157, 150, 126 and 157 again. This series of scores seems incredible, but what the Hawks have suffered this season by facing the Pacers. Four defeats with a total of 590 points conceded, or 147.5 points per match…
Again on Sunday in Indiana, Quin Snyder's men did not exist. Caught by the throat from the first quarter, with 49 points conceded, the visitors tried for a while to resist the offensive strike force opposite. Quin Snyder says he saw a semblance of resilience » from his training in the first period.
But that's about all. Because after going to the locker room, his team will dive a second time: 39 points conceded in the third quarter, and an unfavorable differential of 18 units.
“ We didn't lose the ball much (editor’s note: 15, including 8 for Trae Young), but when we lost it, it ended in a dunk. On certain possessions, we defended until the end of 24 seconds. This hasn't happened often enough », Regrets the coach, who assures that he wants to focus on the defensive aspect.
Quickly turn the page
“ To a certain extent, if there's anything I had to take away from this match, it would be the fact that we were able to come back from being down early in the match. », continues the technician who nevertheless speaks of a meeting with little in the way of lessons learned.
Their opponents, who shot 65% successfully all evening, including 53% behind the arc, generated 41 assists for 65 baskets scored. And equaled, at the same time, the best offensive performance in their history with 157 points scored last November… against the same Hawks, in a match which ended with two possessions difference.
This setback is much more embarrassing in terms of the timing: it was the last match of the regular season, and the last before facing the Bulls, at home, in play-in. “ We are disappointed to end the season like this, but the season is not over. It's a match to put behind you, there's no time to go back and analyze it. We must move forward, move forward », Demands the coach.
He would undoubtedly have liked to present himself in Chicago in better conditions than the current dynamic: six defeats in a row, including this 42-point setback, and Trae Young at a slow trot since his return from injury.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Trae Young | 53 | 36.0 | 42.9 | 37.4 | 85.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 26.0 |
| Dejounte Murray | 77 | 35.8 | 45.6 | 35.9 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 22.4 |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | 78 | 30.4 | 42.9 | 37.4 | 91.9 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 16.9 |
| Jalen Johnson | 56 | 33.7 | 51.1 | 35.5 | 72.8 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 16.0 |
| De'andre Hunter | 56 | 29.5 | 46.3 | 38.7 | 84.2 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 15.8 |
| Saddiq Bey | 63 | 32.7 | 41.6 | 31.6 | 83.7 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Clint Capela | 73 | 25.8 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 63.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 11.5 |
| Onyeka Okongwu | 55 | 25.5 | 61.1 | 33.3 | 79.3 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 10.2 |
| Vit Krejci | 21 | 24.7 | 50.0 | 42.4 | 83.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.4 |
| Bruno Fernando | 44 | 15.0 | 58.2 | 0.0 | 64.4 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Kobe Bufkin | 16 | 11.8 | 37.1 | 23.1 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Garrison Mathews | 65 | 14.9 | 45.7 | 44.1 | 81.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| Dylan Windler | 6 | 12.2 | 52.6 | 47.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| Wesley Matthews | 36 | 11.5 | 35.1 | 34.8 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
| Patty Mills | 19 | 10.6 | 37.3 | 38.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| Trent Forrest | 37 | 11.0 | 37.8 | 20.0 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Aj Griffin, Jr. | 19 | 7.9 | 29.2 | 29.4 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Seth Lundy | 9 | 5.8 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Mouhamed Gueye | 5 | 9.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
