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Hawks, Bucks set for Monday night tilt

The Hawks look to avenge their loss in Milwaukee earlier this season



The Atlanta Hawks will continue their homestand Monday evening when they host the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks come into the contest a perfect 9-0, which obviously includes a win over the Hawks earlier this season. Atlanta is 3-1 at home so far this season, but Milwaukee will represent the best competition they have seen at State Farm Arena thus far.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is off to an MVP start to the new season, providing his usual dominance on both ends of the floor for the Bucks. Milwaukee is off to such a stellar start to 2022-23 despite the absence of some other key pieces, and the play of Antetokounmpo is the main reason above all else. The Bucks took down the Hawks in the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, and remain a tough matchup for Atlanta. Milwaukee seemingly has a size advantage at every single matchup, but the Hawks have found a way to remain competitive and arguably have fought some tough whistles vs. Antetokounmpo particularly.

• Dejounte Murray is not a #1 option on a good team.
• Justin Holliday has been terrible offensively.
• AJ Griffin should play more. He's a natural talent and a steal @ 15th pick in the draft.

jayu70 wrote:

HMFFL wrote:

jayu70 wrote: are you also counting Murray’s missed 7 3s too. Makes ZERO sense....but it's Trae so different metrics, smh.

Murray’s not throwing up long bombs every game and actually plays defense. There's plenty of negatives about Trae's game that I don't have to be content with.

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Nobody said to be content, but to call them TOs is assinine. He had 1 long 3 early in the shot clock. At least 2 he took with the clock winding down because his teammates were hesitant to shoot and passed the ball back out to him.
The funny thing is, I saw a comment by another fan elsewhere that they count his missed floaters as TOs too. Comical really, so pretty much all his missed shots are TOs.