This has HUGE implications for the Hawks future...

They say when you win one, it's just a game. Win two, now you're on to something. But when you win three, now that's a streak. No Trey, no Levert, but that didn't stop the Hawks. Battle tested and war ready. This is Hawks Digest. Welcome back to Hawks Digest, everyone. Happy to see you guys once again. Huge win tonight. Hawks are now on a three-game winning streak. After taking care of business against the Philadelphia 76ers, of course, our Atlanta Hawks win this game 132-123. Got to get into this, guys, this video right here. I'm surrounding this one around our young core. I'm talking about two guys that are going to be focal points, and honestly, these guys are two of what could be the Fantastic Four in Atlanta I understand I'm going Marvel I'm going uh comics I'm going movies but this is that big guys this is that huge and before i get into the video you know i gotta give you guys your shout out got some big news thank you thank you thank you we could not done this without you guys we are officially over 1100 here at Hawks Digest and it's because of each and every one of you believing in us and making the Atlanta Hawks Digest one of your first listens when you need the Atlanta Hawks content as you see it's up to 27 getting close to 30 percent subscribed and now we are down to 70 getting close to the 60 percent mark so if you are in that 72.8 percentile please come on over to the Hawks Digest we got some good content for you over here but guys i want to get right into this talking about this post game man talking about this Atlanta Hawks team and it got closer at the end so i'll go ahead and just say it guys if there's one thing that i could improve upon on this game it's just finishing strong uh now allowing guys to shoot now allowing guys to you know I'm saying to creep back into the game toward the end yes the game was well in hand but just you know keeping your foot on the necks of teams that have worse talent than you you know the Atlanta Hawks ultimately they won uh every quarter except for the fourth quarter because again 43 points from these uh Sixers and they were playing aspiring they just want to at least get it back down to manageable because it was a plenty of times where the Hawks were up 17 20 22 in this game and that's what you do against lesser talent you show them they are the lesser talent and the Atlanta Hawks they did just that 76 points in the paint tonight uh 29 fast break points also we did lose the bench points now I will say that you got to credit that credit part of that to be to not having Caris LeVert Caris LeVert was out with a sprained middle finger tonight also Trey Young was out with a contusion to the quad remember he did get kneed in the quad last game they looked at this game I'm thinking from the Atlanta Hawks standpoint they looked at this game and said hmm a lot of people are out for these 76ers let's go ahead and give our star some rest I believe we have the tools and the guys enough that we could you know and come in and uh still take care of business and that's exactly what we did we did get a bright spot tonight and and Vít Krejčí returning to get some quality minutes tonight. And, of course, you know I'll get into individual performances, and hopefully you guys stick around for that as I'm going to get into it. A couple of guys I just did some standouts in this game. But also 15 turnovers, that's close about around where the Hawks, you know, normally for the season averages around in that 13 to 15 mark. The Philadelphia 76ers only had 10, but that didn't hurt you in this game, luckily. even the points off turnovers, that got the Sixers back into the game, but it didn't hurt the Atlanta Hawks because it was 21-15, but this game, of course, wasn't close. The closest it got, again, was that 43 points to 35 in the fourth quarter, making it that 123-132. And you've seen the Sixers, they just did not want to go away at the end of the game. They kept trying to foul, kept trying to prolong the game. The game actually went an extra 10 minutes for no reason, because this game was definitely well in hand. And the Hawks started off first quarter coming out, getting after these guys. Second quarter playing with more of their pace and defense. Continued that in the third quarter. And by the time it was fourth quarter, the Hawks, you could tell that they was really cruising, not necessarily just trying to step on their necks. Ultimately, good win. This game had 10 lead changes and nine ties. and uh Dyson Daniels you know I'm saying that guy he was a guy um I said before the game started that Dyson Daniels was going to have a 30 point game well as I'm moving now towards the individual performances Dyson Daniels is a godsend Dyson Daniels is one of the guys who I said is going to be possibly part of this fantastic four in Atlanta I'm loving what Dyson Daniels is being able to do i'm loving the opportunities that he's getting um dyson daniels he led the offense we had no trey young and dyson daniels has been that secondary uh point guard and actually but playing both ends he's been that secondary point guard he's the point of attack on the other end dyson is the most conditioned player we have on this squad just all the energy that is spent that has to play both ends that he's doing Dyson is a godsend also he also added five more steals this is the 12th time he has reached that number and my goodness like what more do you want from Dyson Daniels let me tell you more about this guy his career average coming over was like four points Dyson Daniels is averaging 14 points right now 14 points he's averaging almost six rebounds and uh over four assists you take that from a guy who wasn't given all these opportunities where he came from in New Orleans figures but it just you know you don't you don't get that opportunity he just stand in the corner Dyson Daniels said even himself he's happy to play in a system and for a coach that is not going to sit him down just because he missed a shot of course you're going to love that Dyson Daniels tonight 10 of 14 in 33 minutes 71 percent from the field 50 percent from three as he was one of two and also 25 points nine assists six rebounds I said 30 points he was five off but at the end of the day he still gave me steals you know he still gave me steals and excuse me um Dyson Daniels had two steals tonight but ultimately he's still leading the league from um from the text that I'm seeing he's still leading the league of course by a large margin in steals by a large margin in deflections and this guy right here is still proving why he should be the defensive player of the year but he's also showing that hey you never