Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Atlanta Hawks	30	30	26	30	116
Los Angeles Lakers	37	44	21	39	141

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Atlanta Hawks	116	45-100	45.0%	13-46	28.3%	13-18	72.2%	12	43	30	23	11	6	2
Los Angeles Lakers	141	48-83	57.8%	19-34	55.9%	26-30	86.7%	10	58	36	17	2	14	3


Atlanta Hawks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Vít Krejčí^SF	21:22	11	4-11	1-7	2-2	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	3	-21
Jalen Johnson^PF	30:26	13	5-17	1-7	2-2	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	4	-23
Onyeka Okongwu^C	33:16	7	3-8	0-3	1-2	1	7	8	4	0	1	1	4	-22
Dyson Daniels^SG	32:59	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	5	3	8	5	2	0	0	1	-9
Nickeil Alexander-Walker^PG	33:03	26	10-16	5-9	1-1	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	3	-37
CJ McCollum	27:13	25	11-23	2-8	1-3	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	2	2
Mouhamed Gueye	22:14	5	1-4	1-2	2-2	2	2	4	1	5	0	0	2	4
Corey Kispert	25:38	19	6-11	3-7	4-6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	-10
Asa Newell	10:04	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	-9
Keaton Wallace	03:45	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Kennard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zaccharie Risacher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N’Faly Dante	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RayJ Dennis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Đurišić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Houstan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kristaps Porziņģis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
LeBron James^SF	32:35	31	12-20	2-4	5-6	1	8	9	10	1	1	4	1	17
Jake LaRavia^PF	35:36	17	6-10	3-4	2-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	3	13
Deandre Ayton^C	30:51	17	7-9	0-0	3-3	3	15	18	1	0	0	0	3	31
Marcus Smart^SG	29:25	16	4-5	2-3	6-6	2	3	5	4	0	1	0	3	32
Luka Dončić^PG	33:17	27	7-16	5-9	8-10	2	3	5	12	0	1	7	4	27
Rui Hachimura	18:20	7	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1
Gabe Vincent	14:10	10	3-6	3-5	1-1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	8
Jarred Vanderbilt	15:33	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-6
Dalton Knecht	15:15	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Drew Timme	03:45	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe Bufkin	03:45	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	03:45	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bronny James	03:43	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maxi Kleber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxson Hayes	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mañon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Reaves	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adou Thiero	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

776 | 12 hours ago

Still think the Lakers aren’t contenders? What if I told you that they faced off against the 1 Game Below .500 Atlanta Hawks and won? I bet that changed your mind.

GriffinQ | WAS

201 | 12 hours ago

Even outside the meme, Hawks were coming off three straight Ws and have wins over the Nuggets, Knicks, Warriors, and Wolves in the past two weeks.

They play inconsistent basketball but they’re a team that can seemingly beat anyone on the right night (en route to a perfect 41-41 record).

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

59 | 12 hours ago

Last time we played them they were 1 game below .500 and Mo Gueye fucking torched us. I think they’re a good Center away from really being a threat. Maybe the Wizards will send Sarr over next.

DSHUDSHU | Hawks

23 | 11 hours ago

We should’ve already had sarr it’s so depressing.

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

14 | 11 hours ago

Mo was heating up tonight. If he makes that dunk I really think the Hawks had a shot still.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

4 | 11 hours ago

Big fan of that guy

amidon1130 | Hawks

4 | 10 hours ago

We have a good center despite what Hawks fans think, it’s just that he’s been playing way more than he should be and he’s worn the fuck down. I’m not saying OO is a world beater but he’s quite good and if he was playing 25-27 minutes a night like a normal center we’d be fine. If you look at the top centers in minutes it’s like jokic, Zubac, healthy wemby, Duren, Okongwu lol. He’s obviously not on those guys’ level but he’s still good. We desperately need another big.

Klarostorix | Mavericks

1 | 6 hours ago

We have a slightly worn skeleton of glass, who will be ready* just in time for the playoffs

*I promise

gilady7

0 | 3 hours ago

He’s not good, and he most certainly ain’t a center

swords_devil | Lakers

6 | 12 hours ago

tonight felt they just miss a lot of open layup and dunk. Like if they made those it’s gonna be very close game

wowlock_taylan | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

As dangerous as the below .500 bulls.

