11/8: Orlando @ ATL

[dms269]

93-89

Lose by 4 without our starting or backup sf.

Really not that bad of a loss.

[Master8492]

It's a tough loss but a competitive game against the Magic at their place on a back to back? That's a moral win for the Hawks.

Good game plan by LD, although there's some WTF moments.

Hawks do need Marvin or Evans out there guarding people in close games.

[evildallas]

Happy with the effort. Sad with the result.

[dms269]

Jamal had a bad game. 4-11 and 0-3 from 3. Josh was 1-3 from 3 and 6-15 overall. Joe was solid but not superheroic with 9 for 15.

[HoopsGuru25]

That was a pretty well played game outside of Drew's substitution patterns. I realize it was the 2nd half of a back to back.....but Zaza and Teague got way too many minutes and Etan Thomas shouldn't have been on the court whatsoever.

[azuresou1]

Happy with the effort. Sad with the result.

[HoopsGuru25]

Good game plan by LD, although there's some WTF moments.

The team played hard....but Drew basically ******* us in the 1st half. He left Horford on the bench with 2 fouls while Zaza and Thomas took turns stinking it up.

[dms269]

I am not the biggest Zaza supporter.

That being said, I much prefer him to Collins. Collins basically allowed Dwight to back him down and bank the shots off the backboard.

[evildallas]

Another thought is that hopefully as the season goes on the bench will be a little less shell-shocked against a good team as they get used to steady minutes during the season.

[evildallas]

I thought all the bigs did okay against Dwight. He's hard to handle one on one and I never thought I would be defending Jason Collins, but he did reasonably well. Zaza fouls too quickly on Dwight.

Other comments: Joe had a good game. Josh had a good game, but shot a low percentage and I think that was primarily from having a couple possessions in the 2nd half where he got multiple attempts and nothing went. Props for him for actually staying with a perimeter defensive assignment for a change. Al scored, but didn't get many rebounds.

[tranjSAIC]

Collins was garbage against Dwight! I gotta give props to Zaza though, he makes Dwight work harder for shots.

[Master8492]

Collins was garbage against Dwight! I gotta give props to Zaza though, he makes Dwight work harder for shots.

Good try. You know you want to face Zaza in the game instead for Orlando's benefit.