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GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST

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GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#1 » by Im Coming Home » Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:42 pm

I didn't see a thread so I threw one together,

Got my new Porzingis jersey for Christmas to rock during tonight's game and it will determine if its a lucky jersey or not...

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The Atlanta Hawks are now feeling more like the team that finished atop the Eastern Conference last season.
The Hawks seek a sixth straight win Saturday night and a fifth in six matchups with the visiting New York Knicks, a team that's recently cooled off.

Atlanta (19-12) built a 21-point lead in the third quarter Wednesday against Detroit and that proved enough cushion for a 107-100 victory. Jeff Teague led the way with 23 points - his most in 11 games this month - and nine assists.
"I thought that was as close to a complete game as we've played in a while," guard Kyle Korver said. "We're a bit more focused. We're playing with more purpose and we're doing it for longer stretches."
The Hawks had lost 10 of 16 before this five-game win streak, during which they have matched a season high by surpassing 100 points in each game. They averaged 90.7 in their first six games this month.

"The first month and a half or so we weren't very good. I think that we're starting to play more like ourselves," said center Al Horford, part of a franchise-best 60-22 squad in 2014-15.
Teague had 23 points and Horford scored 21 in the Hawks' first win this season, 112-101 in New York on Oct. 29. Korver added 15 and has keyed Atlanta's recent success in this series with an average of 19.0 points in the past four meetings, hitting 16 of 32 from 3-point range.

The Knicks (14-16) failed in their attempt at a season-high fifth consecutive victory Monday, losing 107-99 to visiting Orlando. They followed with a 91-84 defeat to Cleveland on Wednesday, scoring two points in the final four minutes and falling short of a season-high third straight road win.

"It's a tough one. For the guys to put the effort and energy into the game and come up short, that's always the tougher (losses)," coach Derek Fisher said.

New York, which averaged 108.3 points in its win streak, played without Carmelo Anthony in the opener to a three-game trip. The Knicks' leading scorer might return from his sprained right ankle Saturday.

Kristaps Porzingis had 23 points and 13 rebounds with Anthony out. The rookie averaged 7.9 points while shooting 29.0 percent in his previous seven games.

Anthony scored a team-best 25 points despite missing 17 of 27 shots - including all seven from 3-point range - against Atlanta earlier this season. Porzingis had 10 points and eight rebounds in his second NBA game.

Robin Lopez scored a season-high 18 points but is averaging 6.0 in his last 22 games.

Teague is averaging 21.5 points and 7.2 assists in his last six home games against New York.

The Knicks' only win in the past five meetings came in their most recent visit to Atlanta on April 13, though Paul Millsap, Dennis Schroder and Thabo Sefolosha sat out for the Hawks and Anthony was also inactive.


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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#2 » by NYKnicksTAPE » Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:51 pm

Jeff Teague killed us last game and made it look easy

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Hopefully we can contain him this game...I'm not holding my breath tho

I'm also expecting Lopez to get killed by Horford tonight since he's allergic to contesting jumpshots...I'm talking Nikola Vucevic part 2
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#3 » by EchelonNYK » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:08 pm

What a weird time for a game. Hopefully they aren't hungover from the Christmas break.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#4 » by Triple C » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:10 pm

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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#5 » by Phish Tank » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:16 pm

No Timmy tonight, what a bummer


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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#6 » by AmazingJason » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:47 pm

NYKnicksTAPE wrote:Jeff Teague killed us last game and made it look easy

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KPRJAEKwh_I[/youtube]

Hopefully we can contain him this game...I'm not holding my breath tho

I'm also expecting Lopez to get killed by Horford tonight since he's allergic to contesting jumpshots...I'm talking Nikola Vucevic part 2


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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#7 » by Iron Mantis » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:50 pm

Consensus is, as comprised, we are an overachieving lottery team full of scrubs; sans KP & Melo.


Since the Hawks are legit, there's no technique, strategy or combination of players the Knicks can utilize to get this W.

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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#8 » by Thugger HBC » Sat Dec 26, 2015 5:59 pm

A likely loss. Our defense will be tested quite a bit tonite as the Hawks take alot of high %, assisted shots. They also get alot of steals, so the plays we run need to have some precision to them.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#9 » by Intza » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:45 pm

they are in a 5 game winning streak, and playing pretty well. It's going to to be tough
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#10 » by dakomish23 » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:56 pm

Last time we played

Melo went 10-27
RoLo dropped 18 pts. Unusual.
KOQ had a double double in 22 mins. Usual.
We were starting Vujacic

ATL has shown it wouldn't be as easy as they thought to win without their glue guy Carroll

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Plays KOQ as the only back up big
Doesn't play Vujacic and instead goes with Grant
Primarily uses small lineups throughout the game. In particular the AA Melo KP frontcourt. Would like to see LFT and Gallo flank those two, but that's about as likely as LFT not being the person messing up another crucial inbound pass.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#11 » by Strick » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:58 pm

I'm preparing myself now for Horford not being contested on mid-range jumpers all game and Teague/Schroder cooking our guards. Also wouldn't be surprised if the Knicks leave Korver wide open for 3 5+ times in the game.

It will be a tough game to win, but getting Melo and KOQ back is huge. Hopefully that loss vs the Cavs was somewhat of a confidence booster for some of these guys. I would love to see KP come out on fire again!
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#12 » by albert » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:05 pm

But will the Hawks have an answer for Lance Thomas?
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#13 » by YouthMovement » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:19 pm

predicting a win. carroll on melo will be fun. can't see any of their bigs keeping up with porzingis' mobility.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#14 » by waya » Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:20 pm

Unleash the KOQ, this is a W
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#15 » by Slo » Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:25 pm

YouthMovement wrote:predicting a win. carroll on melo will be fun. can't see any of their bigs keeping up with porzingis' mobility.


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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#16 » by Thugger HBC » Sat Dec 26, 2015 9:32 pm

Slo wrote:
YouthMovement wrote:predicting a win. carroll on melo will be fun. can't see any of their bigs keeping up with porzingis' mobility.


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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#17 » by Separatista » Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:14 pm

I predict that this will be a close, competitive game. And the knicks might have a slight lead going into the 4th. But again, Fisher gets nervous. Will pull out whoever is hot on the court (could be galloway or Dwill or even Kyle's defense).

Lance will inbound the ball and almost turn it over with a difficult bounce pass to calderon. Jose waits until everybody gets into position but the clock dwindles down to 8 sec. Melo receives the pass well beyond the arc for an impossible heave shot. Hawks crashes the board and blitz thru the opposite court, fortunately Kp was ready to contest. Teague wisely kicks the ball outside to Korver and was about to let a shot go but Melo was quick to close it out. Korver then swung it around to Shroder (yes they played 2 pgs) for 3 points. It goes in. Fisher calls timeout. The succeeding play was a post up iso play for melo. It when strong, Hawks got the ball, gameover.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#18 » by Fat » Sat Dec 26, 2015 10:50 pm

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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#19 » by AllanH20 » Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:03 pm

I would normally feel terrible about this but we're really good when we have more than a day of rest. Two of Melo/Afflalo/KP get 20 and we'll win.
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Re: GT: New York Knicks @ Atlanta Hawks - 7:30pm EST 

Post#20 » by StephNYKurry » Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:30 pm

Unless Melo and someone else go off, we can't beat this team as presently constructed


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