Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, after Atlanta’s victory against Minnesota: “In every game, I try to adopt a defensive behavior. I try to communicate as much as possible. We do not yet have all of our automatisms. I have to make sure that I can communicate with them. – – (about his seven successful three-pointers) To make one, … Read more
Resistance fighters: Charlotte Hornets Covid, which Covid? The absence of four players placed in isolation, including their star LaMelo Ball and their third leading scorer Terry Rozier, did not prevent the Charlotte Hornets from winning in Atlanta on Sunday night (130-127). Miles Bridges (31 pts including 4/6 to 3 pts) and Kelly Oubre Jr (28 … Read more
Forty-seven years later, the Milwaukee Bucks will once again play an NBA Finals. Saturday night, on the floor of State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the Bucks dominated the Hawks (118-107) winning Game 6 and this Eastern Conference final (4 wins to 2). A great revenge after failing at the same stadium two years ago against … Read more
Still in trouble with his left knee, Greek winger Giannis Antetokounmpo is finally forfeited for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final between Milwaukee and Atlanta, on the night of Saturday to Sunday (2:30 am French time). Victim of hyperextension during game 4, he had already missed game 5. – – The Bucks lead 3-2 … Read more
Trae Young, leader of the Atlanta Hawks and star player of his team, scored 35 points on Sunday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final, however lost by Atlanta to the Milwaukee Bucks (113-102). But he also sprained his right ankle and announced he will have an MRI on Monday. – – At the … Read more
The rebuilding time is over for the Atlanta Hawks, although the franchise results this season don’t suggest it (14 wins, 20 losses). Franchise executives, only eleventh in the East, announced on Monday that they were parting ways with their coach, Lloyd Pierce, who took over as the team leader in 2018. – – Pierce, 44, … Read more
Two days after being beaten at home (116-113), at the opening of the Eastern Conference final, the Milwaukee Bucks bounced back Friday, still in front of their audience, by dynamiting the Atlanta Hawks (125-91), who experienced before the break a slump from which they could not get up. The Wisconsin franchise has thus returned to … Read more
Back in the conference final for the first time since their sweeping blow suffered in 2015 by Cleveland (4-0), Atlanta was reassured from the start by winning the first game against Milwaukee (113-116) on Thursday. The Hawks withstood the onslaught of the Bucks counting on a great Trae Young. – – Prior to that, contributions … Read more
With this clear victory (113-96) at Farm Arena Stadium in this game four of the first round of the play-offs, the Atlanta Hawks now lead 3 to 1 against the New York Knicks. After a balanced first quarter (26-25, for the New York Knicks) and a second during which the Hawks remained a little inside … Read more
This initiative is part of the Knicks’ desire to promote vaccination in New York, visible in the possibility that people who were vaccinated Tuesday had outside Madison Square Garden in win seats for match 2, won by Julius Randle and his family (101-92). But it also has a more pragmatic goal: to be able to … Read more