Bucks at Atlanta Hawks: Game 2
Game 2 should be a test of the Hawks’ maturity, right? Because there’s a couple things that are clear after just one game in this series: The Hawks are too good for the Bucks, and the Bucks are too prideful to quit.
The Hawks just have too much physical talent all over the floor for the Bogut-less Bucks to handle. Scott Skiles has been pretty blunt in talking about his matchup dilemmas, basically saying the Bucks simply have to be more aggressive and active with their help defense. What else can the Bucks do, really?
Skiles can put Mbah a Moute on whomever he wants and it leaves a problem somewhere else. Carlos Delfino on Josh is not feasible, but neither is Delfino on J.J. Kurt Thomas is good for bodying Al in the post but not for chasing him on mid-range jumpers, while the opposite (or maybe neither) seems to be true with Ilyasova. And when Bibby is stroking jumpers too the Bucks can forget it.
So we know the Bucks are overmatched but I have to think they won’t be shook tonight. After they were stunned by the Hawks’ opening blitz in Game 1, Skiles said they looked “more like ourselves” in the second half. Expect the Bucks to show more poise and energy to start Game 2. And judging by the way Hawks players have been carrying themselves over the last couple days, expect them to respond.
“They are probably going to come out more aggressive,” Smoove said. “But we are going to be the same team we were in Game 1, exuberant and full of life.”
If the Hawks do that tonight and also crisply execute to take advantage of their superior talent, we’ll know they’ve taken another step toward being what they want to be.
– I’ve been impressed by the overall positive vibes from my blog people. Good to see you set aside your gripes and get behind your squad. Just think, if the Hawks come out and smoke the Bucks tonight you’ll have three days of shine until Game 3.
Have fun, Hawks fans.
MC
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263 comments Add your comment
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:42 pm
I seriously cant belive Mil has more rebs than us.
Lion
April 20th, 2010
8:42 pm
Spear the deer!
Hawk n the Ham
April 20th, 2010
8:42 pm
LMAO!!! Mo just spun Stackhouse’s old arse to the floor!
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:43 pm
Ok, some people might not like how this is going to sound….
But it seems like Joe is doing better in this game with somebody feeding him than he has by creating his own shot.
Dammit, he just got it taken away again…
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:44 pm
damn Josh
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:45 pm
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but if that’s what is working, then we should play it that way. Run him off of screens or give him the ball on the run. The ISOs have worked okay in the beginning, but not for the bulk of the game.
Wow, what a monster game by Josh!
pinoy hawk
April 20th, 2010
8:46 pm
put in a pg woody!!!
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:46 pm
Damn Jamal that was terrible defense
Justin
April 20th, 2010
8:46 pm
Ok, take Crawford out now.
Lion
April 20th, 2010
8:47 pm
Stackhouse needs to take it easy going to the rim like that. He could have a heart attack doing that.
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:47 pm
Damn we missed like 5 oppurtunities but we’re still playing well
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:48 pm
lol @ lion
Justin
April 20th, 2010
8:48 pm
Josh, Al, and Marvin came to play tonight. We should be up by at least 20 right now, but I guess we’ll take 14.
Hawk n the Ham
April 20th, 2010
8:49 pm
Stackhouse can forget earning a Gatorade endorsement. He needs to work on getting a “Jerry-tal” drink endorsement.
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
8:49 pm
pinoy hawk..
he refuses…
Jeff Teague could needed confidence minutes there..
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:50 pm
I wonder if Al Horford’s 3rd quarter lulls have more to do with him getting fewer touches in that quarter, or not?
It doesn’t explain the lack of rebounding, however…
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:51 pm
Not a smart foul, Marvin. Gadzuric is no shooting threat….
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
8:52 pm
Joe fouled.
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:52 pm
the bucks are gonna make a run get ready
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:52 pm
just like i said
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
8:52 pm
Jamal isnt playing a LICK of defense.
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:52 pm
Second unit giving it up like a drunken prom date…
Lion
April 20th, 2010
8:53 pm
Big Ray, I definitely noticed a lack of touches for Al in the third quarter for the second consecutive game. The lone time that the Hawks looked for him on offense for that foul-line jumper, he knocked it down. The Hawks need to make it a point to find him more often.
Justin
April 20th, 2010
8:53 pm
Seriously, I like Jamal a lot but he’s had a bad game.
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:53 pm
Big Ray exactly lol. They have sucked
Nique's Revenge
April 20th, 2010
8:54 pm
well yes continuing the Josh Rules
4. SWAT THAT ROCK
6. dunk every time down
Lion
April 20th, 2010
8:54 pm
At least Al and Josh will be back in the game in the next few minutes…
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:55 pm
Marvin with the awkward move
Nique's Revenge
April 20th, 2010
8:55 pm
hawks movement is better than average for the season
teammates coming to bail each other out instead of standing around
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
8:55 pm
if we could get solid performances like this from Marvin often we’d be in good shape..
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
8:56 pm
Joe stop holing the damn ball. swing it
Justin
April 20th, 2010
8:57 pm
Is there a rule that the Hawks have to play bad in the 4th quarter when they have a large lead?
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
8:57 pm
Looking like a hot mess. Amazing how our two starting guards are in the game, but very little good is happening.
Could we be missing our two bigs that much?
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
9:00 pm
Put Al and Josh back in woody u idiot
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
9:00 pm
ZaZa mad at coach..
Melvin
April 20th, 2010
9:01 pm
ZaZa looked like he was yelling at Woody….
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
9:01 pm
Zaza and woody will have a boxing match after the game
Blast
April 20th, 2010
9:02 pm
Joe is balling…….!
Lion
April 20th, 2010
9:02 pm
lol, check out this stat: Mbah a Moute, Thomas, Delfino, Gadzuric, Brezec, Ilyasova have scored 31 points combined on 14-33 shooting. Al and Josh have combined for 36 points on 15-22 shooting.
That is just pure frontcourt dominance.
Melvin
April 20th, 2010
9:03 pm
Josh need 1 more assist for a triple double….
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
9:03 pm
THAT is the Joe I wanna see.
Nique's Revenge
April 20th, 2010
9:03 pm
WOW
1. thank u jj for catching that wild azz pass
2. thank u jj for draining that 3
hawks_4_life
April 20th, 2010
9:03 pm
One more assist and Josh will have his third career triple double, second of the season, first of the playoffs.
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
9:03 pm
josh 1 more ast and he has a triple double
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
9:04 pm
Man….how many shots has Joe hit like that tonight off of Josh Smith passes?
bigdave
April 20th, 2010
9:05 pm
lol coaching a big 0%
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
9:05 pm
Damn Al
Lion
April 20th, 2010
9:06 pm
Al Horford with a grown-man move. As Marc Jackson would say…”Momma, there goes that man!”
Big Ray
April 20th, 2010
9:06 pm
Nothing like a little pick and roll. Love it.
VenomSpitter
April 20th, 2010
9:07 pm
YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSS