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00:00The home of the Atlanta Hawks.
00:24Three weeks remain in the NBA's regular season
00:28as we welcome you to Hawks Basketball
00:30presented by Racetrack.
00:32Tonight from State Farm Arena,
00:34it's the Hawks and the Memphis Grizzlies
00:37as Atlanta looks to keep a good thing going.
00:40This recent hot streak has really elevated Atlanta
00:43all the way up to number six in the three-way tie.
00:46They win that, and they're just a half a game
00:49behind the Raptors as we welcome you
00:51inside State Farm Arena,
00:53the house that Dominique Wilkins built.
00:56Bob Rathbun of the Hall of Famer.
00:58Great to have you with us tonight here from Atlanta.
01:01This Hawks team is on a major roll,
01:0413-2 since the All-Star break,
01:05and, Nick, they go for their 11th straight win
01:07at home tonight.
01:09They've done things in this home winning streak
01:11that haven't been done in terms of the scoring
01:13and the rebounding and the passing
01:15and all the steals that the 97 Bulls did last.
01:18This team's really playing well.
01:20Well, they're playing well overall,
01:21and guys are really trusting each other, Bob,
01:23and that's what you're seeing a lot of.
01:24The ball is moving.
01:25The defense have really picked up,
01:27and it's all about trust, Bob.
01:30This Atlanta team took care of the Golden State Warriors
01:33on Saturday.
01:34Tonight, they go up against Memphis,
01:36and Dyson Daniels is coming off an amazing game.
01:39He tied his career high with 28 points
01:41against the Warriors here on Saturday night.
01:44He got it going from three,
01:45and that set up the rest of his game.
01:47Dyson was magnificent.
01:49Dyson took on the offensive load
01:51and really started to shoot the ball,
01:53started out with a three,
01:53but this is where he's really good.
01:55When he can get downhill
01:56and get you back on your heels,
01:58he has great ability to change directions,
02:01use the spin move, get to the lane,
02:03and he did it all night long,
02:05got the Hawks back on track
02:07and was able to bust this game wide open,
02:10but it was Dyson Daniels who got him going early.
02:13And you see the points.
02:14Yes, 28, tied the career high,
02:16season best,
02:17but look at the efficiency.
02:18He shot over 70% from the floor.
02:21He, of course, added the rebounds
02:22and the assists and the steals.
02:24He was on top of his game
02:25and looking for more of that tonight
02:27against this Memphis Grizzlies team
02:29that comes in here.
02:31They've got 10 guys out.
02:33They've got 10 guys in uniform,
02:34and they're ready to go
02:35here in Atlanta tonight.
02:37Another key to the win over Golden State,
02:39the play of this man, Mo Gay.
02:41And we'll talk about his night against Golden State
02:44when we continue in just a moment.
02:48Mo Gay!
02:48Mo Gay!
02:50Mo Gay!
02:54Mo Gay, a high five here
02:56as he enters State Farm Arena tonight.
02:58Coming off a sensational performance
03:00against Golden State on Saturday night.
03:03He hit four threes in this game,
03:05each one longer than the last.
03:07Mo, in a great rhythm,
03:08posted a terrific game,
03:10starting for Jalen Johnson on Saturday,
03:12and Mo had this place rocking on Saturday night.
03:15He finished with a double-double in the game
03:18as we check our John Foy and Associates
03:20strong-arm numbers.
03:2216 points and 10 rebounds,
03:24his third double-double this year,
03:26and his fifth of his career,
03:28and a perfect shooting night.
03:30Four for four from three,
03:31two for two from two,
03:33and he added three blocks in his 26 minutes.
03:35Outstanding work by Mo Habibu.
03:37When we come back,
03:38we'll meet tonight's starters
03:39and tip it off.
03:40The Hawks and the Grizzlies
03:42coming up next.
03:47D.F. Leveson.
03:54Boy, is he energized early.
03:57It's up a three for Dyson Daniels.
03:59Oh, man, that's welcome.
04:00We haven't seen that in a minute.
04:02Dyson, what a move!
04:05Guess who takes it away?
04:07Dyson Daniels.
