The Play-In

If ATL win Vs HOU, getting the 8th spot will depend on CLE loosing, and we are lucky on one point : MIL has to win Vs CLE to be sure to get the 2nd seed
They play at 3:30PM and BOS play at 7:00PM, so they won't know the result of BOS.

For MIL to finish ahead of BOS, they has to win Vs CLE, because with a L, and a BOS W, BOS would be 2nd as they would have same record, both division winner, same Conf record, and only the 4th tiebreaker record Vs Conf playoffs team would rank them and BOS has this one.

So MIL will do all they can to win on Sunday
Let's win Vs HOU to secure this 8th spot!

D21 wrote:If tied with CLE (L for them and L for CHA), ATL are 8th
If tied with CLE and CHA (L for them and W for CHA), ATL are 8th
If tied with CLE, CHA and BKN (with a L for CLE and BKN and W for CHA), ATL are also 8th

Post #10 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:55 am

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Post #12 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 4:15 pm

Galloisdaman wrote:Team really could use JC. Will need him if they get in.

We could use him on the court for multiple reasons. The obvious on is to hopefully have success but we need him healthy if we decide to shop him around this off season.

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Galloisdaman · Post #13 » by **Galloisdaman** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:45 pm

HMFFL wrote:
Galloisdaman wrote:Team really could use JC. Will need him if they get in.
We could use him on the court for multiple reasons. The obvious on is to hopefully have success but we need him healthy if we decide to shop him around this off season.

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Right now is playoff time so that is my concern. I know some people expect more from JC but he is still the teams 2nd leading scorer and rebounder. He isnt a big look at me all star but around 16ppg-8rpg is still legit.

jayu70 · Post #14 » by **jayu70** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:20 pm

Hawks at Home vs the HorCats!

Post #15 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:58 pm

jayu70 wrote:Hawks at Home vs the HorCats!

It's put up or shut up time for Atlanta.

No more excuses.

Post #16 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 11:44 pm

Michael Cunningham wrote:Hawks should fear no play-in foe...except the Nets

The Hawks should fear no foe in the NBA’s play-in tournament. Their 15-9 record since Feb. 15 includes eight quality wins and really only three bad losses. The Hawks have the NBA’s fifth-best point differential over the past two weeks. They have some significant flaws, but the Hawks have a good chance of getting through to the playoffs with Trae Young as the engine for the Eastern Conference’s best offense. Still, some matchups are better than others for the Hawks. They’d like to see the Cavaliers. The Hawks beat Cleveland three out of four times this season, including a 131-107 drubbing March 31. It would not be ideal for the Hawks to face Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in a win-or-go-home game.

...the Hawks will host a win-or-go-home against the Hornets and, if they survive, play an elimination against the loser of the seven/eight game. The Hornets aren’t an easy out — they split four games with the Hawks this season — but they aren’t the Nets.

Charlotte can give the Hawks problems with their length on the perimeter. Point guard LeMelo Ball is 6-foot-7. Backcourt partner Terry Rozier is 6-1, but he’s a good scorer. It won’t be easy for Hawks coach Nate McMillan to avoid a difficult defensive assignment for Young. The Hawks can be slow-footed when guarding in transition. Ball, Rozier and Charlotte’s deep group of athletic wings can take advantage, and the absence of Hawks forward John Collins (foot) is a potential problem against Charlotte’s bouncy big men. But Hornets can have trouble guarding the Hawks, too. Young is the NBA’s best combination of scorer and passer. His electrifying shot-making during Friday’s loss at Miami was a reminder that he can take over as a scorer even against good defensive opponents. Young doesn’t have scoring support as good as Ball’s, but Bogdan Bogdanovic, Danilo Gallinari and Co. get plenty of good chances because of Young’s ability to manipulate defenses.

[I'll] take the Hawks in a home game against the Hornets. Ideally, that would earn them an elimination game against the Cavs. But it also could mean a one-shot chance against the Nets. That’s where things would get dicey for the Hawks.

Good defensive teams have trouble dealing with Durant and Irving. They present a particularly difficult problem for the Hawks to solve. They don’t have many long perimeter defenders to challenge Durant’s high-rising jumpers. The Hawks struggle to keep ballhandlers out of the paint, and probably no point guard has a quicker first step than Irving. The Hawks lost two of three games against the Nets this season. The Nets beat them here in November with Durant and Harden, and without Irving. The Nets won again at Brooklyn in December, when the Hawks were without starters Bogdanovic and De’Andre Hunter. The Hawks beat the Nets last weekend at home despite Durant scoring a career-high 55 points and Irving adding 31.

That game was evidence that the Hawks can conquer the Nets even if Durant and Irving go off. It was only one game, but this could come down to one game, Hawks vs. Nets. That’s better odds for the underdog Hawks than besting them in a series. The Hawks needed 36 points and 10 assists from Young to beat Brooklyn, but that kind of performance has become routine for him.

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D21 · Post #17 » by **D21** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:00 am

Checked some numbers, and it appears we will need a better Kevin than the one playing the last games, and hope Bogi can have the same huge impact!
Nice to see that Hunter was on the rise, and that our backup PG he's not costing us something when on the floor
I don't care how much Trae will score, I want to see him being the leader of this team by making them playing like in playoffs in the 4th quarter, and not like on a playground as he did two or three times in the last minutes Vs MIA

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Post #18 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:03 pm

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Spud2nique · Post #19 » by **Spud2nique** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:34 pm

According to SI Sportsbook, the Hawks opened as 4.5-point favorites with the over/under sitting at 236.5.

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Post #20 » by **Jamaaliver** » Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:50 pm

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