Late Game Meltdowns

[Jamaaliver]

Any thoughts on what specifically is causing us to fall apart with the game on the line so often?

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[Jamaaliver]

2nd Halves in general seem to be a problem for us.

What are guys seeing?

• Lackadaiscal play?
• Poor halftime adjustments?
• Poor conditioning?

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[Jamaaliver]

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[Jamaaliver]

At home against Sacramento, our shot profile was clean -- meaning we took decent shots. We just couldn't hit anything.

IIRC, Hawks went without a FG for the final 4:10 of the game after tying it up...

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The MIA game saw a similar defensive breakdown in the 4Q.

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[jayu70]

2nd Halves in general seem to be a problem for us.

What are guys seeing?

• Lackadaiscal play?
• Poor halftime adjustments?
• Poor conditioning?

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When we have a lead, we are playing not to lose instead of to win. We stop doing what works and have difficulty adjusting. Missing freethrows. Defense. Rebounding....it's not one thing.

[raleigh]

The explanation is shockingly simple: a lack of elite talent. Good teams come out of halftime with an intention to buckle down defensively and to attack any mismatches they've found. The Hawks' roster offers no sustainable answer to either of those two changes.

[Jamaaliver]

The explanation is shockingly simple: a lack of elite talent. Good teams come out of halftime with an intention to buckle down defensively and to attack any mismatches they've found. The Hawks' roster offers no sustainable answer to either of those two changes.

I'm not sure if I buy that. I look at Indiana which has a less talented roster and is largely the same when it comes to Offensive and Defensive Efficiency but are somehow 5 games ahead of us in the playoffs.

Trae = Haliburton
Bogdan = Hield
Jalen > Toppin
Dejounte > Mathurin

It feels like the difference isn't just talent...maybe chemistry or roster fit or ability to come through in the clutch.

For that matter, Nate McMillan had largely the same bunch playing .500 ball or better for the previous 3 seasons. How do we account for that?

[Jamaaliver]

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[Jamaaliver]

Why does this keep happening?!?!?

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[jayu70]

Why does this keep happening?!?!?

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We are slowing the pace running the clock instead of running a real play, then end up with a bad shot or a shot clock TO.
Then we don't play defense
Rinse, repeat....rinse repeat.

[jayu70]

Who's gonna step up when this happens?

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[dms269]

Why does this keep happening?!?!?

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We are slowing the pace running the clock instead of running a real play, then end up with a bad shot or a shot clock TO.
Then we don't play defense
Rinse, repeat....rinse repeat.

It feels like it is either we run the clock then try and do something the last 5 seconds (aka Trae Iso) or we push the pace too quickly and take a bad shot.

[jayu70]

Why does this keep happening?!?!?

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We are slowing the pace running the clock instead of running a real play, then end up with a bad shot or a shot clock TO.
Then we don't play defense
Rinse, repeat....rinse repeat.

It feels like it is either we run the clock then try and do something the last 5 seconds (aka Trae Iso) or we push the pace too quickly and take a bad shot.

I would like to see what Quin's playbook is to deal with the Trae traps.
Someone has to come to ball in these situations and make decisive decisions with a 4 vs 3 advantage. Stop playing scared.

[Jamaaliver]

I would like to see what Quin's playbook is to deal with the Trae traps.
Someone has to come to ball in these situations and make decisive decisions with a 4 vs 3 advantage. Stop playing scared.

Dejounte was supposed to provide that for us......................

[jayu70]

I would like to see what Quin's playbook is to deal with the Trae traps.
Someone has to come to ball in these situations and make decisive decisions with a 4 vs 3 advantage. Stop playing scared.

Dejounte was supposed to provide that for us......................

I'm ok with giving JJ the ball.
Time to trust JJ in these situations...place him at the center 3pt line as the outlet from a Trae double and let him go to work. I trust him to make a play for himself or someone else. Teams will typically use lengthy defenders to trap Trae. JJ should have an advantage somewhere.
There will be growing pains, but no time like the present since nobody else seems to do much of anything else.

[Jamaaliver]

I'm ok with giving JJ the ball.
Time to trust JJ in these situations...place him at the center 3pt line as the outlet from a Trae double and let him go to work. I trust him to make a play for himself or someone else. Teams will typically use lengthy defenders to trap Trae. JJ should have an advantage somewhere.
There will be growing pains, but no time like the present since nobody else seems to do much of anything else.

Couple of observations:

1) The fact we didn't have Bogdan out there for a big stretch of the closing minutes when Trae was being trapped and Dejounte was MIA is criminal. He's the most veteran rotation guard on the team and can kill traps with his 3-pt shot.

2) Trae being on the floor in the closing seconds on that defensive possession was bad...really bad.

That should be a 7-footer guarding the inbounds play. Not the smallest man on the court.

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[raleigh]

Sorry. Double post.