Da art of Storytellin: The 2015-16 Official Thread of Your Atlanta Hawks #SET
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AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Great great game...early in that third quarter we looked dead in the water credit to Millsap, Dennis, Baze's energy, Teague was consistent throughout and great late, phenomenal effort DEFENSIVELY to put this game away. Really proud of the way we defended and played with pride late in the game.
Great way to end the regular season home schedule
Great way to end the regular season home schedule
last night was best game I attended all season. Crowd was full and into the game all night. Ressler was going crazy, his wife too. Team can go as far as it wants to imo.
Sly Cookin
based
Still riding the high from last night's win. Feels so good to crush Boston like that.
Now who do I root for today to help with the standings?
Now who do I root for today to help with the standings?
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Still riding the high from last night's win. Feels so good to crush Boston like that.
Now who do I root for today to help with the standings?
CHA at WAS
ORL at MIA
Need WAS & ORL to win today
Rickdogg44
RIP Charmander RIP Kobe
Still too many Boston fans tholast night was best game I attended all season. Crowd was full and into the game all night. Ressler was going crazy, his wife too. Team can go as far as it wants to imo.
Fundamental factory got really loud and drowned them out tho
Rickdogg44
RIP Charmander RIP Kobe
This Buds for you!last night was best game I attended all season. Crowd was full and into the game all night. Ressler was going crazy, his wife too. Team can go as far as it wants to imo.
The dualities
Sly Cookin
based
Surely miami won't slip all the way to 6. Can they?
FreshFromATL
Self Made
FreshFromATL
Self Made
Still riding the high from last night's win. Feels so good to crush Boston like that.
Now who do I root for today to help with the standings?
I honestly feel like the Hawks would beat the C's, Hornets, or Heat in a series. Doesn't matter to me as long as the Hawks are healthy and playing D the way they have been...bring anyone to the table
No Fear let's go Hawks.. This is for the cityI honestly feel like the Hawks would beat the C's, Hornets, or Heat in a series. Doesn't matter to me as long as the Hawks are healthy and playing D the way they have been...bring anyone to the table
FreshFromATL
Self Made
Atlanta Hawks' Paul Millsap has become rim protector
Hawks do have a rim protector - Paul Millsap
It turns out, the Hawks do have a rim protector.
It just comes in an unlikely player – one Paul Millsap.
The Hawks all-star power forward, listed at 6-foot-8, has easily a career-best 133 blocks this season. Millsap has far outdistanced the 99 blocks he had in 2009-10.
But here is the amazing part. Millsap is seventh in the NBA in total blocks this season behind only 7-0 Hassan Whiteside (260), 6-11 DeAndre Jordan (174), 7-0 Pau Gasol (146), 6-10 Serge Ibaka (145), 7-0 Karl-Anthony Towns (135) and 7-3 Kristaps Porzingis (134).
What is that old children’s song? ‘One of these things is not like the other. …’
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Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) reacts late during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat ... read more
“If I was 7-foot-2 it would make it a lot easier,” Millsap said before his monster game of 31 points (including five 3-pointers), 16 rebounds, five blocks, three assists and two steals in a 118-107 win over the Celtics Saturday.
Millsap became the first player in NBA history to tally at least 30 points, 15 boards, five blocks and five 3-pointers in the same game. Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer described Millsap’s performance as a “monster game” and added: “Just overall, it was a pretty special game by him.”
The Hawks (48-32) are third in the Eastern Conference with two regular-season games remaining – at the Cavaliers on Monday and at the Wizards on Wednesday. Millsap will look to continue his torrid pace of blocking shots going into the postseason.
Maybe undersized, Millsap has 30 blocks over the last eight games, including five in each of the past two. That’s an average of 3.8 blocks per game. The stretch of success also includes a career-high tying six blocks against the Bulls. For the season, Millsap ranks 11th in the league in blocks per game at 1.68.
Millsap was asked to explain his success. He said: “Energy. Hustle. Not giving up. Trying to be a defensive presence, whether that is though verticality or blocking shots. Just protecting the rim. I think to be a good defensive team, you have to have rim protection somewhere. Me and Al (Horford) try to fill that role.”
Horford, the all-star center, has 119 blocks this season – also easily a career-high. His previous best was 98 set last season.
Millsap has reassumed his role of carrying the Hawks down the stretch of the regular season. He has record four straight double-doubles and has averaged 21.5 points, 14.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 3.5 blocks and 2.0 steals in those games.
FreshFromATL
Self Made
My nikka Trillsap only 6-8 standing alongside the giants in the NBA for total blocks
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
@AVXL Millsap has indeed gotten better since last year fam
He's playing well right now...he's at an elite level defensively right now, his offense is still about the same as last yr, but having him healthy and play at a high level are definitely things we didn't have a yr ago this time
CHA lost