Hawks/Magic

[parson]

I know no one's watching but I thought I'd mention that Schröder's just coming in.

For those who don't know, we were tied at 67 and they've murdered us since. Just like the last game (BOS), we've completely broken down on offense at the end. Personally, I think Teague tries to be "the man" down the stretch and loses our rhythm. Whatever it is, we stink.

Schröder with a nice penetration for a score as the clock was running down. Kid can penetrate any time he wants. Very promising.

[parson]

To be fair to us (though we stunk), ORL was throwing up trash - sometimes at the buzzer - and the shots were falling. Just one of those nights.

Still, our falling apart at the end is worrisome.

[parson]

Running with the guard domination theme, just noticed that Horford, who was 7-8 up until we fell apart, only had 2 more shots - both long distance (one was a 3). I don't believe Millsap got a shot after the score was 67-67.

We ran nothing for the bigs inside.

[theatlfan]

Thanks for this. I was out last night and didn't get a chance to catch the game... only so much you can get from a box score.

[Jamaaliver]

like the last game (BOS), we've completely broken down on offense at the end. Personally, I think Teague tries to be "the man" down the stretch and loses our rhythm.

Running with the guard domination theme, just noticed that Horford, who was 7-8 up until we fell apart, only had 2 more shots - We ran nothing for the bigs inside.

One flaw I foresaw on the roster was the lack of veteran playmakers at guard. An old hand who's been in the league a decade who has seen everything a defense can throw at you.

three young PGs and no SGs/SFs capable of creating much offense, could be a problem in the short term.

Having a second guard last year like Devin Harris was a real boon.