Things Just Took a MAJOR TURN for the Hawks

The Hawks went toe-to-toe, the stage was set, the thunder rolled in, and was their mission met? The Hawks went toe-to-toe, the stage was set, the thunder rolled in, but was their mission met? Fast breaks, deep threes, the crowd was on blast. Who rose up, and who couldn't last? Let's get into this post-game show. Welcome back to Hawks Digest, everyone. I am Chris Tipmore. happy to see you all again make sure you guys take off your shoes leave on your socks and we're going to get into this post game talking about hawks versus thunder on a city edition night you see i got my hat on right here you know city edition of atlanta hawks but before we get into that guys gotta give you guys a shout out because yes yes yes we are still progressing that has slowed down just a bit but i'm pretty sure it's gonna pick right back up in any minute now thank you guys to the 18.9 percent who already subscribed and if you are a part of that 81 percent almost getting close into the 70s please come on over and make hawks digest your first listen when you want that hawks content you did right now his name is kavon harris and mr harris is a seasoned veteran he has played in the NBA before with the Orlando Magic even going down to their G League franchise and performing as well but this season for the College Park Skyhawks Kevon Harris has been off the charts and I went down to see the Skyhawks play a game myself he had a good game that night 27 years of age averaging 19 points in 31 minutes also almost seven rebounds and almost four assists the Atlanta Hawks signed him to a 10-day contract and we're going to see what he can provide for our Atlanta Hawks moving forward you know that was a big thing for me because I was wondering how long would it really take for him to possibly make that jump to um the Atlanta Hawks from the Atlanta Hawks and now he's going to get his opportunity he also shined when he went to San Francisco dealing with the All-Star Game and the up and in the We Got Next tournament he won the MVP there we'll see if he can come in and help these Atlanta Hawks possibly start to string together some wins because again as we're about to get into the game review game review the Atlanta Hawks took on the OKC Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder tonight and you know it's in our second matchup against them this season of course the first go around it was more so of a blowout remember the Hawks they stayed with them for three quarters and then like the end of the third quarter going into the fourth quarter it was dismal they absolutely took off on the Atlanta Hawks and um you know some blew us out this game right here which also felt similar to the last game that the Atlanta Hawks displayed but this game right here uh Chet Holmgren he had a pre he coming back off the injury for the Atlanta uh excuse me against the Atlanta Hawks for the Oklahoma City Thunder and he missed you know I've seen quite a bit a few games Shai Gilgeous-Alexander came out doing his thing uh Andrew Wiggins excuse me Aaron Wiggins uh it was just so baffling because I know he's mostly like a three-point shooter mostly from what I've seen from them but he had 24 points coming off the bench um Oklahoma City in that first quarter guys just absolutely having their way it's like they couldn't miss and we already know that Oklahoma City they can put the ball in the basket they're number one seed for back-to-back seasons now for a reason that coach over there um he doesn't get enough credit for how he's taking that team from um the bottom and you know some rolls them to the top now of course you know some of the front offices done their job as well so Oklahoma City is a young team they're number one seed you knew coming into this game it was going to be tough sledding for the Atlanta Hawks anyway you know and you lost this game by 16 and I want to dive into that a little bit as well on how you even got there um second quarter was I think the Hawks overall best quarter as far as pace as far as like getting out uh making Oklahoma City Thunder you know turn the ball over get real sloppy um that was like the best quarter for me to me you know don't get me wrong the fourth quarter was decent as far as like trying to come back and it just seemed like you know you they would get close the hawks would get close and then Oklahoma City one of their players would just do something to either get in the lane drawing contact drawing the foul or knocking down wide open threes from passes or just even stepping into them because Oklahoma City after a while they got real cocky especially in that uh well every quarter was i seen multiple shots to where it was just like yeah we're like that and again they're the number one seed and they came in and proved it tonight even though the hawks did what they always do what is that we fight we be resilient but again moral victories do nothing for our standings because at the end of the day we're running out of time as i said in my last video we're running out of time and the hawks have to do something asap if we're going to start trying to make a climb out of the play-in you know the aka the atlanta hawks invitation so to my point is about we're losing this game 135 to 119 we lost this game by 16 points let's dive into it 54 uh the 56 that's the points in the paint the atlanta hawks won that yet again we normally do uh we normally do fast break points 23 for oklahoma city 14 for our atlanta hawks okay um their biggest lead okc was 27 the hawks they didn't have a lead um also there were no lead changes in this game there were there were never even times where the game was tied oklahoma city controlled this game from the begin to the end okay so that hurts you know that hurts right there uh moving forward bench points we did win the bench points and i'm gonna get to those guys in a minute shout out to the bench mob the new bench mob uh and george niang terence mann and caris lavertone but 53 to 49 uh in favor of the our atlanta hawks uh points off the turnovers though the turnovers 11 for oklahoma city 19 for our atlanta hawks as a team points off turnovers 19 for oklahoma city 12 for atlanta hawks you lost this game by 16 um the points off turnovers you lost that by seven and you lost the fast break points by nine combined that's 16 points so you know it's not just solely there i mean we missed five free throws they missed two that wasn't just a big big factor the factor was us having 19 turnovers in this game again and also giving up yet another 20 plus three point performance now Oklahoma City they jacked them up for sure but they shot 46 percent from three tonight guys 46 percent 23 of 50 back-to-back games given up uh over 23 and if you guys watched my last video hopefully you guys did and if you didn't you can go back and check out that game review as well there's three things that the Atlanta Hawks when it happens they normally don't win the game if they have 20 plus or close to 20 turnovers as they did tonight with 19 if they give up 20 plus threes as they did tonight giving up 23 and also if we miss double digit free throws or just a high number of free throws as well that's another time when the Atlanta Hawks will lose and tonight you had two things working against you 19 turnovers and 23 made three pointers I don't know who in the world you beat if you're not keeping up with that type of pace and again the Hawks you know give them credit fighting against the Oklahoma City the top seed you know trying to see what the measuring stick and it just almost feels like the Hawks you know so they just need enough just need a little bit more firepower that's where you wish you still had Jalen Johnson you know not saying that he is the end all be all but he gives you a better chance especially getting downhill the things that he's doing uh gives you at least someone else on the defensive end who can help out not saying that he is the defensive beacon like Dylan Daniels is but still just that option just that option on the floor you you're missing it um it's even one uh sports analyst he even called us Jalen-less and that's how he pretty much summed up you know saying our the rest of our season we are Jalen-less um but it's more factors than just that I mean even when Jalen Johnson was here the Hawks wasn't just a lights out um defensive team you know maybe it was a little bit better maybe but we wasn't lights out it wasn't like a super bad defensive team as in a good way when I say super bad it wasn't one of those you know some world beaters on defense even with Jalen it's just you miss that scoring and that that pop factor also somebody else who can bring the ball up the floor great make some things happen like Dyson Daniels is doing and I'm liking the things that he's doing from the point guard position as well and Hawks fans should like that as well because we don't have a secondary point guard consistently now Keaton Wallace I like him but of course they like Dyson Daniels handling the ball a little bit more because he can do more off the dribble he's also has the length the size you know so over Keaton Wallace and just the most consistency I mean if Keaton Wallace was doing the same things that Dyson was doing on the other end of the defensive end then maybe you will see Keaton a little bit more but of course Dyson is the end-all be-all when it comes to leading the charge for the defense for our Atlanta Hawks so um also the turnovers just getting right back into it we had seven turnovers from our rookie Zachary Richards seven we only had three from trey tonight for all those who be tripping on Trey he only had three turnovers tonight we had just seven from Zachary Richards i feel like that was a tonight was a game to where he took some lumps and um ultimately like he's going to grow from it Zachary Richard says definitely going to grow from it um he is still yet a great player a great young man who is growing and who will continue to grow for Atlanta Hawks keep giving him reps he needs to get all this out now he needs to get the bad game he needs to have this experience like regardless i feel like you know the personnel is the personnel right now y'all and our ceiling is the seventh seed you know that's the best that i feel like this Atlanta Hawks team can get to at this point of the season with only a few not not a lot of games left about 20 21 22 games left so we're running out of time regardless of um the games left we're running out of time and you might as well give your rookie as many opportunities many oppos as possible that's why i'm glad that he had almost 32 minutes tonight even though he was four of ten forty percent two of six from the three point line he still gave me 12 points still gave him nine rebounds rebounds is something that you need um because you didn't get a lot of them from Clint Capela in his minutes even though you know so i'm gonna give my individual shout out to Ayo Edebali here in a second guys now let's move on to these individual performances as a matter of fact so Dyson Daniels again like I want to talk about him briefly he was 50 percent he missed two free throws he didn't shoot any threes tonight but he still got you 10 points four rebounds three assists he had a lot to do tonight he had to deal with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander um shoot uh J-Dub as they like to call him over there Jalen Williams it was a Isaiah Joe they had a lot of shooters over there that we had to defend for so Dyson Daniels was very busy you had Lou Dort with 20 points tonight you know I said that that's tough to go against um we the Hawks had seven guys in double figures they had but the only problem was OKC had um seven six seven guys in double figures themselves and the Hawks just are not going to be able to get it done like that with all those turnovers and giving up all those threes because the hawks only made 15 tonight now the hawks have won games when they've hit 15 threes but tonight just wasn't one of those nights so you you definitely want to see what the hawks can do moving forward because i'm going to show you the schedule what we got of our next eight games in a moment all right again individual performances Dyson D aniels ultimately again like i said i love what he's doing from the point guard role and the secondary point guard role and ultimately he is going to be a focal point very important piece moving forward going not only for the rest of this season but moving forward as well um so is this guy i believe Caris LeVert even though he is on the expiring contract i really don't see how you don't bring back Caris LeVert at this point i I mean, I'm going to do a video as well for you guys and, you know, as far as reviewing a few days, you know, after the trade, like about 10 games into, you know, after the trade. We're nine games in. So after the next game, most likely how you guys are feeling about the trade and everything. But still, like, here's Khris LeVert. I don't know how you don't resign him. I don't know how you don't offer him something because the guy had 23 points tonight. So, so focal tonight, man. So focal. 