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The Atlanta Hawks Exceeding Expectations/ Mark Bradley Article/Bandwagon Time
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Every time Philly went with full court pressure The Hawks lost composure, same as in game 1. They'll have to deal with it better or it will be The Sixers's silver bullet the rest of the series.
The Hawks have won 12 straight at home, so they have the home court advantage now, all they have to do is win all their home games, Philly now has to win at least 1 in Atlanta.
When 2 teams enter game 3 of a NBA playoff series the winner of that game goes on to win the series on average 76.5% of the time. Other than deciding games game 3 winners have the highest probability of winning the series.
BIG game tonight in Phillips.
Whoever wins the hustle game will win game 3 and will b heavily favored to win the series. Loose balls, Offensive Rebounding, forcing turnovers etc, thats gonna decide game 3 and the series. Embid gives me serious pause though because we, like every other team in the league don't have an answer for him. NONE.
I really like Clint Capellas game, tough rebounder and defender, but he hasn’t been able to slow Embiid at all, except for drawing a couple charging calls. Hawks have been playing really good defense but haven’t yet had to match the physicality that Philly wants to play. We will see how fast they can grow up and adapt to different styles thrown against them.
Yeah, and I'll tell you who else wouldn't be able to do anything with Embid: Prime Wilt, Prime Russell, Prime KAJ, Prime Shaq, Prime David Robinson, Prime Patrick Ewing, Prime Olajuwon, Nikola Jokic or anyone else. He's a generational talent that will get his NO MATTER WHO'S ON HIM. Now those guys would get there's too but u get my point: When he's on there's no stopping Embid.
He's doing the best he can taking away easy shots at the rim and forcing 3's and mid range jump shots or fade aways. Embiid just makes them
Capella needs to be more consistently aggressive on offense, he is a consistent defensive and rebounding force though. If he had a scorers's mentality he'd be more valuable down the stretch in playoff games. Where this team might be short of the best teams is in not having an off ball scorer who can take over in the clutch. Management needs to go all in and try to sign Kawhi Leonard during the free agent signing period. He's west coast though, from childhood, to HS to college and back as soon as he had a choice in The NBA, he's always lived and played in Southern Cal.
I think Russell for sure would be able to force Embiid out of the flow of the Sixers's offense, it's not just about how many points he gets. I think Olajuwan had the quickness and smarts to alter his game as well. Shaq could take the low post away from any center, that wouldn't stop Embiid, but it would help box off his options.
I can't agree on Russell. He never had to guard guys like Embid, but there weren't really any of them for him to guard . We was so athletic though...and a competitor....I'm confident he'd have learned how to do it.
I just started watching so we went from 5 down to 12 down so I probably need to stop watching and come back later.
JOHN COLLINS has to step up physicality and scoring in the paint to make Embiid work harder.
Agree! Capella is Saavy and smart. True professional competitor. All the credit to Embiid.
Ive got to stop watching. Hawks are stumbling after being punched in 3 qtr. Hope they can grow up quick.
Russell played against quite a few elite big men, including Wilt and Jabbar. Embiid and a euro step and he can shoot 3s, but he didn't reinvent the game. Russell had superb quickness, including lateral quickness. He might have been the fastest center ever, he was extremely long and he had great defensive accumine. He wouldn't have to shut Embiid down, he didn't shut down Wilt. he isolated Wilt, I think he would do the same to Embiid.
This roster can't win a title, it is good, but without a go do guy they don't have the right formula.
Not able to adjust to Phillie’s physicality and unable to establish the 3. Disappointed in John Collins. No go to guy to take pressure off of Young. Collins should be able to get more shots off than Galanari.
Go back at least 50 years. In every year but one since 1980 the champion has had at least one superstar, most have had at least two. I think either a young player on this roster will have to develop to become a 4th quarter go to star, or more likely, sign or trade for one to have a reasonable shot at a title. I've posted twice before in this thread the big prize in the upcoming free agent market is Kawhi Leonard, he would make us an instant threat. Demar DeRozan would be a flawed but potent option as well.