What happens if they both have .500 and play each other?

luapchung | Wizards

1 | 5 hours ago

The world implodes

joe4553

38 | 12 hours ago

Honestly the Lakers can dominate the playins.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

23 | 12 hours ago

Many people are saying this!

Wooden_Coyote5992

8 | 12 hours ago

Luka could use the Lakers to become a playin legend.

randomCAguy

13 | 12 hours ago

wait until they play against a 9-win team.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

9 | 12 hours ago

Thankfully we are safe unless the Pelicans manage to lose 21 straight games or the Pacers manage to lose 23 straight games. Thanks for the warning!!!

noyram08 | Lakers

5 | 12 hours ago

We aren’t but it’s still good to have at least a blowout win after a while

dearth_karmic | Warriors

1 | 33 minutes ago

January NBA makes no sense. We blow out the Kings. The Kings blow you out. We get blown out by the Hawks; you blow out the Hawks. LOL

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

533 | 12 hours ago

17 points and 18 rebounds from Deandre Ayton! He saw LeGM look at him

Will_McLean | Hawks

54 | 5 hours ago

God we need a center like, last week. Who’d have ever thought Tingus Pingus would be out so much?

DuckDucks | Knicks

16 | 4 hours ago

Porzingis is an amazing part timer.

OnlyLittleFly | Slovenia

1 | an hour ago

You can have deandre ayton right now

heat_fan_ | Raptors

367 | 12 hours ago

LEBRON Near triple double at age 41 best player on the court today

Ayton had a monster game too

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

147 | 12 hours ago

When the role players make open threes, the offense is very very good even without Reaves. Luka and LeBron generate so many wide open looks.

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

57 | 12 hours ago

They can average 25-30 assists per night if players hit shots like this and at 15-20 if they hit shots to an average extent.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

48 | 12 hours ago

It’s criminal that Pelinka assembled a group of role players that mostly can’t shoot AND aren’t athletic. Normally it’s one or the other. Pelinka found guys who struggle in both aspects.

Still great to see a game finally where they all make their threes. Desperately needed that.

A_Confused_Cocoon | NBA

34 | 12 hours ago

Which I don’t get because hasn’t this been Lebrons issue for laaaarge parts of his career (not having shooters around him). Obviously it isn’t as easy as “just trade for some and sign them”, but I feel like it’s not a very hard team comp to push towards.

sponedaddie | Lakers

12 | 12 hours ago

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again.

We have $42m in expiring salaries, with teams like Memphis, Orlando, and Cleveland needing to make moves.

Minimum_Anxiety_3000 | Australia

4 | 8 hours ago

Imagine if instead of Smart, Rui, and Knecht you had someone like TMIII and Sam Merrill the Lakers gameplan of all offense with spurts of defense will make more sense.

Chessh2036 | Hawks

368 | 12 hours ago

Lebron James record vs the Hawks: 48-19 now. That man owns us lol.

jacko1998 | LAL

106 | 12 hours ago

Damn that’s fucked up lol. I’m pretty sure there’s only two other teams he likes to beat more, the Hornets and the Trailblazers

Chessh2036 | Hawks

77 | 11 hours ago

I think Raptors also

Inevitable_Brick_877

79 | 11 hours ago

Whatever the Raptors record actually is, it feels like it’s 69-0. Man fucking hates Canada

Solar_invictus

41 | 10 hours ago

Why would he hate Canada?He is the Mayor of Toronto

f_on_flash

16 | 6 hours ago

His record is 47-16 so not far off

mofojed

1 | 2 hours ago

What about in the playoffs

Drew0223 | CLE

5 | 6 hours ago

Definitely the raptors too lol

Maverick_1991 | Hawks

10 | 5 hours ago

I’m more suprised we beat him 19 times than that we lost 46 times.

waysofthrow | Spurs

4 | 2 hours ago

Damn he really played almost an entire season versus every team. Weird to think about it that way.

Ayjel89

290 | 12 hours ago

Why don’t the lakers shoot 58/56/87 every game? Are they stupid?

joe4553

78 | 12 hours ago

Just play the Hawks every game.

cirrxs12 | Spurs

58 | 12 hours ago

well the Lakers got blown out by them when they matched up earlier this season

no Trae, Johnson, KP, Kennard and NAW

awntawn | Lakers

28 | 11 hours ago

Honestly this whole season feels like trap game season for the whole league. Seems like so many teams are losing games to ridiculously shorthanded teams even with rest advantages.

oblmov | Nuggets

9 | 10 hours ago

feels like effort has been below average this season. the West is less stacked than usual and the East is in ruins so good teams can afford to coast a little. and then there are teams that just chronically lack dog in them. Lazy teams are vulnerable to the trap game

a_moniker | Hornets

3 | 5 hours ago

Maybe for some teams at the top, but I think it’s kinda the opposite for the bunch near the bottom.

Jazz, Hornets, and Nets have all had multiple upsets and have played surprisingly “competent” basketball. Teams that started the season underperforming, like the Clippers and Grizzlies, have turned things around a bit after a slow start. The Celtics were also expected to be way, way worse than they’ve been this season.

The only true tanking teams this season, at least so far, are the Pacers, Pelicans, Wizards, and Kings. Add the fact that the only 30+ win team is the Thunder, and it makes sense why a lot of teams feel like they’re “underperforming.”

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

9 | 11 hours ago

Look at the Hawks schedule so far this season. It’s madness

LardHop | Lakers

4 | 10 hours ago

It’s more of a statement of how competitive the NBA really is.

But also the era of 3 point shooting variance lol.

DeepCleaner42

1 | 11 hours ago

hawks is a play in team

cirrxs12 | Spurs

1 | 28 minutes ago

i hope they lose the play ins

Ok_Daikon_7726 | Lakers

0 | 12 hours ago

No Trae was probably a blessing for them last time tbf

alihooha | Hawks

12 | 12 hours ago

To be fair we played pretty solid D, Laker’s just annoyingly couldn’t fucking miss

sequoia2075 | Lakers

13 | 11 hours ago

Just one of those nights. Last night we shot ⁶⁄₃₄ from 3 before garbage time and bricked wide open look after wide open look. Tonight it swung the other way and we were throwing a bunch of bullshit up there that was going in, in addition to hitting open looks.

awntawn | Lakers

6 | 11 hours ago

Unfortunately we still have to prove we can shoot like this against defensive powerhouses like the Sacramento Kings

ntpbr1

4 | 12 hours ago

How could Trae do this

Expensive-Salad-7828 | Lakers

247 | 12 hours ago

Fuck it - LeBron James, you’re playing with us until you’re 80.

Matzeeh | Spurs

44 | 12 hours ago

Insert washed up up and away quote

johnfcknallen | Lakers

82 | 12 hours ago

UP UP and AWAY!! SUPER WASHED Ain’t He??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♂️. Stay low and keep firing! The air up there is a tad bit different. LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE #striveforgreatness🚀 #thekidfromakron👑 #jamesgang👑 #bronknows

IllustriousRain4661

20 | 12 hours ago

That’s what happens when he takes more shots. He’s still one of our most efficient players and can do it at a high volume.

CloneWarsMaul | Celtics

14 | 12 hours ago

Till he’s 90!!

itsahmemario | Knicks

1 | 10 hours ago

I just imagined a a Le Weekend at LeBronny situation

bigtice | Rockets

84 | 12 hours ago

The Lakers dropped a “Kobe” in the first half and debuted a Kobe in the second half.

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

70 | 12 hours ago

The trae package showed up.

We just saw a Lebron pass to Kobe 3 Laker play. Ill tell my grandkids

Specialist_Office274 | Hawks

37 | 12 hours ago

Kispert was great, CJ’s 25 pts on 23 shots ain’t fooling me

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

33 | 12 hours ago

That’s CJ Tank Commander/ CBA terrorist McCollum to you

Akkepake | Trail Blazers

6 | 11 hours ago

He also cant defend a cone even if he tried

hubbabubbatubbalub | Hawks

4 | 11 hours ago

I mean how much worse can it be than Trae

Valuable-Reading-154

1 | 4 hours ago

25 points on 23 shots worse I’d say oh and what’s that little ass number ah I see 3 assists

sequoia2075 | Lakers

9 | 11 hours ago

CJ was probably a little more “involved” than is ideal, but honestly he looked like he had way more juice left than I thought he did. Having not watched the Wizards at all I had just kind of assumed he was done. He’s clearly not

Nice_Cash_7000

1 | 7 hours ago

He was actually averagin an efficient 19 on the wizards. If he could defend a little hed still be super valuable to any team. But since he got traded for Trae the hawks actually improved their defense by getting a bad defender lol

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

3 | 12 hours ago

I’m so glad that guy is off my team

thecalmer

1 | 5 hours ago

You thought McCollum played well?

