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Hawks are elevating players and the ball in the offensive half court and creating a ton of space for cuts baseline side

Brilliant
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Hawks dictating pace right now

Have to keep it up
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Great rally by the Hawks in the 2Q

Potential fixes/adjustments:

Start defensive possessions with someone other than Dyson on Harden, they are ceding switches way too easily

Everyone has to help rebound

Re pace, peddle to the floor every possession (dis that well in 2Q)
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Vit has been inhabited by the spirit of Mike Scott v the Pacers
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Clippers are doing so many little smart things on defense

One example: they are forcing Kennard right on 2-out when he really wants to get left
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is the tightest whistle I’ve seen in any game this season

This game is going to take forever
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Okongwu has to just grab that ball which would have stopped play but they would have been able to see their defense
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
You cannot let Zubac catch the ball that deep
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
For me the top factor re Hawks winning or losing this game is how they deal with Zubac

He’s so strong and physical

Hawks will need to dictate pace to try to make him work
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hang on while I try to get my eyes to stop bleeding 😂
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
So now we’re are going to go with a completely different officiating baseline in the middle of the 4Q?
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The offense is just going to get harder for the Hawks

They need to use defense to create offense

Raptors have cleaned up a ton of their defensive issues in the 3Q
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I love it when the other teams uses challenges on non scoring plays
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hawks at times are trying to bring a second defender to impact Ingram

But he is ridiculously good at making it hard to time the stunt/double

He manipulates space and makes it hard to determine where whether the double should come from the top side or baseline side
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hawks best defensive half of the season by a mile

But Raptors are not going to stop competing
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Raptors significantly elevating ball pressure and defensive intensity
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Raptors doing a better job walling off the paint now

Hawks will need to continue to use defense and pace to create easy points
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hawks are attacking the basketball on the defensive end

As they should because Raptors don’t really have high level ball handlers
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Raptors did a great job of blowing up Quin’s cross screen ATO

But Hawks keep working and finally knock down a 3
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Quin is not particularly enjoying the officiating
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In half court Raptors destroyed Hawks (Ingram especially) on nail level curls getting downhill last game

Hopefully Hawks have that figured out
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Hawks Raptors Preview posted to Patreon

My one key for this game: With Kennard out will Quin swing to bigger lineups

KP/Mo/Jalen

OO/Mo/Jalen

Wouldn’t mind Mo getting 30+ minutes in this game
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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PSA: @willisglen.bsky.social is joining me on the Locked On Hawks podcast late tonight.

Good time to catch up after the first 10 percent of the Hawks season.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
For Kennard Hawks running a lot less ‘2-out” and more “wide single” in this game
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Turned it over way too many times and just didn’t make enough shots/free throws
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM