12/2 Raptors at Hawks

DirtybirdGA · Post #1 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Wed Dec 2, 2015 9:47 pm

8pm

Raptors lineup

Lowry
DeRozan
Carroll
Scola
Biyombo

supra2k8 · Post #2 » by **supra2k8** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 12:45 am

good luck

DirtybirdGA · Post #3 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 1:37 am

Thanks...

Not much going on but cold shooting. Hawks may end up 18% from 3.

DirtybirdGA · Post #4 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 2:36 am

Ugly looking third.

DirtybirdGA · Post #5 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 2:57 am

Starting to blow this.

DirtybirdGA · Post #6 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 3:22 am

Nice meltdown.

Post #7 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 3:32 am

So, apparently Bebe Noguiera has some potential...

7 rebounds and a block

+/- of +22

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New_Hawks_Era · Post #8 » by **New_Hawks_Era** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 3:33 am

DirtybirdGA wrote:Nice meltdown.

Are you talking to yourself or thinking out loud?

just kidding. Our game threads leave a lot to be desired, I tell you. As far as the game it was a classic case of not putting in a full days work. They played 3 and a half quarters and lost focus and played a very uninspired poor 4th quarter. Give Toronto half the credit cause they took it.

*86 points was a season low*

Flight33 · Post #9 » by **Flight33** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 4:43 am

Good game.

Post #10 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 4:14 pm

New_Hawks_Era wrote:
DirtybirdGA wrote:Nice meltdown.

Our game threads leave a lot to be desired, I tell you.

Yes. The board in general is incredibly flat considering our success last season.

Thanks to DirtyBird for even putting this together.

Post #11 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 7:20 pm

* The Hawks’ 86 points and .367 shooting percentage were both season lows.

* The Hawks shot .326 percent (14 of 43) in the second half.

* Raptors guard Kyle Lowry left in the second quarter with flu-like symptoms. He would return and light up the Hawks in the fourth quarter. His 22 points in the quarter were a Raptors franchise record for any quarter.

* Lowry (22) outscored the Hawks (20) in the fourth quarter.

Key stat

39-20

The fourth-quarter scoring totals. It was written on the Hawks locker room board. It was nearly all of Mike Budenholzer’s entire opening statement following the game. It was mentioned by more than one player in post-game interviews. It was the reason the Hawks lost.

Post #12 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 7:23 pm

Report card

Offense: D-minus

The Hawks scored just 40 second-half points, one more than the Raptors scored in the fourth quarter. They shot a season-low 36.7 percent from the field. They had a brilliant execution of ball movement in the second quarter that resulted in a Kent Bazemore 3-pointer. It was just a glimpse. The ball did not move for large portions of the game.

Defense: D-plus

Credit the Hawks for holding the Raptors to 32 first-half points. However, they couldn’t hold a 17-point second quarter lead. They were outscored 39-20 in the fourth quarter. They allowed Kyle Lowry to score 22 fourth-quarter points, including a run of 12 straight. They lost a game they clearly had in control.

Here

DirtybirdGA · Post #13 » by **DirtybirdGA** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 8:22 pm

No problem, and thanks to you with the articles, and further info.

Post #14 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 9:46 pm

Kyle Lowry wrote:I just attacked early and tried to get to the basket early". They're not really big-time shot-blockers, and I just wanted to attack the basket.

Here

...Reserve Cory Joseph once again join[ed] Lowry in a two-point-guard lineup that gave Raptors coach Dwane Casey the double-dose of ball-handling, penetrating and shooting that he often enjoyed when Greivis Vasquez used to share the floor with Lowry, but with the added benefit of cranked-up defensive acumen and effort. Joseph finished with 10 points, four assists, two steals and zero turnovers in 33 1/2 minutes.

With Lowry and Joseph breaking down the Hawks' defense in the pick-and-roll game, the 23-year-old 7-footer Nogueira had plenty of room to dive to the basket, creating those two big dunks. More often than not, a young project big man like Nogueira gets a "chance" at those fourth-quarter minutes because his team's either up big or down big. On Wednesday, though, his screen-setting and defensive activity helped catalyze a Toronto comeback...

Kyle Lowry's third — as in one, two, three — in Value Over Replacement Player and Real Plus-Minus, behind only Curry and Russell Westbrook. He's top 10 in Win Shares, Wins Produced and Estimated Wins Added...in essence, Lowry's presence has been the difference between Toronto playing like the NBA's third-best team and its third-worst.