GT: Hawks (24-8) vs Blazers (26-7)

Post #1 » by **Hawk Eye** » Sat Jan 3, 2015 7:55 pm

PG: Jeff Teague
SG: Kyle Korver
SF: DeMarre Carroll
PF: Paul Millsap
C: Al Horford

PG: Damian Lillard
SG: Wesley Matthews
SF: Nicolas Batum
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge
C: Robin Lopez

Game Notes:

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Post #2 » by **HMFFL** » Sat Jan 3, 2015 8:05 pm

This one will be challenging.
Portland is favored by 6 points.

Post #3 » by **ATL Boy** » Sat Jan 3, 2015 11:14 pm

One of those games which I don't expect us to win. 2nd game of a back to back after playing in that high altitude game in Utah, while the Blazers are very well rested and in the middle of a home stand. Hope I'm wrong though, go Hawks.

SBM · Post #4 » by **SBM** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 12:48 am

Going to be tough

Post #5 » by **Hawk Eye** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 1:37 am

I think we are capable of a split in these next two upcoming games. Either we will get the win at Portland and lose against the clippers or lose against Portland and get our second win against the clippers.

Post #6 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 3:16 am

Talk about an awful start, all the Hawks are doing is jacking up 3s

Post #7 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 3:26 am

That's more like it. I like to see us getting some points in the paint when the jump shot isn't falling.

Post #8 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 3:34 am

Just tightened up defensively, and finished the quarter on a 29-12 run, great basketball since Bud took that first timeout.

DirtybirdGA · Post #9 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 3:39 am

Nice close. to the first ...stay with these shooters please.

Post #10 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 4:03 am

In a game against a team as good as Portland, Korver needs to hit his wide open shots.

Post #11 » by **Duffman100** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 4:36 am

Man, your team is delicious.

Post #12 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 4:42 am

The end of that quarter is the definition of luck. Lillard with an incredibly difficult step back, Blake banking in a shot at the end of the clock while contested, and then a 35 foot Lillard buzzer beater, and our offense has stopped working. Every damn time we let the other team get back into it.

Post #13 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 5:20 am

WE JUST BEAT THE BLAZERS IN PORTLAND! LET THE WORLD TAKE NOTICE!

Post #14 » by **Moonbeam** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 5:24 am

Great win for you guys. Teague was brilliant in the 4th, and your frontline is awesome. I wish Portland would attack in the paint like the Hawks do.

Post #15 » by **ATL Boy** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 5:29 am

Moonbeam wrote:Great win for you guys. Teague was brilliant in the 4th, and your frontline is awesome. I wish Portland would attack in the paint like the Hawks do.

Good game, I really like your guys' squad, hope they can make a deep run this year.

Post #16 » by **Moonbeam** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 5:36 am

ATL Boy wrote:
Moonbeam wrote:Great win for you guys. Teague was brilliant in the 4th, and your frontline is awesome. I wish Portland would attack in the paint like the Hawks do.

Good game, I really like your guys' squad, hope they can make a deep run this year.

Same to you! Atlanta deserves a winner after so many years of 1st and 2nd round exits.

Hawkeyes · Post #17 » by **Hawkeyes** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 5:39 am

But, but, the Hawks have faced a soft schedule! Great win. Keep proving people wrong that haven't even watched 10 minutes of us all season.

atlantabbq99 · Post #18 » by **atlantabbq99** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 6:11 am

Teague carried the team again and Millsap look unguardable. Sap was too strong and too fast for anybody that the Blazers threw at him. Teague dominated DL and McCollum all game long.

Demar misses two free throws at the end to ice the game, but then comes up with a super man block on LIllard at the end!

Good win. The Hawks got a lead on the Blazers and kept them at arm's length all game long, it look like the Hawks were just toying with Portland for the whole game.

Post #19 » by **Hawk Eye** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 6:31 am

WHO BE SLEEPIN' ON US NOW!!! WHERE THE SLEEPERS AT! LET EM' KEEP SLEEPIN'!!

Ahhhh...sorry just super pumped with the win!

What a great game by millsap. Teague deserves honerable mention as well. But what really killed Portland was the switching. They kept switching on us and we basically destroyed them when they did that. Man, such a good win!!!

zzaj · Post #20 » by **zzaj** » Sun Jan 4, 2015 7:07 am

Trailblazer fan here...

Huge props to the Hawks tonight. They came prepared defensively and offensively...the Blazers were out of sync all night trying to match what Atlanta was throwing at them. Y'all have a lot to be proud of with your team...a nice combination of players that know their roles within a system.

It's Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto in the East. Hopefully everyone stays healthy--would love to see the Hawks in the ECF!