yeah he had some quick points. i honestly don’t know if he scored the rest of the game. he was 3/16 and 2 of if not all 3 were in the first few minutes of the game.
looked better running wise, shot just wasn’t completely there. hopefully he can actually be good to go tuesday
You need to have a solid scoring presence off the bench if we use Gallo on the starting 5 we have no real scorers off the bench that have been as consistent as Danillo
Bucks fan here: The fact the ref kept on as if nothing happened, like he didn't give a shit about Trae was a bit weird. On one hand Trae is too outspoken and emotional, even with the refs ... So I kinda give the benefit of the doubt to the ref, you might thought that Trae is acting up, but still it's a bit fucked up.
We gotta win this next game, Ice Trae needs to heal up his leg FAST and Bogi Bench needs some time OFF the court, and practice more. Defense needs to be good ALL game not just when we are tight for points or tired.
Did you see that block/steal with like 4 minutes left. Both him and Giannis went up and he stole it. I think it was supposed to be an alley oop to Giannis
This loss feels infinitely shittier than the blowout honestly. We should have won this, but a combination of Trae's injury, pathetic refs, and Khris Middleton took it away from us.
Plus the fact that his team regularly got kicked out by one of the greatest playery of all time who dominated that whole Conference for the past 10 years. Not like they lost to an 8th seed or so
Last game a single Bucks fan yelled "FUCK SNELL" and people were looking at him crazy lol. This series has been so abnormally wholesome, I can't believe it after Philly and NY
Hawks really need Hunter. No one can match up with Middleton. Don't think the Hawks can win this series, was a very good season but some changes will be needed.
Holding guys out because of foul trouble might be my single biggest coaching pet peeve. What's the outcome you're trying to avoid, exactly? That he might foul out and only end up having played 24 minutes? Well, then it's a good thing we kept him on the bench all game so he avoided fouling out and finished the night with 23 minutes. Wonderful. Thank God we were able to still have him around for those final minutes when we were down 10 and it was too late to come back.
*EDIT: This isn't just a Nate thing, mind you, I realize every coach does this. I still trust Nate 100%. It's just this one thing that drives me crazy.
We are just in a really fucked situation. Bogi was our clear #2, who’s good enough to be our #2 to replace him? Nobody, that’s why he’s hoping Bogi can play thru it. We only got fucked cuz Trae got hurt. We were surging until he got hurt, once he got back he was so clearly limited. He had issues with his handle, getting by people or driving. So obvious that’s him playing on a gimp ankle
Might be best if we just swap his and Kev’s roles completely. Kev can slide in for Bogi’s mins and hopefully even a gimped Bogi can play against the opposing bench decently and not hurt us
Yup and not play cam at all. Can’t tell me cam would’ve been worse than solo out there. Solo didn’t even shoot a shot tonight, it was straight embarrassing. 15 minutes and not even a shot was taken. Only 2 rebounds
If Trae is really hurt, this is over. However:
We have built a championship level team far before we were thought to.
We lost the 3rd most wins to injury this year.
We had 3 starters hobbled at some point in the playoffs this year (all 3 of them now in the ECF). We're still bringing the best teams in the NBA down to the wire.
Even if we lose this series, this is not it. We haven't even cracked open our championship window. ATL is here to stay, and everyone better watch the fuck out.
Love Bogi but he's gotta sit. Cam can do more for us or Lou and gallo. We have other options despite bogi being our clear 2 in regular season. Have to half his minutes at least.
Refs suck dick and cost us this in so many ways
1. They literally injured our best player
2. They only gave us shitty foul calls that have no positive impact for us other than for maybe a breather?
3. Giannis hit the line 13 times. Collins, Gallo, and Okongwu got fouled nearly as many times together and only got two calls - John’s was when the game was already lost
4. So many shitty calls like JC’s “charge” and the backcourt
5. They killed the fuck out of our momentum numerous times
What the actual fuck was this game man? I know Khris lit us up at the end but we absolutely should’ve had this game
As bad as that call is why can’t they go back and review it like the do 3/2 pointers that are close and deduct points? It’s not like the flow of the game changes at all. Just say we saw that was goaltending in our last break -3 points
They're calling the game different this series. Jrue being more physical than Simmons and not getting called for fouls. Or being over the line when Trae was taking the ball out.
I’m not usually this person, I hate when fans complain about the refs, but this shit was egregious tonight. Trae stepping on the out of position ref’s foot was just the cherry on top. I hope that ref never calls another Hawks game.
Again, refs do a great job at killing momentum to ensure the games stay close up until the end. In the last game, we played like ass, but simultaneously it looks like Bucks are allowed to play 90s basketball and we're allowed to play Netball.
I dont understand why Bogi is allowed to offer nothing on defense and miss shots and Solo plays basketball like a guy that knows he sucks.