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Why do you think he didnt show up?

Ob1toUch1ha | Lakers

60 | 12 hours ago

God Dalton Knecht is truly an awful defender

edmund7

22 | 11 hours ago

he cant even shoot either

mw19078 | Lakers

17 | 11 hours ago

And there are still people confused by his lack of minutes somehow

bootcutflare | Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

The dude we should have traded him for is ballin out in PHX too 🤦🏻‍♂️

Shay_21

1 | 15 minutes ago

whats he good at?

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

55 | 12 hours ago

41 y.o man still the best player in the team ;)

swords_devil | Lakers

54 | 12 hours ago

still don’t understand that crumble at 3rd by Luka. Like 4 turnover in a row.

And when things doesn’t go Lakers way, everyone’s body language look horrible. Good thing Jake was still there hustling and bringing the opportunity for Lebron

BlueGrovyle | Hawks

24 | 12 hours ago

It was basically 5 in a row, I think. Gave up what was either a 10-0 run or close.

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

14 | 11 hours ago

The Mo Gueye effect

CryptoNite90 | Lakers

7 | 10 hours ago

Does that effect also include the momentum shifting dunk? lol

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

7 | 10 hours ago

As a Mo Gueye stan I’m going to say he was just standing in solidarity with his two teammates who missed dunks tonight.

Kinda like when Adam Sandler pees his pants in Billy Madison

amidon1130 | Hawks

2 | 10 hours ago

That’s pretty much the mo gueye experience lol. Literal all-defense level defensive player, middle school level offensive player.

OnlyLittleFly | Slovenia

1 | an hour ago

Eh, up 30 he tried making each pass more difficult than the previous one, seeing how far he can push it, he often stops playing seriously up so much

shangalang69 | Raptors

45 | 12 hours ago

Hawks fans wanted the Jalen Johnson era… now you got it.

Ready-Constant-7124

21 | 12 hours ago

I think people don’t realize how worthless bad defensive frontcourt players actually are

You have to be literally Jokic on offense to make up for all the points you’re bleeding I don’t think you can win a championship with a KAT Sabonis or Randle

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

11 | 11 hours ago

Before his offensive leap Jalen was a decent defender. Unfortunately he thrives being a help side defender with a real shot blocker at the rim.

The combination of losing Capela and then focusing so much more on offense means he’s become a complete statue on defense who just ball watches.

Hawks desperately need a vocal, defensive minded player to help organize and motivate the team on defense on a night by night and possession by possession basis because the coach isn’t getting it done.

shangalang69 | Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

sounds like Anthony Davis to me

BabyOnRoad | Hawks

1 | 4 hours ago

Street clothes????

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

6 | 12 hours ago

Even Jokic can and has shown to be a good overall defender since he still uses his ball iq, and does a lot of small things to make up for his glaring weaknesses. Unless you have one of the greatest minds the sport has ever seen, its tough being a bad front court defender.

Even KAT and randle have shown good defense. Randle on wemby the other night, KAT against Jokic. What exactly does Jalen Johnson do?

NavalEnthusiast | Thunder

4 | 11 hours ago

Yeah the steals and defensive rebounds help him not be completely horrid on the defensive end

hubbabubbatubbalub | Hawks

3 | 11 hours ago

He has the tools to be good on defense too so I don’t know what’s up rn

a_moniker | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

It’s really just an effort thing for him. I think a big part of the issue is that the Hawks have a number of “defense only” or “offense only” guys. Playing with someone like Dyson Daniels makes JJ have to work way harder on offense and probably makes JJ feel like he deserves to be able rest a bit on defense.

The only 2-way guys y’all really have are NAW and Okongwu. Additionally, Okongwu isn’t a traditional drop Center, which causes more problems. Okongwu basically has to play a switch style defense to maximize his talents, but that kind of defense requires everyone on the floor to be at least decent on defense. A traditional drop Center is better at cleaning up for bad perimeter defenders.

a_moniker | Hornets

1 | 5 hours ago

That’s not as much of an issue when you’re talking about forwards. You can absolutely build a competent defense with a subpar PF. It’s super difficult to build a competent defense with a bad defensive Center.

