Game Thread: Hawks @ Knicks -- 12/7/22

[Jamaaliver]

Hawks Looks to Take a Bow



The Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks haven’t shown us much to get excited about, but it’s a must-watch when Trae Young steps into the Garden. The Hawks sit as the four-seed in the East with their 13-11 record but don’t appear to be the contender many envisioned. The 11-13 Knicks are another mediocre edition that isn’t going anywhere of significance.

In their first matchup this year, the Hawks won 112-99 in early November behind Dejounte Murray’s stat line of 36-9-5. Since then, both teams have had similar near-.500 records, but some recent buzz surrounding Young and Nate McMillan has us keeping an extra close eye on Atlanta.

The Knicks have been relatively healthy all season, whereas the Hawks are currently down two starters in, John Collins and De’Andre Hunter. Jalen Johnson and AJ Griffin have both done well holding down the fort as Johnson has emerged as a critical rebounder while Griffin is showing flashes of strong offensive potential in his rookie year.

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[HMFFL]

Hawks a re a 2pt underdog.

Hawks have won the previous two meetings.

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Murray tweaks his ankle while shooting a jumper. RJ put his feet under Murray's.

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[HMFFL]

Need to T up RJ.

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[jayu70]

2-18 from 3.
AJ and Bogi 1-10.
No DJ, No Hunter, No JC - uphill battle.

[Jamaaliver]

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[Jamaaliver]

Hawks have 67 points across 3 quarters of basketball...pathtic.

This is on Trae and NATE.

Hawks offense is garbage, but they did manage a nice run when Trae was on the bench. Let other players run plays!!!

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[jayu70]

3 point shooting:
Trae 0-4
AJ 1-7
Bogi 0-10

[jayu70]

6-36 from 3. Yikes.

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I'd like to see Jalen Johnson play more but he fouled out in the 13 minutes he played.

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[Jamaaliver]

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[HMFFL]

Trae went 0/4 from three tonight.

In his last five games he's 5 for 34.

Hopefully this ends soon and he turns it around.

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[Jamaaliver]

I'd like to see Jalen Johnson play more but he fouled out in the 13 minutes he played.

Yeah, I wish Trae would let JJ push the ball in transition more when he gets a defensive rebound. Happens when Trae sits and good things often result.

In general, Jalen needs opportunities to leave his mark on the game.

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[Geaux_Hawks]

I'd like to see Jalen Johnson play more but he fouled out in the 13 minutes he played.

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3 Horrific calls by the refs.

[Jamaaliver]

He deserves all the ridicule and criticism he gets for the rest of the week in NYC. Piss poor performance.

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[jayu70]

1. We are starting a 19 and 20 year old because of injuries to starters. Contrary to some we need our starters back. This is what happens when teams get tape.

2. We are depending on a 19 year old rookie in AJ (1-8, the pressure might be getting to him as a starter) and a just returned Bogi (0-10) to fix our 3pt shooting Woes. They were 1-18 from 3.

3. 2nd game in a row, we were out-hustled for rebounds in the 2nd half.

4. Nobody stepped up into DJ's role when he went down.

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[jayu70]

Ha.
A few games ago I said when teams zoned us we needed to push the pace.

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