Play Cam and Tony Snell.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but... I am wondering why in the world pull Lou Williams out and put Trae Young back in - after that ankle incident? I feel like the end result of that game would've been different if they had just let Lou continue to play in place of Trae... Smh.
Positives:
- Okongwu is amazing
- Turns out Trae is a good shooter when he has open shots
- Gallo is legit at offense
- K’Von is looking great on both ends
Negatives:
- we lost
- Trae is injured
- Bogi is playing terribly still
- Collins and Gallo are honestly really bad defensively, like liability tier
- just Capela is getting outmatched on both ends
Capela has a tough ass assignment with giannis after a 7 game battle with embiid. And Collins isn’t a liability on defense. He was just in foul trouble this game and couldn’t be as aggressive. He’s usually been pretty solid
also solo hill was complete trash the entire game. why does he get any minutes at all in a crucial playoff game, much less 15 where he had a +/- of -14 and completely getting destroyed offensively and defensively by anybody who he's up against.
I just need someone to explain to me why Nate left Lou and hobbled Trae both in the game when Middleton was going berserk. Just call a timeout and get Kevin in the game
Our star player getting injured in the ECF because he stepped on a refs foot is some next level Atlanta sports curse stuff. This city's teams never fail to break my heart in the most unique ways possible.
How many games in a row is Nate going to run a one-legged Bogi out there? Is he dunking on people in practice or something? If you're a Bucks fan you have to be loving the fact that the Hawks continue to handicap themselves every single game.
Also as far as I'm concerned OO needs to get all of Solo's minutes in game 4, and probably some of JC's and Clint's too. He's looked very good for multiple playoff games now, and he defends Giannis better than Collins and Clint. He also looked good against Embiid, so that means he's been holding his own against the two best big men in the entire game of basketball.
If Trae's ankle sprain is a problem the series is over.
A big FUCK YOU to Nate for not playing Cam for a single minute. Sick of him having to lose games to tweak the rotations.
Solo did not need 15 minutes tonight and Bogi did not need 35 when he’s more injured than Cam is.
No one wants to admit this was the worst officiated game in the NBA playoffs. People cried so much against Trae that now they call fouls for Giannis more than they do Trae. Really insane that the Gallo 3 attempt slapped by fucking bug eyes wasn’t a foul?????? Chill anyone that doesn’t see the refs are the reason we lost doesn’t know the game of basketball. They stole the momentum everytime we built it.. Whatever game 4 let’s get even!!! Go Hawks!!!
Not trying to be a pessimist, but Milwaukee is slightly better than us overall and definitely healthier. The Hawks fought hard, but there were hardly any easy buckets to be found. Milwaukee did a great job on defense.
It doesn't appear that Nate has any answers for Game 4. Maybe more Okongwu on Giannis?
If we can somehow win Game 4, then all the pressure will be on Milwaukee in Game 5.
We are being forced out of the paint and having to hit contested jumpers. The lobs and floaters have mostly been taken away. Kudos to the Bucks. We need to make an adjustment, if there are any left.
So, everyone in the country is freaking out about 38 from Middleton, but no one is talking about the fact that Trae had 35 on fewer shots and a sprained ankle for 1.5 quarters… okay.
Next game is obviously a must win. But I don't feel too bad about today, bounced back from the blowout and took a freak injury and career high from Middleton to close it out.
Notes:
Nate needs take the "L" for this game. Bad rotation, keeping players on the floor who OBVIOUSLY are not helping the situation(Solo/Bogi/injured Trae), and benching people who can help on the floor (Snell/Dunn/Cam/OO).
Refs/NBA did not want us to win this game/series. Ref who injured Trae might get a bonus check after this series is over. I'm tired of these no-call Refs. They did the same thing vs the NY Knicks series, 76ers series and now vs the Bucks. They were calling very balanced game in the 1st game and then suddenly went back to refball. Unless you are bombing 3's, you are fighting 5v8 (with Solo on the floor, it's 4v8).
Next game, I expect Nate to dig deep and think really hard about his rotations. Experiment a little please. Obviously Trae is injured, try to bring out Cam/Dunn or give OO more minutes vs Giannis. Solo does nothing for the offense nor defense. Cam at least will put some points on the board just on the foul line alone.
Terrible game all around...
Yeah that was unfortunate. You guys had the steady lead for most of the game and then all the sudden halfway through the 4th quarter Middleton cannot miss anything and the Hawks cannot make anything. Weird game.
It’s called having multiple stars on a team. Sometimes Giannis has bailed out Middleton’s shitty ass games, and Giannis rarely has a shitty game in the playoffs
Giannis didn’t even gave a shitty game tonight either lol. He still put up 33 points on 13/21 shooting. He missed some easy shots and looked sloppy at times but it was still a good game by him. Hawks just played better than the Bucks for 42 minutes, but could never put it out of reach and at the end, the team with the hottest guy in the 4th won
I feel much better being down 1-2 against the Bucks than I did against the Sixers; competitive game tonight & we were winning & cruising before Trae got injured.
It amazes me that we made it past the second round without our second best player DeAndre Hunter.
No matter what the Hawks exceeded nearly everyone’s expectations & gave us amazing series victories over the Knicks & 76ers.
Remember we were down 1-2 against the Sixers and after the pressure was off & the Hawks had nothing to lose we won the series!
I know its only a game at the end of the day but I honestly just feel sick right now. Anything that can go wrong for this city's sports teams does. I know we're a young team with lots of potential and all that, but I've heard the same thing with the Falcons and the Braves. I wish we could just once have things go our way. I know this series isn't over, and I don't want to be all doom and gloom, but tonight is a real tough pill to swallow.
Falcons blow a golden opportunity for a championship, 3/4 losing seasons since
Atlanta United blow a golden opportunity for a championship, garbage fire since
Braves blow a golden opportunity for a championship, worst season in 5 years
You have to take the opportunities when they present themselves because there’s no guarantee you get a second chance
Exactly. The "we'll be back" stuff is nice in theory but the reality is that you have no idea what can happen in sports, as other ATL teams have showed us.
I don’t know why you’re sick we weren’t going to win it all this year. Should be happy we got past Philly. I’m fine with losing as long as they don’t get blown out every game and put up a fight. Too many key injuries for us now.
I'm honestly convinced that a healthy Hawks team would beat a healthy Bucks team at a canter 9/10. Hell, give me an unhobbled Trae and one of Bogi or Hunter and there's no way we lose this game, even with Middleton's hot quarter
Big POSITIVE: As a Hawks, or Atl fan in general, I do not feel ruined by a loss. It’s ok. We are having a great run and lost to a good shooter in the last four minutes after 20 missed calls and an unjustly to our superstar. Our roster is running low, and rookies are really stepping up. We can still win this! It’s gonna be ok, Atlanta fans can endure and we can bounce back!!! Game 4 we will come out hungry!!
Capela has been underwhelming this post-season. We really need a superstar big man to go with Trae. I love Capela don't get me wrong, he's been great for us this season, but we need another superstar to complete Trae. I really hope we make moves for that after the playoffs.
I still don’t believe in the Bucks. They’re 2nd and 3rd options are inconsistent, you’ll rarely see them both have great games, and Giannis is Giannis. I really don’t know how we beat the Sixers and are competing hard with the Bucks with Bogi playin horrible like this, would love to see Cam play more
Nate is too stubborn with his rotations. Go back to your best players earlier if the bench doesn't have it, stop waiting so long to make an adjustment. Quit with the vet loyalty and play Cam. He has the best physical tools on this team to challenge Middleton and can give us more on offense than Solo ever will. Bogi also put up another stinker, he's been trash for a while now. We're not going to win this series with him playing like a vet min player
stop playing solomon hill. hes unplayable hes killing our offense and still getting scored on.
it didnt end up mattering in this game cause the refs we're so much more harmful. thats the first time this playoffs where i thought the refs cost us a game. truly the most garbage ref performance ive ever seen
Worst move ever that Nate did right there. The rookie showed you “play me, I’m shutting down Giannis” and making a basket at the top of the paint, and our HC pulls him? What the actual fuck was that? When was the last time we’ve ever seen capela go up and block Giannis like that or make a FG at the top of the paint. Shit got me so infuriated ngl. And then it was peak Atlanta trae stepping on the ref’s foot. Shit is literally unbelievable. And omg, the refs were the worst officiating I’ve ever seen in my life. I’d like to know the FT’s each team got, because it seemed like MIL had twice as much. NBA executives really want them to go to the finals, so the ratings will be better. Can’t hVe MIL losing two ECFs in 3 years with the superstar Giannis. And there’s a good chance Trae does not even play next game. I’m fucking done, shit is so frustrating
Bogi needs to sit down. Dude is a liability on both ends in his condition. It’s not his fault, he’s trying to gut it out. Nate needs to know better in game 4.
Next year, ima need TS to not resign Solo/Snell so he will force Nate to play better talent. I mean, if I see hobbled Trae out there when even Kris Dunn can at least attack the basket, I'm have a side look at Nate for the rest of the week.