You mentioned Randle + KAT, but both of those guys were on top-3 defenses in Minnesota. They just had to play PF next to a real defensive anchor in Gobert.

A player like Jalen Johnson should be even easier to work into a good defense, because he can fit at PF and SF. Atlanta just needs a good traditional drop Center and some defensive improvement from young guys like Risacher and Gueye.

OmastarLovesDonuts | Mavericks

9 | 12 hours ago

They could clearly use a top defensive player who can also contribute on offense; just spitballing here, but how about, say, AD? I think they need to trade for him as soon as humanly possible or they might miss out

hubbabubbatubbalub | Hawks

8 | 12 hours ago

Daniel gafford 😁

Proof-Umpire-7718 | Lakers

2 | 12 hours ago

They should trade for him if he gets healthy again.

They need a C that’s an elite rim protector to cover for JJ’s defensive deficiencies in the front court.

Could trade expiring salry, Risacher and a top 6 protected first.

TheNicom | NBA

3 | 6 hours ago

If AD gets the call to play center in Atlanta he is for sure faking an achilles tear and collect the checks.

AlwaysTheStraightMan | Hawks

4 | 11 hours ago

Who’s we? MF, it ain’t an era unless we’re somehow able to get AJ, Darryn, or hell even Kingston Flemings

thewrongnotes | Magic

2 | 11 hours ago

Did they? Seems like it was everyone else except Hawks fans that wanted to move on from Trae

shangalang69 | Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

well a lot of them did, thats for sure.

Will_McLean | Hawks

0 | 5 hours ago

I’m fine with that. You think Trae would have made a difference tonight? How, exactly?

SpiritFantastic4835 | Lakers

40 | 12 hours ago

Hawks need a rim protector

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

46 | 12 hours ago

i mean they could’ve had one if they just called sarr’s bluff and drafted him anyway…

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

20 | 11 hours ago

I am a ZR believer but yeah not drafting Sarr seems like a huge blunder.

ntpbr1

13 | 12 hours ago

They killed Trae Young for this when it was obvious with him as well, not to mention Jalen Johnson

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

17 | 11 hours ago

If Trae Young goes on to mediocre success this front office is going to look like geniuses.

If Sarr can act like temu-Wemby behind Young and slam home more lobs and shoot 3s like pre-finger injury John Collins, while Jalen Johnson turns into Zach LaVine instead of temu-LeBron I’ll be the first person demanding Onsi’s head on a pike.

ntpbr1

5 | 10 hours ago

I think y’all handled this terribly, unless Trae was like I want my max contract or I am leaving. But this team has clear issues outside of Trae, so I think if they could have agreed on a cheaper deal and get him back, just see what happens with the draft and the fit and everything, that would have been much better.

But I just don’t understand why they looked at this team with Jalen and no rim protecting tall big, and thought, we need to trade Trae for expiring deals and Kispert. It’s like if the Lakers traded Doncic because of defense when in reality they have zero great defenders in the team and at best 2-3 decent ones, with awful fit next to him. Like surely you just go into the draft and see what happens, trade for a proper big, and see how he fits into the equation. If Kispert is all you got, I imagine that deal or something close to it would still be on the table next year.

Jarxzz | United States

4 | 9 hours ago

Watch hoop venues most recent video on Trae if you want an actual answer to why they moved him

It’s very obvious why they moved off of him

a_moniker | Hornets

2 | 4 hours ago

They definitely traded Trae at his absolute lowest value. It’s actually crazy that they couldn’t get a single first round pick in return.

Having said that, I still kinda get why they moved him now. They didn’t get any definite assets in the trade, like draft picks or young players, but they do get a number of ancillary benefits from getting Trae off the team:

The FO knows for certain that they’ll have ~$40 Million in cap space this summer
The FO gets to see the team play without Trae which gives them a concrete sense of the teams needs
The media isn’t gonna talk about the Hawks as much, which can let their young players improve and make mistakes without high expectations
Corey Kispert is the type of secondary floor spacer that the Hawks have been searching for for years

TL;DR: Losing Trae obviously lowers the team’s ceiling, but it also makes the path forward way more unambiguous. JJ, NAW, Dyson, Okongwu, Risacher, Gueye, Asa, and Kispert get a half season to learn to play together, the team adds a lottery talent with the Pelicans pick, and they add a two-way PG or a rim-protecting Center with their ~$40 Million in cap space this summer.

