Merged: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

[oldmangrouch]

Re: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

I have to admit, this Hawks team is better than I would have predicted. They aren't as deep as the Blazers, Horford is having a horrible sophmore slump, and I have never been a fan of Bibby. Despite all that, they are a very competitive team. Props to both teams tonight.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Re: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

Great avatar Nik. The man himself lives down here. He used to come into my work quite often. I haven't seen him for a while though.

I grew up in Ruch, so yeah I've met him a couple of times before. BC used to come into a restaurant my brother worked at about 10 years ago. Really cool down to earth guy.

 

[hasoos]

Re: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

I have to admit, this Hawks team is better than I would have predicted. They aren't as deep as the Blazers, Horford is having a horrible sophmore slump, and I have never been a fan of Bibby. Despite all that, they are a very competitive team. Props to both teams tonight.

Um no they aren't. They are pretty bad actually. I watched their previous games leading up to this one and knew that if the Blazers blew this one, it would have been a bad loss. The only reason they have a winning record, is they play in the east.

 

[Entity]

Man, I love playing the East. If Portland lost every single game against them for the rest of the year, they'd still have a .600 record against them. Right now they're .783

 

[hasoos]

I just wanted to say, that Broy comletely owned Josh Smith tonight. On both ends of the court.

 

[HailBlazers]

Man, I love playing the East. If Portland lost every single game against them for the rest of the year, they'd still have a .600 record against them. Right now they're .783

Proof of how good this young team is in the grand scheme of things.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Re: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

Um no they aren't. They are pretty bad actually. I watched their previous games leading up to this one and knew that if the Blazers blew this one, it would have been a bad loss. The only reason they have a winning record, is they play in the east.

I have to disagree.

I have been very critical of the Blazers lately for "playing down" to the level of bad teams. I didn't see that tonight. The Blazers didn't keep the Hawks in the game by screwing up - the Hawks kept themselves in the game.

 

[alex42083]

Ouch..

 

[RR7]

I have to step up and say that I have been fairly critical of Outlaw this year, but watching at the stadium tonight, I thought he played close to the best defense I have seen him play this year at the SF position, covering Joe Johnson, and also doing a pretty good job on Josh Smith tonight. Smith had some really nice blocks tonight, but 3 rebounds, 5-12 shooting, 11 points. Not a good game. Joe Johnson, 7-22. 21 points. meh. He just seemed to do a much better job, to me, staying in front of his man tonight. It was great to see from him. He got kind of challenged in the media, and what did he do? He didn't come out just looking to score, to get points so his stats looked good, like maybe he would have a year ago?. He only took 5 shots tonight. Got 6 rebounds. 3 in the 4th. And played very good defense against a good athletic opponent. Props to him. And I hope Canzano recognizes it. Yes, it needs to be consistent, but I think him calling him out was fine, it was a good article. It would be nice to see from him, to write tomorrow about the way travis played tonight, and that he responded in a great way. So, yeah, great game to Travis. We need him to be what he was tonight.

 

[MrJayremmie]

It's disgusting to see our brilliant athletic PF pull down 3 rebs in 40 mins. I watch guys like Lamarcus Aldridge and seriously, anyone who thinks J. Smith can be a star must be out of their mind. Mo Evans had a horrible game, so did Zaza, well... that's usually the case. Now, how can Horford take only 3 shots during 30 mins. I mean, this coaching staff is the worst in the league. The other day there was a trade thread about Marvin+ whatever for Outlaw+whatever. I mean, I'd take outlaw and his dumb plays over whatever Marvin has to offer anytime. We're lucky to be in the Eastern conf., things are much tougher in the west.

Sound fimiliar?

About the athletic PF only getting X rebounds? About their young big only getting 3 shots? About the bad coaching staff? About trading Marvin Williams?

Anyway, if we go 16-12 the rest of the way, we get to 50 wins. I really think we can do it! And oh man, would that be nice. Good, solid win.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Sound fimiliar?

About the athletic PF only getting X rebounds? About their young big only getting 3 shots? About the bad coaching staff? About trading Marvin Williams?

Anyway, if we go 16-12 the rest of the way, we get to 50 wins. I really think we can do it! And oh man, would that be nice. Good, solid win.

Perfect find. And you can find that on almost every board in every sport. That is why it is so annoying to hear it over and over on this board. Everything is an extreme.

 

[hasoos]

Re: Hawks vs. Blazers Game Thread

I have to disagree.

I have been very critical of the Blazers lately for "playing down" to the level of bad teams. I didn't see that tonight. The Blazers didn't keep the Hawks in the game by screwing up - the Hawks kept themselves in the game.

Well maybe you should have watched the Hawks a few games ago when they lost to the Clippers. That's right the Clippers. Also their record is deceiving. They had a huge win streak in the beginning of the year, and from there on out, have been playing .500 ball.

 

[Entity]

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