04:09And Dyson steps right in
04:11to pick off the pass.
04:12Challenges the seven-footer
04:13and puts it in!
04:15He has come to play tonight.
04:19And his great effort
04:20led the Hawks to victory
04:22over Golden State,
04:23and now they look to get
04:24the Memphis Grizzlies here
04:26at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
04:29The Grizzlies, of course,
04:30in a major struggle this year.
04:33Their season racked by injuries
04:35and trade, Jared Jackson Jr.
04:37has been sent to Utah.
04:39Ja Morant is out,
04:41so this is the current lineup.
04:44Grizzlies have had
04:4535 different lineups this season.
04:47Ty Jerome's Jalen Wells
04:48at the Guards.
04:50Ryan Rupair came over
04:51from Portland.
04:52He starts tonight
04:53with Gigi Jackson
04:54and in the middle,
04:55Olivier Maxent's prospect.
04:57The Hawks will be
04:58without the services
04:59of Jalen Johnson
05:00for a second straight game
05:01with a sore left shoulder.
05:02So, Mogey,
05:04coming off that great game
05:05against Golden State,
05:06he'll start again
05:07with C.J. and Akeel Dyson
05:08and Onyeka Kagwu
05:10in the middle
05:11for a Hawks team
05:12that is now seven games
05:14over 500 for the campaign.
05:16And that brings us
05:17to our four keys to the game.
05:19Mr. Wilkins.
05:20The thing the Hawks
05:21are going to have to do
05:22early on here
05:23is have some energy.
05:24You don't want to come out
05:26like you did
05:26against the Golden State Warriors,
05:27even though you end up
05:28righting the ship,
05:30winning that game big.
05:31You want to put these guys
05:32away early
05:33and shot selection
05:34is going to be key
05:35in that process as well.
05:38James Capers,
05:39Bill Kennedy,
05:40Danielle Scott
05:41to officiate the opening tip
05:42to the Hawks
05:43in red tonight.
05:44The Grizzlies
05:45with the old Vancouver Unis
05:47for black and green
05:48tonight here in Atlanta.
05:51Nakeel Alexander-Walker
05:52gives.
05:53C.J.
05:53Gives it back.
05:54Nakeel fires a three.
05:55In and out.
05:56Rebound.
05:57Controlled by Memphis
05:58and G.G. Jackson.
06:00He gets to the middle.
06:01Jackson going up strong
06:03and we've got a foul
06:04coming out of Atlanta.
06:05Well, G.G. Jackson,
06:06he's coming right out
06:07of the gate
06:07showing a little aggressiveness.
06:09Well, the one thing
06:10about Memphis,
06:10even though they've struggled
06:11and they've only won
06:1224 games this season,
06:14they play hard
06:15and it's a question of
06:18can they last 48 minutes
06:19than just 10 guys?
06:20You know,
06:22when you got 10
06:23of your main guys out
06:24and you're relying on
06:26this crew to get it done,
06:28it's really a great thing
06:29for them
06:30because they are trying
06:31to find out
06:32where they fit in
06:33but it's kind of tough
06:35because you don't really
06:35have that much chemistry.
06:37Contavious Caldwell-Pope,
06:39he is one of 10
06:41on the injured list
06:42tonight for Memphis.
06:44G.G. Jackson
06:44goes two for two
06:45at the line
06:46to open the Memphis scoring.
06:48Tomas Isalo,
06:49the head coach,
06:50and what a baptism
06:51his first year
06:52as an NBA head man.
06:55Hawks come down
06:56with Dyson
06:58to the corner.
07:00O'Gay
07:01needs some help.
07:03Got to get something going.
07:05And it's a pickoff
07:06from Memphis.
07:09Max Entz Prosper
07:11gives to Jackson.
07:12He's going to the hole again.
07:15Ty Jerome.
07:16He rolls it over the rim.
07:18Knocked out of bounds.
07:20Memphis ball.
07:21Well, you know what?
07:22You look at early
07:23going here, Bob,
07:24and Memphis is out.
07:26They're scrapping.
07:27They want to play tonight.
07:31Vince Snyder,
07:32the Hawks head coach.