ComprehensiveList769 | Hawks

9 | 12 hours ago

Agreed

Cuckledoodle | Mavericks

2 | 11 hours ago

agreed 😉

Presence_Present | Bucks

2 | 10 hours ago

Yeah OO reminds me of Vuc-lite where he can be great offensively but an absolute cone defensively around the rim. If Porzingis could ever stay fit theyd be fine, but thats as big an if as you can get

a_moniker | Hornets

4 | 4 hours ago

OO is a decent defender. It’s just that he’s a switchable big, instead of a rim protecting Center. Basically, he’s a good change-up small-ball Center, but can’t anchor a defense full-time.

A good defensive drop big can cover for a couple bad perimeter defenders in a way that switchable bigs can’t. A switching scheme is basically as good as its weakest link, and the Hawks have a ton of terrible perimeter defenders.

StefonDiggsHS | Mavericks

30 | 12 hours ago

Kobe Bufkin revenge game

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

10 | 12 hours ago

Where were you when Kobe was reborn in LA

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

28 | 12 hours ago

Can any team make a 30 point lead look as unsafe as the Lakers?

We are the best at something 😎

Also Luka and Bron balled out with great bench production finally.

Almost fumbled a truly great game with about 12-15 total minutes worth of God awful play

ksnitch

5 | 12 hours ago

4 straight TO plus a technical shifted the momentum during the third 🤷‍♂️

Dummmy99

3 | 11 hours ago

Think we kinda ran out of steam for a bit in the third then they recognized they had to up the intensity again. Also the Luka Dumbcic stretch didn’t help.

Hassan_Gym | Lakers

21 | 12 hours ago

LeGOAT

PruneNo8272

13 | 12 hours ago

Jalen Johnson on fraud watch

amidon1130 | Hawks

16 | 10 hours ago

Holy fucking shit lmao one game in a season where he’s averaging 24/10/8 and he’s on fraud watch??

Matzeeh | Spurs

11 | 12 hours ago

Might have jumped the gun on the next franchise guy

Domainsetter

2 | 5 hours ago

Better than Scottie Barnes they said despite one being the anchor of a top 5 defense.

taititans | Bulls

8 | 6 hours ago

You people only watch Lakers games my goodness

Wow_Good_Stats

2 | 12 hours ago

Meaning? He was great all season before Trae came back for like 3 games. Most of his best games were before Trae came back from injury.

myhellcatgotRepod | Hawks

16 | 12 hours ago

Half of r/nba only watches Lakers games. To them your players are only as good as their performances vs the Lakers. That’s why there’s already 5+ comments saying “enjoy the Jalen Johnson era” after slipping up one time and playing a horrible game vs the Lakers compared to his play vs every other game

BlackAndWhiteHorse_ | Hawks

9 | 12 hours ago

Facts. He’s 23. I’ll wait before I get mad about the Jalen Johnson era even if he’s mid the rest of the season lol

alihooha | Hawks

4 | 12 hours ago

Yeah it’s ridiculous. Being so confident in an uninformed opinion off of 1 game.

Dummmy99

3 | 11 hours ago

To be fair it is pretty difficult to have a horrible offensive game against the lakers 😂 I do believe in him though just missed some easy ones happens to everyone

CryptoNite90 | Lakers

1 | 10 hours ago

He was practically guarding LeBron all game and LeBron was on one tonight. He wasn’t making it easy to say the least.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

0 | 12 hours ago

I’m not saying JJ is as bad a defender as Trae obviously but trading the latter away with defence as a primary concern just for the former to still be a liability is not ideal

hubbabubbatubbalub | Hawks

3 | 12 hours ago

It just sucks cause JJ has the tools to play good defense, but I don’t know why he doesn’t? Lack of effort? Who knows

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

4 | 11 hours ago

Part of it is JJ learned how to play defense largely schemed to be a help side defender with a real shot blocker next to him.

