Game 2: Hawks vs Nets - Friday, 01/01/21 | 7:30pm EST | YES

[Papi_swav]

Here we go again, hawks starting off hot

[Khashbaatar]

We need both KD/Ky going off to match up their offensive intensity. ATL is sure gonna blowing out lot of teams. But not us.

[MrDollarBills]

I think Allen should start. Jordan has been bad. They need to start the games well.

Yeah I'm quickly changing my mind. Jordan is abysmal.

[MrDollarBills]

We need both KD/Ky going off to match up their offensive intensity. ATL is sure gonna blowing out lot of teams. But not us.

They seem like a good team to bet on going forward. High powered offenses like theirs will overwhelm lesser teams.

[NyCeEvO]

Jordan is lazy as hell on the defensive glass.

If your hand touches the ball and you don’t end up securing the rebound, that’s entirely on you (unless you were fouled).

What pisses me off about DJ is that he’s screwing up the easy basic stuff that just require effort to be done.

[Khashbaatar]

So far 2021 feels suspiciously similar to 2020. Durant is still automatic.

[MrDollarBills]

Excellent two straight possessions by Kyrie. His shot isn't hitting but he's still doing great things

[MrDollarBills]

Jordan is lazy as hell on the defensive glass.

If your hand touches the ball and you don’t end up securing the rebound, that’s entirely on you (unless you were fouled).

What pisses me off about DJ is that he’s screwing up the easy basic stuff that just require effort to be done.

I like Jordan in on offense because he makes decent reads but he's a liability on defense. Durant and Irving aren't going to defend him if it gets to a certain point. KD already lit him up on the sidelines once this season already

[Khashbaatar]

So far so good, except 0-8 from 3

[DarkXaero]

TLC looking a bit lost offensively these past two games.

[therealbig3]

Irving with 5 rebounds already so far lol.

[DarkXaero]

Kyrie with another rough start, we need more from him tonight...

[MrDollarBills]

Kyrie needs to get into a rhythm

[NyCeEvO]

We need both KD/Ky going off to match up their offensive intensity. ATL is sure gonna blowing out lot of teams. But not us.

It’s reasonable to expect star duos to go off for a quarter, but not an entire game. Bailing us out can work for the short term but it’s a recipe for disaster long term. We need the team’s offensive sets to work well enough regularly so that when we need an extra punch our stars have the energy to give it to us.

[MrDollarBills]

The defense needs to get cleaned up. We are giving guards wide open shots

[MrDollarBills]

Sloppy passing fellas come on

[NetsJets]

I’d give Chiozza some minutes to see if he can create a spark.

[3pt_chucker]

Some real sloppy basketball.

[DarkXaero]

Unimpressed so far, we look the same as early last game.

[MrDollarBills]

We played good D on that last possession but once again, poor defensive rebounding gave up 2 points.