played.  Still having too many fouls called against them.  Youth must learn and they are.

Looking forward to this "new" season in 2020.  Hawks may actually win some and scare the rest of our opponents because they believe that Atlanta is now capable!

[Thomas]

9 minutes ago, Gray Mule said:

Looking forward to this "new" season in 2020.  Hawks may actually win some and scare the rest of our opponents because they believe that Atlanta is now capable!

Very much agree. We beat a team with 22 wins already and we were short handed once again. Very good win and a lot of really great play by our backcourt.

[High5]

It looks so easy for Len when he has a good game. Makes you wonder how he ever scores under 10. 

Also interesting that Trae had arguably the best quarter of his career when he barely touched the ball in the first few minutes. Can't remember him ever taking a backseat like that before and then he just went nuclear. 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, Gray Mule said:

Goodwin

Gramps I used a whole bottle of ketchup in the last few days. Goodwin BBQ crow just tastes better that way.  

 

Loved the O board put back by Goodwin at a key time in the game. He’s definitely a spark ️ that I overlooked..

Nom Nom Nom  

[terrell]

5 hours ago, Thomas said:

Very much agree. We beat a team with 22 wins already and we were short handed once again. Very good win and a lot of really great play by our backcourt.

And we got nothing from Hunter offensively..

[terrell]

Too bad all SEkou and the rest of the NBA TV jokers talked about was VC old ass. Not how Trae/Huerter and the young Hawks upset the Pacers..Getting tired of that  VC shit...smh

Edited January 5, 2020 by terrell

[kg01]

15 minutes ago, terrell said:

Too bad all SEkou and the rest of the NBA TV jokers talked about was VC old ass. Not how Trae/Huerter and the young Hawks upset the Pacers..Getting tired of that  VC shit...smh

Thank You!

Just mention him then move on to the game.   I don't need to hear the fifty thousandth 'is Vince the best dunker' conversation.

It was a good game too.  Too bad no one who watched NbaTv realized that.

[Spud2nique]

10 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Thank You!

Just mention him then move on to the game.   I don't need to hear the fifty thousandth 'is Vince the best dunker' conversation.

It was a good game too.  Too bad no one who watched NbaTv realized that.

Ya I love Vince but can we please get to the beef ! Where’s the beef?  

[terrell]

i dont know if its been mentioned, but Bruno looked pretty good at PF last night...I know someone was always clamoring for LP to play him there more. Cant remember who it was. But they might be right. lol

[terrell]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Thank You!

Just mention him then move on to the game.   I don't need to hear the fifty thousandth 'is Vince the best dunker' conversation.

It was a good game too.  Too bad no one who watched NbaTv realized that.

Yep. Sekou gets on my nerves so bad. THinks he knows everything now. lol. Not to mention, Hes on the "Trae isnt an allstar because his team is bad" bandwagon.. But is all over Doncic regardless of how he plays...You got your start in Atlanta fool. Represent..smh

[Gray Mule]

33 minutes ago, terrell said:

i dont know if its been mentioned, but Bruno looked pretty good at PF last night...I know someone was always clamoring for LP to play him there more. Cant remember who it was. But they might be right. lol

It might have been me.  I have mentioned it before.

[enrique]

7 hours ago, High5 said:

It looks so easy for Len when he has a good game. Makes you wonder how he ever scores under 10. 

Also interesting that Trae had arguably the best quarter of his career when he barely touched the ball in the first few minutes. Can't remember him ever taking a backseat like that before and then he just went nuclear. 

Nuke on, Trae!

[terrell]

SAINTS LOSE!!!!!!!PATS LOSE!!!!!!!HAWKS WIN!! What a great weekend..