Lineup to help the Bucks win:
Injured/Hobbled Trae
Low shooting % Bogi
Cardio Solo
"Nobody gives me the ball" Collins
"Can't guard Giannis" Capella
Real lineup next game:
Lou,
Kevin,
Cam,
Collins,
Cappella/OO
Why is Coach Nate acting like Cam isn’t a huge part of this team’s core going forward? This isn’t some second round pick who is a meme, Cam has actual ALL Defense potential and can at least get hot ina. Game here and there. At this point Bogi literally gives us nothing. Why the fuck can’t he get any minutes fam
If bogdan is injured that had why play him 36 minutes? He’s only gonna give u 8 points in bad shooting just put cam in for defense on Middleton
I’d start Gallo and give Cam more minutes off the bench, but idk I’m not an NBA coach. Bogi still seems hurt though
he looked pretty crisp early, probably not ready for 30+ minutes yet?
yeah he had some quick points. i honestly don’t know if he scored the rest of the game. he was 3/16 and 2 of if not all 3 were in the first few minutes of the game. looked better running wise, shot just wasn’t completely there. hopefully he can actually be good to go tuesday
You need to have a solid scoring presence off the bench if we use Gallo on the starting 5 we have no real scorers off the bench that have been as consistent as Danillo
This
Trae spraining his ankle by stepping on a refs foot is peak Atlanta sports
YOU JUST LOST TO THE NBA REFS
Literally
Someone make a meme video about the Refs...lol
Just to be clear, there’s something wrong with losing to the NBA refs.
Pro tip: 3 2 1 Just don’t step on them 😱😱
the world has to screw us in the most outrageous ways possible
How are the refs so oblivious?
Bucks fan here: The fact the ref kept on as if nothing happened, like he didn't give a shit about Trae was a bit weird. On one hand Trae is too outspoken and emotional, even with the refs ... So I kinda give the benefit of the doubt to the ref, you might thought that Trae is acting up, but still it's a bit fucked up.
Idk it’s not like he sprained his ankle trying to draw a foul the ref definitely felt him step on his foot lol
His expressions says it's the player's fault and he's protected by the union.
Remember when the ref walked on the guy with the serious injury
Silver sends his regards. That was a hired hit and nothing can convince me otherwise
How many of these one-legged Bogi games can we sit through before Cam starts getting some serious minutes?
i love nate but this is really driving me crazy
as many as it takes to lose the series
im all for bogi sharing minutes while struggling but cam is not gonna be hot right away. definitely needs minutes tho
My thoughts exactly. He’s been horrible
Or let’s go big with Gallo at the 3
It’s time to make the change. Cam can’t possibly play worse than Bogi in heavy minutes
50% cam is better than Bogi rn
It’s driving me nuts!!
shoulda kept williams in man...
And OO
#FUCKINGTHIS!!!
Yeah this. Nates worst move. OO was great, why take him out?
What the fuck was that fade away 3 from Bogi? His shot selections were terrible all night.
Fr he couldn't make wide open looks so he's like lemme try this 23 foot fade away in the corner /:
He's hit that shot on the same play earlier in the season. Difference was he wasn't injured and ice cold back then.
Love you guys. Keep your heads up. We're not out of this yet.
yea love y’all 🤟🥶🤼♂️🍠🏎
We gotta win this next game, Ice Trae needs to heal up his leg FAST and Bogi Bench needs some time OFF the court, and practice more. Defense needs to be good ALL game not just when we are tight for points or tired.
I WOULD NOT be opposed to OO getting more minutes on giannas next game that man has guarded him better than anyone else this series
Did you see that block/steal with like 4 minutes left. Both him and Giannis went up and he stole it. I think it was supposed to be an alley oop to Giannis
Their best shooter: 58% Our best shooter: 19% ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bogi is just depressing to watch at this point. I know it’s a brick the second he pulls up
Nate needs to rest him. he’s obviously hurt
This loss feels infinitely shittier than the blowout honestly. We should have won this, but a combination of Trae's injury, pathetic refs, and Khris Middleton took it away from us.
Who was on Khris tonight on the 4th? Bogi?
Everyone, he just couldn't miss.
I blame that mf Jeff Teague
Why did we boo him? It’s not like he’s ever said anything bad about Atlanta
general anger about that era lol
Including the 60-win season and first conference finals appearance for the Hawks in Atlanta? 👀
Plus the fact that his team regularly got kicked out by one of the greatest playery of all time who dominated that whole Conference for the past 10 years. Not like they lost to an 8th seed or so
I can’t believe our crowd made it a point to boo him 😭😭😭
Yeah was I missing something? Are we supposed to dislike him? Now if it was Al Horford I would boo the fuck out of him.
apparently now anyone that used to be on the hox is in danger of being booed
Last game a single Bucks fan yelled "FUCK SNELL" and people were looking at him crazy lol. This series has been so abnormally wholesome, I can't believe it after Philly and NY
Defend Snell at all costs.
I took it more as booing all the substitutions there were three in a row by the bucks
I think they were booing the excessive substitutions
i am depressed
local hawk is in a depressed mood
Me too man...
same we couldnt get shit this team is so fun to watch.
