Official PLAY-IN Game Thread: Hawks at Cavaliers

[benhillboy]

Love that baseline play Trae just made for Dre gotta hit that 

[Diesel]

I want to see Delon play the rest of Hunters minutes.....

[Iverwig]

So far Hunter is trash tonight. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

They simply have to match their intensity.

Stop playing soft and act like your season is about to end.  7 - 0 run.   Lead back up to 10.

[Carmine]

Hunter **** doo doo

[NBASupes]

8 minutes ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

Trae isn't the guy giving up the wide open look.

I don't know what game Supes is watching.   Trae is on the other side of the court as Lauri gets wide open looks from 3. 

Trae has been matched up on Okoro and Garland.  Garland has beat him off the dribble, but Trae funneled him right to Capela, who forced some misses in the paint.

Bigs like Gallo need to recognize that Lauri and Kevin are 3 point shooters first and foremost, and you need to play them as such.

Rotations. He wasn't rotation after the 2nd chance rebound. No surprise once we started doing that, the game became close again. 

[Guest]

They just may too big for us, particularly when they keep hitting these threes.  Tough to develop a defense for such a strong inside/outside game.  

[benhillboy]

That alley oop was set in motion by garland running down an offensive rebound that bounced right in front of Trae.  Dafuq man

[Diesel]

Explain it to me.. what the hell does Hunter do??    We were within 5 and this guy can't hit a wide open shot!

 

[willthepureshooter]

Hunter is selling us out and Capela is getting outplayed on the block.

[Peoriabird]

Hunter has to work on his offense in the offseason!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Just now, Diesel said:

I want to see Delon play the rest of Hunters minutes.....

Or put Bogi back in.

This is a night in which Nate can't play around with the rotations.  You play whomever is performing.  If Bogi has to go 35 minutes tonight, so be it.   Nate was worried about giving guys "a breather" in the Toronto game.   Well if you don't play the right people, everybody will have a looooooonnnng breather in about 90 minutes.

[Carmine]

2 minutes ago, Diesel said:

Explain it to me.. what the hell does Hunter do??    We were within 5 and this guy can't hit a wide open shot!

 

He's the Cavs best player

[TheNorthCydeRises]

2 minutes ago, LongTimeFan said:

They just may too big for us, particularly when they keep hitting these threes.  Tough to develop a defense for such a strong inside/outside game.  

 

No it isn't.  You simply match big for big.

Play Capela - Okongwu - Gallo - Bogi - Trae . . . and let's see what happens.

[FL_BRYANT]

Push the pace on these guys. We can beat these guys down court but we have to convert at the rim.Come on  beat their bigs down the court. Push it, push it,push it, all game long. Last man standing wins.

[terrell]

Close the half strong Hawks!!

[thecampster]

My one positive thought here is CLE is spending a ton of energy.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Garbage fadeaway by Trae.

Should've taken the shot when he first got it.

[Guest]

Just now, TheNorthCydeRises said:

 

No it isn't.  You simply match big for big.

Play Capela - Okongwu - Gallo - Bogi - Trae . . . and let's see what happens.

I was assuming Nate would never play a line up like that.

Finish this quarter strong!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Lauri wide open again

Trae guarding Levert

Hunter is in the paint for some reason and left him wide open.