07:33His team has run
07:3410th straight at home
07:35at 13-2
07:37since the All-Star break.
07:38Ty Jerome,
07:39we lost,
07:40saw him in Cleveland.
07:41Came over as a free agent.
07:43Drills a three
07:44in the corner.
07:45Ty Jerome is averaging
07:46close to 20 points a game,
07:48but his season
07:48did not get going
07:50until late.
07:51He was out all year
07:52with a calf injury.
07:53This is just his 15th game.
07:55Tip two
07:56on Yekka.
07:57Now Dyson Daniels
07:58a second try
07:59for the Hawks.
08:00CJ for three.
08:02And Atlanta
08:02can't find the range yet.
08:04They are on the
08:05offensive glass
08:06and that's a great thing.
08:08Ty got caught underneath.
08:10The Jerome wraps up
08:11on Yekka Kaguru
08:12for the foul.
08:18Sought out of bounds
08:19here for Dyson Daniels.
08:21That's one Hawks
08:22looking to get going
08:23and Yekka Kaguru's
08:24offensive numbers
08:26off just a bit
08:27from his usual excellence.
08:29Here's Nikhil.
08:30Nice wraparound.
08:31CJ looking for some daylight.
08:33Nikhil finds it
08:35and drills it.
08:37That's great.
08:38Great ball movement
08:40there by the Hawks.
08:43Atlanta on the board
08:44took nearly two minutes.
08:46There's Dyson Daniels
08:47pressuring.
08:50Memphis just did beat
08:51the eight-second count.
08:53Here's a drive-by
08:55back since Prosper
08:56and a foul coming
08:57on on Yekka.
08:59Hawks have got to raise
09:00their energy level here
09:01to beat Memphis.
09:04The ball movement
09:05is wonderful.
09:06Before you see the ball
09:07going from inside to out
09:08and really swinging
09:10that ball around
09:11the horn to get
09:12a wide open shot.
09:13That's the kind of
09:13offense you want.
09:17Montreal native
09:18Olivier Maxence Prosper
09:19six foot seven big man
09:23played his college basketball
09:25first at Clemson for one year
09:27and two seasons at Marquette.
09:29This is his third year
09:31in the NBA.
09:33Did not face the Hawks
09:35in Memphis earlier this year.
09:37A game won by Atlanta
09:38by two points
09:41back in January.
09:43Memphis has won four straight games
09:45in Atlanta.
09:47Prosper missing the second
09:496-3 Grizzlies.
09:59Nikhil off the screen
10:01and roll.
10:03Daniels for three.
10:04Got it!
10:05There we go.
10:07Hey you know what?
10:08He shot that
10:09with a lot more confidence
10:11and that's what he has to do.
10:13If you open
10:14let it fly.
10:15It's great to see.
10:16That gives him three threes
10:17in the last two games
10:19and 15 for the season.
10:21We're tied at six.
10:25Jerome
10:25turning
10:26missing.
10:27Not a good job there.
10:29For Dyson Daniels.
10:34Here comes a Kogwu.
10:38And that's going to be
10:39a foul against
10:40Atlanta for an offensive foul
10:43on a Kogwu.
10:44That's two quick ones on O.
10:49Hawks are thinking
10:50about a challenge.
10:53As they say
10:54no play on
10:55and Memphis takes it in.
10:56Prosper
10:56coming in
10:57head of steam
10:58on a Kogwu.
11:00You know what?
11:00And they're trying
11:01to get that third foul.
11:06Todd Jerome
11:07CJ McCollum
11:08defending.
11:09He'll take the three.
11:11That's a terrible shot there.
11:12It was a well-challenged
11:13shot there.
11:15By the Hawks
11:16and that was going
11:18absolutely nowhere.
11:20A Kogwu misses the three.
11:21Tapped out to CJ.
11:23McCollum
11:2315-foot runner short.
11:25A Kogwu crashing
11:26and a foul on Memphis.
11:28Well this group
11:29on the floor
11:30from Memphis
11:30not a very good
11:31rebounding group here.