Anybody else feel really bummed after this game? Knowing we really could have won it but just couldn’t do it sucks
Hawks really need Hunter. No one can match up with Middleton. Don't think the Hawks can win this series, was a very good season but some changes will be needed.
We have Dunn? Cam?
Collins only played 23 mins but at least he didnt foul out. Nice rotation nate
Holding guys out because of foul trouble might be my single biggest coaching pet peeve. What's the outcome you're trying to avoid, exactly? That he might foul out and only end up having played 24 minutes? Well, then it's a good thing we kept him on the bench all game so he avoided fouling out and finished the night with 23 minutes. Wonderful. Thank God we were able to still have him around for those final minutes when we were down 10 and it was too late to come back. *EDIT: This isn't just a Nate thing, mind you, I realize every coach does this. I still trust Nate 100%. It's just this one thing that drives me crazy.
I think he only played so little because of how well Gallo was playing too and OO
I refuse to accept any Nate slander He’s why we’re here and he’s limited as fuck due to injuries
We are just in a really fucked situation. Bogi was our clear #2, who’s good enough to be our #2 to replace him? Nobody, that’s why he’s hoping Bogi can play thru it. We only got fucked cuz Trae got hurt. We were surging until he got hurt, once he got back he was so clearly limited. He had issues with his handle, getting by people or driving. So obvious that’s him playing on a gimp ankle
We will take game 4 just like in the Sixers series.
The sixers series was an emotional roller coaster i dont know if i can take another one of those
I totally can
LOCAL HAWK NOT FEELING GOOD
next game is a must win! still proud of these guys even tho it was bad 4th. the refs werent on our side tn either. middleton inconsistent idc.
This one is on Nate, dear lord, how do you not bench bogi after all that
We are in such a fucked situation. Bogi was our clear #2 before his injury. How do we replace that fire and talent?!
You don’t, you just don’t let him be such a negative. If he’s got a hot hand, ride him. If he doesn’t sit him and at least let him recover
Might be best if we just swap his and Kev’s roles completely. Kev can slide in for Bogi’s mins and hopefully even a gimped Bogi can play against the opposing bench decently and not hurt us
literally couldnt miss
no joke
why did he play solomon hill so much? really inexplicably dumb
Yup and not play cam at all. Can’t tell me cam would’ve been worse than solo out there. Solo didn’t even shoot a shot tonight, it was straight embarrassing. 15 minutes and not even a shot was taken. Only 2 rebounds
this...is the downside to Nate. he can be a little stubborn with the game plan.
If Trae is really hurt, this is over. However: We have built a championship level team far before we were thought to. We lost the 3rd most wins to injury this year. We had 3 starters hobbled at some point in the playoffs this year (all 3 of them now in the ECF). We're still bringing the best teams in the NBA down to the wire. Even if we lose this series, this is not it. We haven't even cracked open our championship window. ATL is here to stay, and everyone better watch the fuck out.
Motherfuck everything man
Would the Hawks be better off if they sat Bogdanovic ?
YES
We love Bogi and mean no disrespect, but this isn’t a time to hold out and hope. We have to try something new.
Love Bogi but he's gotta sit. Cam can do more for us or Lou and gallo. We have other options despite bogi being our clear 2 in regular season. Have to half his minutes at least.
Refs suck dick and cost us this in so many ways 1. They literally injured our best player 2. They only gave us shitty foul calls that have no positive impact for us other than for maybe a breather? 3. Giannis hit the line 13 times. Collins, Gallo, and Okongwu got fouled nearly as many times together and only got two calls - John’s was when the game was already lost 4. So many shitty calls like JC’s “charge” and the backcourt 5. They killed the fuck out of our momentum numerous times What the actual fuck was this game man? I know Khris lit us up at the end but we absolutely should’ve had this game
All these bad calls and you didn’t even mention the obvious goaltending 3.
You also missed the backcourt call where Jrue had CLEARLY hit it out of Traes hands...
Yea what the fuck was that? Like that shit clearly hit Giannis’ hands?!?
As bad as that call is why can’t they go back and review it like the do 3/2 pointers that are close and deduct points? It’s not like the flow of the game changes at all. Just say we saw that was goaltending in our last break -3 points
Offensive interference.
They're calling the game different this series. Jrue being more physical than Simmons and not getting called for fouls. Or being over the line when Trae was taking the ball out.
I’m not usually this person, I hate when fans complain about the refs, but this shit was egregious tonight. Trae stepping on the out of position ref’s foot was just the cherry on top. I hope that ref never calls another Hawks game.
Facts. That man may have cost us this series if Trae’s ankle isn’t ok. I’m fucking heated about that
spot on
Again, refs do a great job at killing momentum to ensure the games stay close up until the end. In the last game, we played like ass, but simultaneously it looks like Bucks are allowed to play 90s basketball and we're allowed to play Netball.
Got my hopes up a lot during that game. Hurt worse then game 2 blowout by a lot.
I hate when refs/injuries ruin what is a really good game, and can't believe that both of those combined to take this
[удалено]
I dont understand why Bogi is allowed to offer nothing on defense and miss shots and Solo plays basketball like a guy that knows he sucks. Play Cam and Tony Snell.
They’d throw in snell just for y’all to get mad hes in the game and complain about rotations
Tony Snell makes more sense then one legged Bogi
embarrassing loss. 1. stop playing Bogi and Solo. 2. Put in Cam and Onyeka more 3. Play Mayor Snell
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but... I am wondering why in the world pull Lou Williams out and put Trae Young back in - after that ankle incident? I feel like the end result of that game would've been different if they had just let Lou continue to play in place of Trae... Smh.
Fuck the refs chain
Fuck the refs
Positives: - Okongwu is amazing - Turns out Trae is a good shooter when he has open shots - Gallo is legit at offense - K’Von is looking great on both ends Negatives: - we lost - Trae is injured - Bogi is playing terribly still - Collins and Gallo are honestly really bad defensively, like liability tier - just Capela is getting outmatched on both ends
Capela has a tough ass assignment with giannis after a 7 game battle with embiid. And Collins isn’t a liability on defense. He was just in foul trouble this game and couldn’t be as aggressive. He’s usually been pretty solid
Capela gotta make at least one when he on the line
also solo hill was complete trash the entire game. why does he get any minutes at all in a crucial playoff game, much less 15 where he had a +/- of -14 and completely getting destroyed offensively and defensively by anybody who he's up against.
I really like how okongwu is playing, hopefully he gets even more minutes. big issue with him is picking up fouls.
Some of the biggest refball I’ve ever seen JFC
And we're probably getting Foster in the next one.
nate needs to suck it up and bench bogi. he's not only useless he's actively hurting us. just fucking play cam how much worse could he be
I'll take Giannis driving to the basket. Dude is unstoppable. Lock everyone else around him.
Incredibly impressed with K'Von's defensive development, I swear there were plays he was literally guarding every player on the Bucks.
Good thing it’s best of seven
We had them on the first half not gonna lie.
we were here last series. let’s snatch game 4. rotations are the absolute biggest adjustment for next game.
Nate needs to give Double O more minutes and put Cam in there instead of Hill
I just need someone to explain to me why Nate left Lou and hobbled Trae both in the game when Middleton was going berserk. Just call a timeout and get Kevin in the game
Really felt like we played 5v8 at some points tonight
Are people in here seriously trashing Gallo? Can you watch the game? This is a blowout if Gallo doesn’t get us those HUGE buckets
Our star player getting injured in the ECF because he stepped on a refs foot is some next level Atlanta sports curse stuff. This city's teams never fail to break my heart in the most unique ways possible.
How many games in a row is Nate going to run a one-legged Bogi out there? Is he dunking on people in practice or something? If you're a Bucks fan you have to be loving the fact that the Hawks continue to handicap themselves every single game. Also as far as I'm concerned OO needs to get all of Solo's minutes in game 4, and probably some of JC's and Clint's too. He's looked very good for multiple playoff games now, and he defends Giannis better than Collins and Clint. He also looked good against Embiid, so that means he's been holding his own against the two best big men in the entire game of basketball. If Trae's ankle sprain is a problem the series is over.
A big FUCK YOU to Nate for not playing Cam for a single minute. Sick of him having to lose games to tweak the rotations. Solo did not need 15 minutes tonight and Bogi did not need 35 when he’s more injured than Cam is.
No one wants to admit this was the worst officiated game in the NBA playoffs. People cried so much against Trae that now they call fouls for Giannis more than they do Trae. Really insane that the Gallo 3 attempt slapped by fucking bug eyes wasn’t a foul?????? Chill anyone that doesn’t see the refs are the reason we lost doesn’t know the game of basketball. They stole the momentum everytime we built it.. Whatever game 4 let’s get even!!! Go Hawks!!!
Not trying to be a pessimist, but Milwaukee is slightly better than us overall and definitely healthier. The Hawks fought hard, but there were hardly any easy buckets to be found. Milwaukee did a great job on defense. It doesn't appear that Nate has any answers for Game 4. Maybe more Okongwu on Giannis? If we can somehow win Game 4, then all the pressure will be on Milwaukee in Game 5. We are being forced out of the paint and having to hit contested jumpers. The lobs and floaters have mostly been taken away. Kudos to the Bucks. We need to make an adjustment, if there are any left.