know I may need to be in the consideration of the most improved as well just saying guys just saying Dyson Daniels has been on it and so has this next gentleman my rook my rook man Zachary Richache Zachary Richache came out on fire okay came out this game he started off before he went to the bench 11 points um he finished 9 of 16 56 percent from the field 3 of 8 from 3 37 percent still not bad at all because at the end of the day he was on a heater today so a couple of his shots at least three at least three i can say heat checks i can say hey give him the ball let him shoot it he's been on it played 31 minutes tonight so happy to see that so so so happy but with Veit Krejci coming back you had to assume that he was going to get some minutes and he did he got 16 I think that was very very cool very smooth that's probably about as much as I would have played Veit coming back off of that back injury no Garrison Matthews I figured that was going to be like that with Veit coming back so no Garrison Matthews no Dominic Barlow tonight you really didn't need those guys and thankfully you didn't because you got contributions from other places but yeah zachary richache man that's another guy you already know february Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month and shoot he's starting off this month pretty well as well i believe so i mean he only had seven points what it was worth against the Bucks but he had 27 against the Grizzlies he had 11 against the Pacers but he was four of nine that game and he hit all three of his threes then you also look at the second game versus the Pacers that was the game you can really say okay Zach you know so you had an off game he was 3 for 7, 0-3 from three but he still gave you 22 minutes uh six points decent contribution against the Sixers though when you when he knew when he knew we needed him and when we had to have it Zachary Richards say 9 of 16 three of like i said three of uh eight from the from the three-point line 22 points and ultimately this guy is starting to come within his own 19 years old he's not going to be 20 until April so he's still growing we have this young core of Dyson Daniels and Zachary Richards and Dyson Richards these are the two guys that i said can be a part of the Fantastic Four who are the other two guys come on now y'all know better than that it's Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels Zachary Richards, Trae Young is the facilitator and can score he's also the guy that can get the ball to all three of those guys and make their game better remember JJ was 20 and 10 before he we lost him for the season these guys all have length they all have ability they all can do different things and they all have similar characteristics for our Atlanta Hawks this was an awesome game to really just showcase guys like Dyson showcase guys like Zach and Zach he is getting more and more confidence guys it just is what it is moving next to my last guy um and i have an honorable mention but i gotta talk about this guy real quickly and that is a yucca a combo uh double o is the only it's one of three centers that since january 20th he has averaged 14 and 9 he is one of three centers to have been averaging that and shooting over 60 percent from the field i'm just saying guys like i understand about his size and everything but double o has always had something you can't teach effort he's always giving effort and you think about that game against the pacers if double o isn't playing as well as he is down the stretch if double o wasn't getting those rebounds guys come on now let's be real we don't win that game if he's not being able to corral those rebounds he had 16 16 16 boards against the pacers he had a total honestly but he had 16 the first uh the second game 13 the first game okay you know i said at the end of the day like this guy he's averaging double doubles more average more often than not the bucks game the bucks game he did not have a double double he only had six points and nine rebounds right but regardless the rest of the games he's had double digits in points now rebounds he hasn't had double digits and rebounds every game no but in his last few games guys in his last six games he's had four of those where he's had over 11 rebounds so at the end of the day you gotta take it with a grain of salt he can't grow anymore but he's gonna give you that effort so i just had to give double o his flowers as well and i'm gonna switch over to an honorable mention i gotta switch him over to him because he had his best game overall as an Atlanta Hawk tonight. Terrence Mann. Shout out to Terrence Mann tonight. He looked damn near like DeMar DeRozan tonight. Darn near like DeMar DeRozan. As far as being able to get into the paint, get into the middle, and he was 9 of 13 tonight, 69% from the field. He did miss both of his threes, but he was such a killer in that painted area that it wasn't funny. All right? Like, not at all. 19 points for the man, one of his best games, if not the best game, I believe the best game he's had so far as an Atlanta Hawk, playing both ends of the floor, giving the Atlanta Hawks everything they needed from a scoring standpoint, and it makes me very encouraged that he was able to do that. You know, again, he made, as right there in the painted area, right there in that DeMar DeRozan area he still made six shots in that area tonight just above above the the line the painted line so it just and right below the free throw line right in that area he was killing so I could not end this video without giving him his shout out guys we have something to at least be optimistic about the Atlanta Hawks are trying their best the Atlanta hawks are still fighting because they have something to fight for right now the Atlanta hawks are 31 and 34 if the playoff picture started today they would be the seventh seed right now uh in the play-in of course you know i said with the opportunity to possibly uh make that playoffs but you have the pistons who are 36 and 29 um also i'm not sure if we catch them but i'm not gonna rule it out guys i'm not gonna rule it out hawks fans we are 31 and 34 right now and when you look at it the pistons they are right there other teams are dropping the magic they're 30 and 36 you see um that the heat they're 29 they're 29 and 35 the bulls are 27 and 38 the atlanta hawks are climbing they are climbing guys so keep your faith keep the optimism i'm going to be right back at you guys with another video again though dyson daniels and Zachary Richashay those guys are the two guys who can be a part of this core and can be a part of the fantastic four in atlanta until next time guys peace and blessings to you all and to you all a hawks win