Jason Walker
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Formerly Managing Editor of @RealGM's Hawks FO (‘99-‘05) , @PeachtreeHoops (‘10-‘15) and The Human Highlight Blog (‘07-‘10). Even. The. Hawks!
Hawks up 2 at the half in Portland. Trailed by as many as 11 but held the Blazers to 21 points in Q2. Hawks have 11 turnovers (yikes) on offense and are losing the possession battle badly, but Atlanta's had the shooting edge so far.
No matter how this second half goes, this performance from Howard is awesome to see The 16 seeds giving the 1 seeds real games plus Miami Ohio and High Point winning and their coaches speaking up about metrics/scheduling issues - are really great things for the sport during a tumultuous and transitional time Cinderella will NEVER be dead. The Tournament is perfect the way it is. @NCAA please don't mess it up.
@KLChouinard Kuminga resting for the revenge matchup Saturday. I like it.
Oh wow, the Masters launched a search function where you can find video of any shot hit from 1968-2025. 😳
Plus, this vantage point of Kuminga’s Atlanta arrival, from Hawks’ centerpiece Jalen Johnson: “JK's just like a dog ready to be unleashed.” My full story below: tinyurl.com/26mantcc
The Hawks have won 11 (!) straight games and we'll have a full breakdown of the road victory in Dallas. Subscribe now and join us! (Link in bio)
That's 11 straight wins for the Hawks after a 15-point victory in Dallas tonight. 7 players in double figures for Atlanta and yet another game in which the Hawks had the decisive edge in the possession battle. Full breakdown coming on the pod. Tell a friend, tell an enemy.
During the win streak, per CTG: 12th in TO rate (13.3%), 14.0% before it 3rd (!) in OREB rate (34.6%), 25.5% before it 4th in opponent TO rate (17.0%), 15.2% before it 2nd (!) in DREB rate (78.1%), 70.5% before it They are *hammering* the possession battle right now.
Kingston Flemings attempts a 3 on just 29% of his PNR reps (29th%). His overall 3.8 3PA/40 (18th%) is why my model projects him as an average 3P shooter with the 3rd lowest 3P/100 among primary NBA handlers. His inability to get up 3s was exploited masterfully by Arizona.