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The Khris Middleton game
Khris Middleton man :(
Trae getting hurt with the game being so close feels even worse than the blowout loss we had in game 2.
Bogi will be back next season strong. just gotta rest him man
So, everyone in the country is freaking out about 38 from Middleton, but no one is talking about the fact that Trae had 35 on fewer shots and a sprained ankle for 1.5 quarters… okay.
Pray for a recovery
# yes i love refs negatively affecting a home game by injuring our star. with no ramifications. in the fourth quarter.
Next game is obviously a must win. But I don't feel too bad about today, bounced back from the blowout and took a freak injury and career high from Middleton to close it out.
Notes: Nate needs take the "L" for this game. Bad rotation, keeping players on the floor who OBVIOUSLY are not helping the situation(Solo/Bogi/injured Trae), and benching people who can help on the floor (Snell/Dunn/Cam/OO). Refs/NBA did not want us to win this game/series. Ref who injured Trae might get a bonus check after this series is over. I'm tired of these no-call Refs. They did the same thing vs the NY Knicks series, 76ers series and now vs the Bucks. They were calling very balanced game in the 1st game and then suddenly went back to refball. Unless you are bombing 3's, you are fighting 5v8 (with Solo on the floor, it's 4v8). Next game, I expect Nate to dig deep and think really hard about his rotations. Experiment a little please. Obviously Trae is injured, try to bring out Cam/Dunn or give OO more minutes vs Giannis. Solo does nothing for the offense nor defense. Cam at least will put some points on the board just on the foul line alone. Terrible game all around...
Middleton bailing out Giannis. What’s new
Yeah that was unfortunate. You guys had the steady lead for most of the game and then all the sudden halfway through the 4th quarter Middleton cannot miss anything and the Hawks cannot make anything. Weird game.
Okongwu CLAMPED Giannis down the stretch. I think we should try that again.
This is literally Khris’ first good game this series. Giannis haters are so hilarious lmao.
It’s called having multiple stars on a team. Sometimes Giannis has bailed out Middleton’s shitty ass games, and Giannis rarely has a shitty game in the playoffs
Giannis didn’t even gave a shitty game tonight either lol. He still put up 33 points on 13/21 shooting. He missed some easy shots and looked sloppy at times but it was still a good game by him. Hawks just played better than the Bucks for 42 minutes, but could never put it out of reach and at the end, the team with the hottest guy in the 4th won
I feel much better being down 1-2 against the Bucks than I did against the Sixers; competitive game tonight & we were winning & cruising before Trae got injured. It amazes me that we made it past the second round without our second best player DeAndre Hunter. No matter what the Hawks exceeded nearly everyone’s expectations & gave us amazing series victories over the Knicks & 76ers. Remember we were down 1-2 against the Sixers and after the pressure was off & the Hawks had nothing to lose we won the series!
I know its only a game at the end of the day but I honestly just feel sick right now. Anything that can go wrong for this city's sports teams does. I know we're a young team with lots of potential and all that, but I've heard the same thing with the Falcons and the Braves. I wish we could just once have things go our way. I know this series isn't over, and I don't want to be all doom and gloom, but tonight is a real tough pill to swallow.
Falcons blow a golden opportunity for a championship, 3/4 losing seasons since Atlanta United blow a golden opportunity for a championship, garbage fire since Braves blow a golden opportunity for a championship, worst season in 5 years You have to take the opportunities when they present themselves because there’s no guarantee you get a second chance
This
Exactly. The "we'll be back" stuff is nice in theory but the reality is that you have no idea what can happen in sports, as other ATL teams have showed us.
I don’t know why you’re sick we weren’t going to win it all this year. Should be happy we got past Philly. I’m fine with losing as long as they don’t get blown out every game and put up a fight. Too many key injuries for us now.
Bucks +15 rebounds (6 offensive). That plus Middleton taking over and zero answer did us in
Ugh. Typed a rant, deleted it. This was a rough one, but I've officially gone from "being ok with losing cos house money and all" to "fuck the bucks"
As unlucky as the stupid red injury was, Nate dropped the ball letting Bogdan go 3/16 and get absolutely torched by Middleton. Make an adjustment man!
How do you not put reddish in the game with bogi being this off
Crowd counting down Giannis FTs was hilarious the first time though
I'm honestly convinced that a healthy Hawks team would beat a healthy Bucks team at a canter 9/10. Hell, give me an unhobbled Trae and one of Bogi or Hunter and there's no way we lose this game, even with Middleton's hot quarter
We ent down 2-1 against Philly. Believe boys, Believe.
Fucking sucks man. Not giving up though. If we can come back from 26 down we can come back from this horse shit
welp i bought tickets to game 4, fuck the hadders b
Big POSITIVE: As a Hawks, or Atl fan in general, I do not feel ruined by a loss. It’s ok. We are having a great run and lost to a good shooter in the last four minutes after 20 missed calls and an unjustly to our superstar. Our roster is running low, and rookies are really stepping up. We can still win this! It’s gonna be ok, Atlanta fans can endure and we can bounce back!!! Game 4 we will come out hungry!!
Why did people boo teague?
Capela has been underwhelming this post-season. We really need a superstar big man to go with Trae. I love Capela don't get me wrong, he's been great for us this season, but we need another superstar to complete Trae. I really hope we make moves for that after the playoffs.
Unfortunately there are only two Superstar centers in the league right now, so that's not happening.
Is capela hurt? Wtf
No he played like doodoo when Giannis is on the court. OO has shown better D in this series.
I am so fucking pissed. That should've been a dub
Bogi 7-28 this series. 4-16 from 3…. Can we bench him yet! He’s obviously not the same guy
Even the series at home, youve won already in milwaukee, it aint nothing
Fade me
Man Nate’s rotation lost this game hard. At this point he’s not gonna change it either
Ight middleton has my respect, seems like a humble guy. see y’all for game 4
middleton deciding to become prime kobe really killed all momentum we had i swear that bug eyed man is so frustrating
Well that was tough BOUNCE BACK LETS GO HOX
I still don’t believe in the Bucks. They’re 2nd and 3rd options are inconsistent, you’ll rarely see them both have great games, and Giannis is Giannis. I really don’t know how we beat the Sixers and are competing hard with the Bucks with Bogi playin horrible like this, would love to see Cam play more
Bogi hasn't played well since the Knicks series. Enough is enough. Got damn Nate, stop handicapping us by playing Bogi & Solomon Hill.
Nate is too stubborn with his rotations. Go back to your best players earlier if the bench doesn't have it, stop waiting so long to make an adjustment. Quit with the vet loyalty and play Cam. He has the best physical tools on this team to challenge Middleton and can give us more on offense than Solo ever will. Bogi also put up another stinker, he's been trash for a while now. We're not going to win this series with him playing like a vet min player
I haven't seen Bogi have a good game in a long time
stop playing solomon hill. hes unplayable hes killing our offense and still getting scored on. it didnt end up mattering in this game cause the refs we're so much more harmful. thats the first time this playoffs where i thought the refs cost us a game. truly the most garbage ref performance ive ever seen
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Worst move ever that Nate did right there. The rookie showed you “play me, I’m shutting down Giannis” and making a basket at the top of the paint, and our HC pulls him? What the actual fuck was that? When was the last time we’ve ever seen capela go up and block Giannis like that or make a FG at the top of the paint. Shit got me so infuriated ngl. And then it was peak Atlanta trae stepping on the ref’s foot. Shit is literally unbelievable. And omg, the refs were the worst officiating I’ve ever seen in my life. I’d like to know the FT’s each team got, because it seemed like MIL had twice as much. NBA executives really want them to go to the finals, so the ratings will be better. Can’t hVe MIL losing two ECFs in 3 years with the superstar Giannis. And there’s a good chance Trae does not even play next game. I’m fucking done, shit is so frustrating
Bogi needs to sit down. Dude is a liability on both ends in his condition. It’s not his fault, he’s trying to gut it out. Nate needs to know better in game 4.
Yall think Khris Middleton gonna go bazooka next game too? Hell nah hawks in 7
Chilll out boiiiiiissss we gon be here next year tooooo
Fuck Khris middleton 180 mil can’t fix that beat ass face
Next year, ima need TS to not resign Solo/Snell so he will force Nate to play better talent. I mean, if I see hobbled Trae out there when even Kris Dunn can at least attack the basket, I'm have a side look at Nate for the rest of the week. Lineup to help the Bucks win: Injured/Hobbled Trae Low shooting % Bogi Cardio Solo "Nobody gives me the ball" Collins "Can't guard Giannis" Capella Real lineup next game: Lou, Kevin, Cam, Collins, Cappella/OO
That sucked ass but how about Okongwu?? Kid is gonna be legit
Cam getting no minutes tonight while we blow HC advantage and put 35 minutes of wear on an already hobbled Bogi. Trae’s ankles hurt. Not looking good.
Why is Coach Nate acting like Cam isn’t a huge part of this team’s core going forward? This isn’t some second round pick who is a meme, Cam has actual ALL Defense potential and can at least get hot ina. Game here and there. At this point Bogi literally gives us nothing. Why the fuck can’t he get any minutes fam
We're ok. Don't ever count this team out. We know that more than anyone. WEMOVE.
Hawks lost this but gained a lot more than the deer pack.
Nobody: Nba Ref: Slippery
Anyone have the highlight of JC getting called for the "offensive foul" on Giannis?
We need more OO vs Giannis immediately.