Without someone like Capela to help organize the defense and contest at the rim for Jalen he looks very lost out there.

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

2 | 12 hours ago

Well there is the case of being the #1 option the heavy load can take a toll when it comes to playing both sides of the ball

Although like SGA and Tatum are very good defenders and not liabilities but don’t always exert a lot of energy on defence

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 12 hours ago

But if you think both are very bad defensively then you definitely can’t have both.

prodij18 | Lakers

13 | 12 hours ago

Law of averages hit the Hawks hard this game.

They should have been ready for all those 3s we statistically created for ourselves tonight by shooting like absolute shit yesterday in Sacramento.

jacko1998 | LAL

10 | 12 hours ago

Stopping the Hawks from getting to .500 is some supreme shit, good W

superfadeaway | Knicks

9 | 12 hours ago

Please explain to me how Jordan is the goat lol. Boat maybe but you’re crazy if you don’t think Lebron is greater

heshouldgo | Lakers

6 | 12 hours ago

Hawks should’ve kept Trae

Jarxzz | United States

16 | 12 hours ago

Hawks were a below .500 team for basically all of Trae’s tenure. It’s not like they were ever that good with him

Ajbksfinest | Hawks

6 | 12 hours ago

Terrible rosters. First season with a decent roster and he gets hurt.

Jarxzz | United States

2 | 12 hours ago

Not terrible. Mid maybe

Also hawks had a losing record with him playing this year

ntpbr1

7 | 12 hours ago

It was a small sample size, he was dealing with a lot of injuries, didn’t have KP, and in general had the same Hawks defense we saw without him today.

Jarxzz | United States

-2 | 12 hours ago

That’s a lot of excuses

There’s a reason he was traded for 0 picks in return. The league is done with him on a max contract

Ajbksfinest | Hawks

7 | 11 hours ago

Context doesn’t= excuses, you literally just want to fit a narrative since you already made up your mind.

No one said anything about a contract btw.

Jarxzz | United States

0 | 9 hours ago

His contract is inherently part of the equation. We can’t just ignore it considering it directly impacts who his teammates will be

He was taking up max cap space while not having that level of impact. That leads to your team being ass

ntpbr1

1 | 10 hours ago

I think you’ll find that half the trades teams make end up being bad trades for them, so not sure if the Hawks trading him for nothing makes it a clear evidence that he sucks and will suck

Jarxzz | United States

1 | 9 hours ago

It’s obvious he doesn’t suck. He just isn’t worth a large contract and is very hard to build around

Moving off him is completely sensible. The rest of the league agreed he has 0 value for a reason

Jarxzz | United States

0 | 9 hours ago

The point is it’s not like they were giving up on some winning formula. They had beed bad for essentially Trae’s entire tenure

It’s not like they blew up a good team, they moved on from a formula that wasn’t working

BabyOnRoad | Hawks

1 | 4 hours ago

He never played with this team

enterusernamethere

1 | 12 hours ago

Peak former workplace is doing badly after I left energy. Haven’t seen these in a while on reddit

Trae probably stole their defense schemes on his way out

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

1 | 11 hours ago

It’s too soon to tell, but it’s going to raise some VERY uncomfortable questions if we ever really see Sarr and Young play together and they look good.

broke_boi1 | Lakers

1 | 9 hours ago

Username does NOT check out

Will_McLean | Hawks

1 | 4 hours ago

Dumb take.

awntawn | Lakers

7 | 12 hours ago

imagine getting blown out by the lakers

ExleyPearce | LAL

6 | 12 hours ago

Fantastic first half (those stretch of Gabe Vincent and Luka threes made me believe in our three point shooting again), but nearly let it slip away in the second half which was frustrating with some of those turnovers, thankfully we bounced back largely via LeBron. And we were very lucky to be gifted with a terrible Jalen Johnson game.

Really don’t know what to make of this Hawks squad. Capela being gone and Porzingis missing so much time is definitely hurting them. Moving on from Trae was probably the right idea but something still feels missing.

peebeesweebees

8 | 12 hours ago

Never thought I’d see LeBron and Kobe play on the same team in the same game but it happened tn

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

5 | 12 hours ago

Olympics tho

peebeesweebees

0 | 12 hours ago

on American soil*

avocadawg

7 | 12 hours ago

Lakers win: “Lakers akcshually good”
Lakers lose: “Lakers bad, need trade everyone besides Luka”

Alarming_Garage_7727

4 | 12 hours ago

Wow, the hawks were missing open layups today,thank you for your services.

GalactusAteMyPlanet

6 | 12 hours ago

Hawks scapegoated Trae Young.

Atl-Fan_FTS | Hawks

2 | 12 hours ago

Don’t worry you’re going to see how much of a winner he is on the Wizards

DDBull | Spurs

4 | 12 hours ago

Having Kobe, Luka and 2xJames on a team is unfair guys

RainierPC | Cavaliers

2 | 7 hours ago

2x Lebron James, even

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

2 | 12 hours ago

that’ll help the net rating for sure

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

2 | 12 hours ago

It’s nice having an all star point guard drafted in 2018, right Hawks?

iamhereforsomework | Lakers

1 | 12 hours ago

Can the Hawks make layups?

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

1 | 12 hours ago

Much needed win

noyram08 | Lakers

1 | 12 hours ago

Where’s my Suns fans at for our daily Ayton reminder?

kaygeeboo | Lakers

1 | 10 hours ago

This will certainly move that net rating a bit

1azaz1 | Knicks

1 | 10 hours ago

Luka did this for trae, what a guy

JEROME_MERCEDES

1 | 9 hours ago

Gotta appreciate it while it’s here. Shit Bron probably playing another season

iCE_P0W3R | Thunder

1 | 9 hours ago

I can’t gauge how good the Hawks are. On one hand, they just traded away Trae Young, who they were seemingly playing better without. On the other, they just traded away Trae Young, who was arguably/likely their best player.

Thorlolita | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

Would have lost by 15 if they had Trae

LHamiltonPP | Pelicans

1 | 2 hours ago

Can’t believe Trae Young let the Lakers hang 140 like that

AtreusIsBack | NBA

0 | 10 hours ago

7 turnovers.

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

-8 | 12 hours ago

People have no idea how poorly the hawks had to shoot/finish below our mean and how well the lakers had to shoot above their mean for that to happen

Legit won’t have a game go that well for then again this season

devotedhero | Wizards

6 | 12 hours ago

Your team has atrocious defense though I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Hope Jalen Johnson was just having an off night because if that’s him at his usual then the hawks have big problems

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

2 | 12 hours ago

Our defense has been fine in January until this game

But yes, this was maybe the worst game of Jalen’s career so far

AtlantaGirthGiant | Hawks

1 | 11 hours ago

Jalen legit looked like he took Xanax before the game.

GriffinQ | WAS

5 | 12 hours ago

These things don’t happen in a vacuum. The Lakers have a lot of guys who can get scorching hot for one game out of every five or six and the Hawks had no ability to deal with the combined physicality (on both ends) of LeBron and Ayton.

This wasn’t simmed on 2K where shit just happens because the numbers say it can, the shooting percentages are a bit fucky but the Lakers actively made this game hell for the Hawks for like 95% of the time.

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

1 | 12 hours ago

The worst 3 point shooting team in the league shot 55% and they weren’t wide open

The 4th best 3 point shooting team shot 28% on better looks

Throw in about 6 whiffed 95% layups and you have shot variance that does indeed lose games.

Dummmy99

3 | 11 hours ago

I’d be salty too if a guy had a 47-19 career record and 12-0 post season record against my team too

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

1 | 11 hours ago

I am salty about Lebron owning us

Atl-Fan_FTS | Hawks

-3 | 12 hours ago

Hey hey don’t forget 30 to 18 free throws

Dilbert205 | Hawks

0 | 12 hours ago

Did you watch the game? Hawks missed multiple dunks and easy layups, bricked a dozen open threes meanwhile Lakers in the first half were just throwing up crazy threes that kept going in.

joaolouro1967 | Lakers

8 | 12 hours ago

The only crazy three was jake’s out of balance one, the others were Luka being Luka and open shots

GriffinQ | WAS

1 | 12 hours ago

Start to finish, which is why I’m talking about it.

Historical_Main5261 | Hawks

1 | 12 hours ago

Also yes, it does happen in a vacuum

A worse hawks team of all bench players blew out this same lakers team

The Los Angeles Lakers (24-14) defeat the Atlanta Hawks (20-22), 141-116.