While they had taken the advantage in the third quarter of the game in Phoenix, the Hawks cracked in the fourth quarter. The fault of the enthusiasm of the Suns but also their lack of composure.
With three minutes to go, with Devin Booker and his troops back on Atlanta’s heels, Trae Young displayed his group’s nervousness by picking up a technical foul. It must be said that De’Andre Hunter had suffered three faults from Chris Paul on the same action, without the referees whistling.
But for Nate McMillan, his group needs to stop focusing on officials.
“We lost our temper in the fourth quarter … I think we started to rush”, regretted the coach. “We were again caught in the arbitration trap. It has become a distraction, and we no longer know what to do in the field. Things were badly set up on both sides of the floor, in the fourth quarter. Finishing matches is something we know we have to improve. “
“We will not win this battle. We must leave the referees alone. We have already shown that our discussions with the officials did not change anything ”
Trae Young and the Hawks are among the teams most affected by the new rules put in place by the referees this season. While Atlanta was the second team with the most free throws last year (19.7), it has fallen this season to 13th place (15.5). That’s more than four points less per game.
On the side of the fans of the franchise, we assure that it is not only related to the offensive “provocations” of their leader who are no longer whistled and a gesture of the referee Kevin Scott in the direction of the bench goes badly.
Did he ask the Hawks to stop crying? Or rather explained in Atlanta why he had given a technique to Trae Young by reproducing the gesture of the leader? Opinions are divided but for Nate McMillan it is imperative that his players focus on their game, rather than the men in gray.
“We will not win this battle. We must leave the referees alone ” the technician repeats again. “We have already shown that our discussions with the officials did not change anything. It doesn’t change the whistle. But we continue to let it be a distraction by stopping playing, making willful mistakes or taking techniques. You have to grow up, be more mature in this area. This is the obvious path to follow. I call it being “drunk on your emotions”. We are emotionally drunk on the pitch. We were leading by the score, we played well in basketball but the fourth quarter will always be played on that. You have to stay calm, serene and connected, whether you’re in front or behind, in the last quarter. “
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Bring young | 9 | 34.4 | 40.7 | 25.5 | 92.0 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 22.4 |
| John Collins | 9 | 30.3 | 57.7 | 37.5 | 76.5 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 14.9 |
| Cam Reddish | 9 | 22.9 | 41.8 | 38.1 | 87.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 13.1 |
| De’andre Hunter | 8 | 29.2 | 50.6 | 44.8 | 37.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 13.0 |
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | 9 | 29.5 | 45.8 | 42.5 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 11.2 |
| Clint Chapel | 9 | 28.4 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 68.2 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 10.6 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 6 | 16.6 | 38.5 | 38.1 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 7.3 |
| Kevin Huerter | 8 | 20.2 | 36.7 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 6.4 |
| Lou Williams | 6 | 11.8 | 31.4 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| Jalen Johnson | 4 | 3.7 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 9 | 11.9 | 36.0 | 27.3 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| Skylar Mays | 4 | 3.7 | 75.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Delon Wright | 8 | 10.4 | 42.1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Solomon Hill | 3 | 14.1 | 25.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| Timothe Luwawu-cabarrot | 4 | 3.7 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Sharife Cooper | 2 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