9 of 16, 3 of 9 from the 3, so you do wish he had hit a little bit more 3s, but at the end of the day, this guy gave you 23 points off the bench, leading the charge for the bench mob, you know, I said him and George Niang and Terrence Mann, like I told you I was going to get into those guys, all 3 of those guys contributed off the bench, 14 for Niang, 13 for Terrence Mann with back-to-back, now back-to-back games with double-digit points, you like to see it, And all three of those guys are showing that they can be pieces for this Atlanta Hawks team. Like, this is not a finished product. This is just us trying to work it out, trying to figure it out. And the Atlanta Hawks, you know what I'm saying, they have these three guys that they could possibly bring, you know what I'm saying, bring into the future with Trae Young if he decides to stay, just being real. um next is a guy that i really have to give love to because he has such a great game tonight i think overall it just we were playing the thunder and that's Onyeka Okongwu yeah man double oh man 23 points 13 rebounds a double double um 11 defensive rebounds 9 of 12 75 percent even hit a three he was one of two from there hit all his free throws i can't complain about Onyeka Okongwu at all um two assists as well he had four fouls that's probably like the only knock really against him and uh he had three turnovers as well but he even gave you a block overall Onyeka Okongwu in 34 minutes he was pretty solid for the most part so you know i said i give my shout out to Onyeka Okongwu as well he's doing his thing you know um also lastly i told you guys i was going to bring it up uh we put it up here for you guys and this is the next eight games for our Atlanta Hawks we have the Memphis Grizzlies we're heading to them on monday we play them in Memphis next after that we have the Bucks coming home um back-to-back games with the Pacers so we got three actually we have a six game homestand which would be the longest homestand for the Atlanta Hawks here playing the Bucks then you got the Pacers on back-to-back games not back-to-back nights but back-to-back games you have the Sixers who just lost Joel and Embiid for the rest of the season we'll see what that brings the Hornets who's been a thorn into your side but you've been actually able to win a game against them this year we'll see what happens with that the Clippers you already know back in LA they had their way with the Atlanta Hawks Brooklyn Nets that's always a battle with them and not pictured is another matchup with the Hornets and also the Golden State Warriors are coming to State Farm Arena as well so that's really like your next 10 games very very important stretch going on right here hawks have the most games at home that they've had this season so it's going to be a very important stretch for these Atlanta Hawks moving forward we'll see what they can do if they can at least split this it may bode well but really being 27 and 33 we already know the Hawks they have to at least win this uh win majority of these games if the Atlanta Hawks can at least go let's say seven and three somehow in the in the next 10 games they they can look a little better they can look a little better seriously because that that would only be 36 losses we have 33 right now and you know of course you know we'll gain you more wins of course you know so you'll be like 34 and 36 if you can go seven and three in the next 10 games so can they do it that yet that's remains to be seen but at least we do have the opportunity the hawks are just like right there guys it just feels like we're just so right there but ultimately just not enough firepower just not enough defense not enough boxing out not enough rotation switching communicating and too many open threes for one of the best teams in the league you just can't have that and you and you darn sure can't have 19 turnovers regardless of who is coming from on this team you can't have that high number of turnovers tonight it was Zaccharie Risacher but at the end of the day guys we have to continue to just try to continue to execute guys that's our best bet to do just try to continue to execute and push forward because we still have an opportunity to get into the play-in we still have opportunity to get into uh at least good positioning like the seventh seed or the eighth seed because you don't want to have like that that elimination game to where it just could be just one and done you at least want to get to the seventh seed or the eighth seed so you at least it can have a cushion just in case you possibly may lose a game you at least have at least a little cushion in the seventh and eighth spot but of course we ultimately know this is not a place that we want to be in the seventh or eighth spot hey guys all i can say is keep your optimism we still do have games this is going to be a tough stretch but i'm definitely can't wait to see what we're going to be looking like by the end of that Golden State Warriors game at State Farm Arena it's coming soon it'll be here before you know we have some games to get through but i'm optimistic but i will see where we are by then and then i'll let you know where i'm at as far as where the rest of the season goes by then but until we get there man thank you guys for making Hawks Digest one of your first listens again being the 18th percentile thank you so very much salute and if you are still in that 80th percentile I advise you to please you know I said do yourself a favor and do us a favor and make a Hawks Digest one of your first listens when you want that Hawks content no matter what it is how big or how small we like to talk about it all here at Hawks Digest until next time guys peace and blessings I am Chris Tiltmore peace