Round 1, Game 2 - Tuesday, 7 p.m., against the Hapless Hawks

[riboflav]

SO SOFT

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

It's like the plane has been circling Blowout City for half an hour, but the tower can't quite fit them in.

Cleared to land.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Derrick Motherfucking White is having none of your bullshit!

 

[Bergs]

Then I'm going to stop you right there and direct you to stfu! Thank you come again.

Good one.

 

[ifmanis5]

Daggah.

 

[Ale Xander]

Put in PP to improve the rebound numbers

 

[Ferm Sheller]

This one is ovah.

Don't get cocky. Still more than 2 minutes left.

 

[Reverend]

that happened

 

[joe dokes]

JT with the chianti and fava beans.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Trae would’ve been better off tripping over his own dick for a travel

 

[DeadlySplitter]

I assume Atlanta called time to waive the white flag.

 

[Red Averages]

This defense is so suffocating when they try. I can think of 4-5 plays where multiple players have blocked the same shot.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Ok time for Grant

 

[nayrbrey]

That dunk was an exclamation point

 

[Preacher]

Killer instinct.

 

[slamminsammya]

pop the champagnie

 

[Helmet Head]

I bet Atlanta moves on from Trae this off-season. Something just isn’t right there.

 

[JCizzle]

Ok time for Grant

Blake gets my vote for the end of the bench fan favorite this year.

 

[TripleOT]

Tatum didn’t miss that runout (despite not having a killer instinct lol)

 

[Deathofthebambino]

OK. I trust your take as much as anyone's around here. I hate the modern NBA, and am on record as saying as much. But I do get sucked in during playoff time. I'll be happy to have JT hoist the MVP award in a couple months.

I appreciate that, hopefully you just saw Tatum make a block and then end the game with that dunk. Dude is 12/21 tonight for 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. I haven't always been the biggest Tatum fan, and when he gets into his head that the refs are screwing him, he can whine a bit, but he has the killer instinct that superstars have. There is no doubt about that.

 

[Beomoose]

I assume Atlanta called time to waive the white flag.

Searching desperately for a towel

 

[Reverend]

Don't get cocky. Still more than 2 minutes left.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Why is TL out there right now?

 

[Bergs]

4 ECFs, 1 Finals, and an ECF MVP all before he turned 25. Imagine how good they'd be if he had that "killer instinct".

4 rings, obvy.

Jesus, y'all are salty in the Port Cellar.

 

[benhogan]

why is TL on the floor?
starters?

 

[slamminsammya]

the hawks are like consistently better without trae two games in, no?

 

[Mystic Merlin]

'Lebron is a Douche' shirt spotted, yeah this is Boston

 

[PedroKsBambino]

the hawks are like consistently better without trae two games in, no?

Yup.

 

[128]

Let's get Time Lord out of the game, OK?

 

[The Mort Report]

I bet Atlanta moves on from Trae this off-season. Something just isn’t right there.

He's the new Kemba

 

[LesterFan]

Jaylen's hand is a concern.

 

[Ale Xander]

Searching desperately for a towel

General Grant burned them all
That’s why he wasn’t playing

 

[The Social Chair]

It's cool watching Hawks players almost land on Rob Williams leg with 2 minutes left in a 20 point game.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Jaylen's hand is a concern.

I ain’t even worried

 

[Helmet Head]

If Browns hand is hurt why is he even in the game? Pretty stupid

 

[The Mort Report]

It's not a high this frigin' season Scal

 

[PedroKsBambino]

I'll give the Hawks this: for being blown out twice they made the final score respectable both times.

 

[Mooch]

Congrats. You only lost by 13 when we weren’t trying at the end. The Hawks local announcers were pretending like those late turnovers actually meant something going into Game 3.

 

[JCizzle]

The Knicks have less than 50 more than halfway through the 3Q???????????????

 

[TripleOT]

If you had the Celtics, and if you had the combined over tonight, you were very happy that the Celtics gave away two late possessions

 

[Strike4]

Congrats. You only lost by 13 when we weren’t trying at the end. The Hawks local announcers were pretending like those late turnovers actually meant something going into Game 3.

Yeah not sure why the Hawks tried their hardest when the Celtics were already done. Kind of a dick move.

 

[Helmet Head]

Congrats. You only lost by 13 when we weren’t trying at the end. The Hawks local announcers were pretending like those late turnovers actually meant something going into Game 3.

Come on. Celts stopped even trying after the Tatum dunk. The Atlanta announcer can’t be serious

 

[The Social Chair]

The Knicks have less than 50 more than halfway through the 3Q???????????????

Paying respect to the 90s JVG teams.

 

[SteveF]

Didn't love the rebounding, and a few too many careless turnovers, but otherwise they were pretty solid. Atlanta isn't some horrendous team. They are basically average, and beating average teams relatively easily is a job well done in the NBA.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Atlanta just isn't very good.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

I guess I could squint and see Atlanta treating Game 3 like Game 7 of the NBA Finals and stealing it, but then Boston wins Game 4 and Game 5 by like 50 at home so meh.

 

[Devizier]

Hawks remind me of when the Celtics used to play the Jordan Bulls or Duncan Spurs. Sure, they’d make it respectable but…

 

[Ale Xander]

Really regret not going to this one in person

 

[radsoxfan]

If you had the Celtics, and if you had the combined over tonight, you were very happy that the Celtics gave away two late possessions

The last minute of the game from the Hawks had a serious "lets cover this spread and/or hit the over" kinda vibe to it.

They were down by 20 with a minute left and going hard with the starters lol.

 

[TripleOT]

4 rings, obvy.

Jesus, y'all are salty in the Port Cellar.

Regular season trolling isn’t for you. Playoff trolling only.

 

[Senator Donut]

Over by 9:10, gotta love having the NBATV game