11:33The Hawks
11:33have really
11:34dominating them
11:35on the glass
11:35on the early going here.
11:37Even though
11:37they're tied
11:39they're getting
11:40good second shot
11:40opportunities.
11:42Prosper
11:42with a foul.
11:45And this will put
11:46O on the line
11:47where he's a 76%
11:49foul shooter
11:50this season.
11:53First shot
11:54rims out.
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12:09Kong had six
12:11on Saturday
12:11against Golden State
12:12his first marker
12:13of this game.
12:16Hawks go in front
12:17by one.
12:18Memphis has lost
12:20six consecutive
12:20road games
12:21and all the way
12:23through
12:23Gigi Jackson
12:24to dunk.
12:26You can't allow
12:27that.
12:27That's way too easy
12:28Bob.
12:30Dice and Daniels
12:30backing up
12:32off the leg
12:33of
12:34Kongwu
12:35here comes
12:36the keel
12:36to get something
12:37started
12:38Daniels
12:38speeding it
12:39inside
12:39Jerome knocks
12:40it away.
12:41Memphis pushing
12:42after the turnover
12:43and the lay-in
12:44no good
12:45it's a travel
12:46against Rupair.
12:50Rupair played
12:51pretty well
12:52against the
12:53Hawks out
12:54in Portland
12:54earlier this year.
12:56One
12:56two
12:57three
12:57that's a travel
12:59well you know what
13:00I'm not surprised
13:01if they
13:02don't call that
13:04because they let
13:04so many of those
13:05kind of plays
13:06go in today's game
13:07but not tonight
13:09not tonight
13:09eight seven
13:11Memphis
13:13Alexander Walker
13:14and he's fouled
13:16on his way
13:16to the hole
13:16and that's Ty Jerome
13:18won that foul
13:21two
13:22on Ty Jerome
13:23he is under
13:24eight minutes
13:25restriction
13:26of twenty five
13:29two fouls
13:31early
13:32and he may be
13:33headed out of the game
13:34in favor of Taylor
13:35Hendricks
13:36talked about Memphis
13:37and their lack of size
13:38they traded
13:41Jackson
13:42to Utah
13:43and they just
13:45with everybody hurt
13:46I mean
13:46Edie's been out
13:47there's just so many
13:49of the bigs
13:49injured
13:50they don't have
13:51much choice
13:53Hendricks comes in
13:54he came over from Utah
13:54on the trade
13:55and Prosper goes out
13:57I mean he's 6'7
13:58he's your five man
14:00very small
14:01front line
14:02again
14:02you can attack
14:03to paint
14:04with these guys here
14:08Alexander Walker
14:10goes two for two
14:11at the line
14:12Memphis
14:16negative in rebounding
14:172.5 a game
14:20it has been a disaster
14:24with the Grizzlies
14:25this year
14:25with all these injuries
14:26long bomb by Wells
14:28is no good
14:32Ty Jerome
14:33can't find the
14:34range from three
14:35and Mo Gay
14:36has it
14:36yeah Ty Jerome
14:37here is not wasting
14:38any time
14:39he's putting
14:39them shots up
14:41and he's one of the
14:42few
14:43sure shots
14:44left
14:45there is a
14:46corner three
14:47by Nkoglu
14:51Memphis ranks
14:5225th in the league
14:53in overall
14:54field goal percentage
14:55Jerome
14:56oh that's a travel
14:57that's a travel
14:58yeah
14:59that's a travel
15:00you can't pull me
15:03and let me tell you
15:04Ty Jerome
15:05is a short guy
15:06he don't have
15:07that type of
15:07stride
15:09come on
15:149-8 Atlanta
15:20the keel
15:21going all the way
15:22in
15:22gets it
15:22and one
15:26that's seven
15:27looking for eight
15:29and the foul
15:30on Gigi
15:31Jackson
15:35the keel
15:36turns a corner
15:37the defense
15:37sort of said
15:39I got him
15:40you take him
15:43kind of evaporated
15:44a little bit
15:45he gets all the way
15:45to the paint
15:46that's an easy
15:46and one
15:47opportunity
15:53keel
15:53six
15:54the foul
15:54shot
15:55just under
15:5690%
15:57at the start
15:58of the game
15:58three for three
15:59tonight
16:00start of the evening
16:01at 89-9
16:02at the stripe
16:04Jerome
16:04cross court
16:07now back
16:08to the top
16:10and Walter Clayton
16:11Jr.
16:12the former
16:12Florida Gator
16:13in the ballgame
16:15oh man
16:15see a lot of
16:16short arms
16:17around the lane
16:17here in the early
16:18going
16:20Memphis coming off
16:21a defeat
16:21in Charlotte
16:22Saturday
16:22they have the Celtics
16:24let him off the hook
16:25late Friday night
16:26at home
16:26corner three
16:27from O'Gay
16:3115-8
16:32Hawks
16:32take it up
16:33to seven
16:35and the
16:36Mowgay
16:36serenade
16:37continues
16:38there's a knockdown
16:39of the pass
16:39by Kangoo
16:40bounce ahead
16:41to Dyson
16:43Daniels
16:43gets into
16:44the paint
16:46CJ
16:48Mo
16:49puts it back
16:50in the holster
16:51gives to McCollum
16:52for three
16:54love the ball
16:55boom
16:55timeout
16:56Memphis
16:57as Atlanta
16:58goes on
16:59an 11-0
17:00spurt
17:026-0-9
17:04left in the
17:05opening frame
17:06and the Hawks
17:06starting to cook
17:09Mo Gay
17:10kicks it back
17:11CJ McCollum
17:12nothing but net
17:16welcome in the
17:17third member of our
17:18broadcast crew
17:18down to the floor
17:20in Madison Hawk
17:20hey Bob
17:22with the Hawks
17:22winning 12th of
17:23their last 13 games
17:24it's moved them up
17:25to the sixth spot
17:26in the eastern
17:27conference standing
17:28reality though
17:29only two and a half
17:30games separate
17:31five through ten
17:32in the east
17:32right now
17:33so this playoff
17:34race is tight
17:35I asked Hawks
17:36head coach
17:36Quinn Snyder
17:37if he's having
17:37conversations with
17:38the team
17:39about the standings
17:40and he said
17:41yes the team
17:41is aware
17:42but he's more so
17:42telling this group
17:43to treat these
17:44games like a
17:45playoff series
17:46fill that urgency
17:47and channel it
17:48and do the little
17:49things to get wins
17:50defending
17:51sharing the ball
17:52rebounding
17:52I asked Nikhil
17:54Alexander-Walker
17:54if he's checking
17:55the standings
17:56and he said
17:56oh yeah
17:57all the time
17:58he told me
17:58it actually helps
17:59him in tough moments
18:00second night
18:01to the back-to-back
18:02and he's tired
18:03or when a team
18:03goes on a run
18:04it reminds him
18:05what's on the line
18:06and that ends
18:07the back right now
18:09Dominique I know
18:10it was a long time
18:11ago for you
18:11but were you
18:12checking the standings
18:13this closely
18:13when you played
18:14and you know what
18:15you knew where you
18:16stood
18:17I didn't check a lot
18:18I didn't look at
18:19the stat sheet
18:20a whole lot
18:20to tell you the truth
18:21but I think
18:23when you're playing
18:23I know when you're
18:24playing against
18:25these better teams
18:26and you're playing
18:27against good teams
18:28you know pretty much
18:29where you stand
18:30and where you stack up
18:31so it was kind of
18:32cool to get on the run
18:33and you look at
18:33the standing
18:35whoa we right there
18:36in the thick of things
18:36so that's where the Hawks
18:38are right now
18:40such an exciting time
18:41and we'll do a little
18:42scoreboard watching
18:43tonight
18:45Indiana's at Orlando
18:46San Antonio
18:47at Miami
18:48OKC at Philadelphia
18:49and later tonight
18:50Toronto and Utah
18:51all the teams
18:52right around the Hawks
18:53there's no standings
18:55here's Risa Shea
18:57Gabe Vincent
18:58for three
18:59a little long
19:00rebound control
19:02by Jerome
19:02here comes Memphis
19:05trying to run it again
19:06Clayton out of the corner
19:07and he misses
19:08tough shot again
19:09you took that shot
19:10falling to your right
19:14Vincent
19:15O'Gay
19:17screens for Dyson
19:19into the paint
19:21Jack Landale
19:22who of course
19:22began the year
19:23as a Memphis Grizzly
19:25watches Dyson
19:26flip it up
19:27and in
19:27a ballet shot
19:29by Dyson
19:30yeah it looked like
19:30he was dancing there
19:34take away by Mo Gay
19:35what is he doing
19:36I mean
19:38Mo brings it up
19:41Gabe Vincent
19:42to the corner
19:43Aaron Risa Shea
19:45airball
19:45rebound
19:47Jerome
19:47Diki Jerome
19:48the third year man
19:50from New Orleans
19:51turns it over
19:52that's five now
19:54for the visitors
19:55from Tennessee
19:56that's when you got youth
19:57you got guys
19:58who's not used to being
19:59in that position
20:00and
20:02a lot of mistakes
20:05I mean this is a little
20:06Baryshnikov right here
20:08from Dyson Daniels
20:11that was a pretty
20:13impressive there
20:16already got tripped
20:17just a little bit
20:18but stayed focused
20:19on the shot
20:19and show how
20:20so how well
20:21he can make it look
20:22that ballet shot there
20:32a coach's challenge
20:33has been lodged
20:34and will continue
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20:56as we went to break
20:58a coach's challenge
20:59by Memphis
21:01as they thought
21:02it was last touched
21:03by Landale
21:04and
21:05Chief Chief James Capers
21:06agreed with them
21:08so the Grizzlies
21:09will get the basketball
21:10although they do lose
21:12that mandatory timeout
21:1422-11 Atlanta
21:16425
21:17first quarter
21:19Hawks hit the road
21:20after this one
21:20play in Detroit
21:21Wednesday
21:22and in Boston
21:23on Friday night
21:24before coming back home
21:25to meet Sacramento
21:27on Saturday night
21:28here
21:28a drive and a block
21:30by Risa Shea
21:31Zachary
21:32get off
21:33yes sir
21:33exactly saying
21:34young fella
21:35not tonight
21:39I mean just nice
21:41timing right there
21:42no no
21:43young fella
21:43you're not getting that
21:44on
21:44Leakey Giroux
21:48it's a
21:49taste
21:50of the great defense
21:52there
21:53long bomb by
21:54Prosper
21:55had to put it up there
21:56after the shot clock
21:57was expiring
21:58and then it's touched
22:00last by Walter Clayton
22:01Jr.
22:02the rookie from Florida
22:04Gators
22:05going down hard
22:07against Iowa
22:07in the NCAAs
22:08yesterday
22:0920-11
22:10is our score here
22:11Hawks on top
22:13Nikhil brings it over
22:19Landale
22:20now
22:21gets it on the roll
22:22ball fake
22:23turnover
22:24oh you gotta shoot that
22:27Clayton lets it fly
22:30offensive rebound
22:32and a miss inside
22:34by
22:35Tyler Burton
22:36and a foul on Atlanta
22:38tell you what
22:38that basket has a lid on it
22:44let's take a look at our Xfinity matchup for tonight in the month of March Hawks doing everything well and
22:51you see where they rank in the league forcing over 18 turnovers a game and that's really been a staple
22:57league when the Hawks are playing their best they are winning the possession battle and they're doing that by offensive
23:03rebounding and creating turnovers you know I think the league know that the Hawks are one of the better offensive
23:07I'm sorry
23:09defensive teams in the offensive teams in the league that they make you earn what you get you know you
23:13don't get anything easy when you play against the Hawks
23:16Tyler Burton on the Hawks
23:18Tyler Burton on a 10 day contract
23:20Tyler Burton on a 10 day contract
23:21it's the two free throws
23:24it's the two free throws
23:46kicks it back
23:47kicks it back
23:47here's a long three that's good by Taylor Hendricks
23:50shoots 35 percent from beyond the arc averaging seven a game in the league this year
23:59turnover off Kaminga
24:01and ahead of the pack is Tyler Burton and he lays it home
24:05Tyler Burton
24:0756 years old
24:09the Hawks don't want to get lazy with the ball
24:13to 18
24:20Kaminga
24:21trying to feed the cutter and
24:23Gabe Benson got knocked down
24:26and it's a foul on Memphis
24:30this will be on Dickey Giroux
24:33given name is Dijon
24:35first foul on Giroux
24:37says Gabe Benson to the foul line
24:44as Gabe lines up the first one let's pause for this word from our partners at John Foyne Associates
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25:03Gabe knocks it down
25:06here's a hawk where
25:08Gabe Vincent D could just throw the stats out the window come playoff time this is a veteran has been
25:12through the war
25:13yes he has and know what it takes to win games so you need a guy like that going going
25:17into the playoffs
25:19Clayton on the roll gives it up
25:23Hendricks gets rid of it Clayton throws it up to no one
25:26oh my goodness
25:27and leaking out Kaminga but hustling back to knock it away as Giroux
25:34corner three for Hendricks
25:37and we've got a loose ball foul on Memphis
25:41this will be charged to Tyler Burton
25:44and Memphis is over the limit
25:46his first
25:49first on Tyler Memphis now has committed seven first quarter turnovers
25:56this is a team that has
25:59so many injuries
26:00it's just so hard to have any kind of consistency
26:0440 year old Taj Gibson
26:06getting ready to come in the game
26:0818 years in the NBA
26:10but you know the thing is
26:1210 guys how do you have 10 guys hurt
26:1310
26:16I'm sorry Bob
26:17that's a lot
26:17that's a lot of guys
26:18Clark's out
26:19right calf
26:20Edie had surgery on his ankle
26:24Pippen's done with toe surgery
26:25jaw's been out with the left elbow
26:29now Dama's had right knee surgery
26:31KCP's got a right finger surgery
26:34Coward's away on personal reasons
26:37Mayshack's got a left ankle injury
26:39I mean it is unending
26:40I mean that's
26:42Clayton misses rebound to Kiel
26:43that's impossible
26:44I know doesn't seem right
26:46does it all
26:49Zachary
26:51Landale whoops
26:52try to hit the cutting Kaminga
26:54Hawks turn it over
26:55for the eighth time in the quarter
26:59so sloppy is the byword here
27:00to start this game
27:01I'm gonna tell you about that fast break there
27:03if the big guy
27:04if he fans out to his left a little bit
27:07give himself some space
27:09now you have a chance for a lob
27:11easy play
27:12but you're running straight down the lane
27:13with a defensive player
27:15standing there
27:16you're not
27:16there's no way
27:17there's no one really to pass it to
27:18you see once they get the steal here
27:20you see
27:20where is he running
27:22you know
27:23he's not giving himself enough space
27:25to give his teammate
27:26the comfort
27:27to throw that lob
27:33Tyler Burton is at the foul line
27:35CJ walks back out of the court
27:39Tyler Burton was draft eligible in 24
27:42he's been playing in the G League with the Memphis Hustle
27:45cutting camp and then they had to bring him up with all these injuries
27:49Tyler has got six first quarter points
27:53right side a 10 day today to be eligible for the game
27:56the Memphis Hustle
27:58yeah
27:58like that nickname
27:59that's a good nickname
28:00like the Hawks
28:01they've got their G League team right in town with them
28:04the keel
28:05that's all gonna be off
28:08and then
28:10under the category of no good deed goes unpunished
28:13Taylor Burton
28:14leaps to get the ball and then throw it away
28:27he'll give CJ had it blocked
28:30Clayton got him
28:34cross-court stop at pop Burton
28:37where they they have nothing in the paint so they rely on catching
28:41and shooting
28:43could make it to the trailer Glendale
28:47Kaminga for three
28:48that's good
28:52good to see Jonathan knock that thing down
28:54you know we're different about that shot he shot there
28:56than it was the other night it wasn't flat
28:58right
29:02it seemed like he was a bundle of nerves
29:04yeah he was
29:05yeah yeah it was
29:06and here he comes with a steal
29:09Kaminga gives it over to the keel
29:11he dunks it
29:12yes
29:12and a foul on Memphis
29:15two great plays
29:17Kaminga got it started
29:19and then the keel gets helped up by everybody
29:22and look at those smiles
29:27that's what you call real camaraderie right
29:30that's a great steal by Kaminga
29:33and the keel goes up with the left
29:38they call that a face shoe there Bobby
29:41yes sir
29:43and did it with that left hand
29:45yes sir
29:46and the keel looks around and says did you all see that
29:52and the bench comes out to help him up
29:54he said we love that one the keel
29:56he had to say to himself wow
30:00a free throw here
30:02and the keel alexander walking deep has scored 13 first quarter points
30:07or he's on it tonight but he's moving well without the basketball
30:10the defense definitely picked up look at him slide his feet defensively
30:1532 20 Atlanta
30:18Burt puts it up and in
30:20Tyler with eight
30:22and we saw Dyson Daniels with a 15 point first quarter here against Golden State
30:26the keel with a 13 point first quarter against the Grizzlies
30:30most he's ever had in the first quarter in his career is 14
30:35let's see if the keel
30:37gets that last shot of the period
30:40CJ is going to turn the corner
30:42and go up and miss it
30:43five seconds
30:45four
30:45Jerome
30:47streaking
30:48shooting
30:49missed the bank
30:50and the quarter in
30:54Jonathan Kaminga with a big steal
30:56the keel alexander walker heads to the bench
30:5913 on his ledger
31:01and at the end of one at State Farm Arena
31:04it's Atlanta 32
31:05and Memphis 22
31:12basketball is presented by racetrack
31:16what a first quarter for the Hawks
31:17they put 32 points on the board and lead it by 10
31:21keel alexander walker was outstanding
31:23with 13 first quarter points
31:26defense
31:27again Bob
31:30you know the Hawks
31:32defense has really played very very well
31:34has limit these guys pretty much to one shot
31:37but the offense the ball is moving the ball is hopping from side to side
31:42they're getting any shot they want
31:45Atlanta with eight assists on nine first quarter field goals
31:49Landale right to the hole
31:51that's what I want to see Landale
31:53when you get that ball in the lane
31:54don't always look to throw it out
31:55put the pressure on the defense
31:57and Jack
31:59throw it to defense
32:00that time on Jalen Wells
32:02Hawks come away with McCollum
32:04cross-court Kispert steps into the three
32:06bang
32:08and that's the way you open up the game
32:1237-22 Atlanta
32:19G.G. Jackson
32:20they letting it go I'm telling you
32:22and a long bomb to Kispert
32:25over to Risa Shea
32:29now the Hawks
32:30get the set
32:32up by 15 early
32:38CJ hooks it back to Landale
32:47those five on the floor right now for Coach Snyder stepping out of bounds
32:51Taylor Hendricks Atlanta ball
32:53well that's what happens when you camp out of that three point line
32:56but nice little whip pass inside the shop
32:59and he throws you know lets everybody know
33:02yeah I got it like that
33:04already 10 turnovers from Memphis
33:06they average 15 turnovers a game
33:11and their value of the basketball right now is at a low point 37-22
33:16yeah they might eclipse that in this first half
33:20CJ threads the needle coming up easy jam
33:27another timeout from Memphis
33:31could be an early night for the start
33:35when Snyder talks to his team
33:38and Atlanta builds the lead to 17
33:40Jonathan Kaminga with no resistance
33:43takes it right to the hole Hawks 39-22
33:47Alexander Walker has enjoyed a career year
33:50and just for greatness
33:52from this incredible guard time for our check-in brought to you by Burbo
34:01and he has been able to do it all so far here tonight outside inside and what a great
34:09shot and replay we got a salute Miss Calloway our hand-held operator under the basket
34:15Brent McCaskill and tape outstanding job guys
34:18we love breaking the pictures to you and it's easy because you got the best crew at the NBA
34:22you know to kill the two and the kill is just a guy who just plays at one speed
34:28he goes at it
34:30speed all the time
34:31Gibson blocked by research in
34:37here's CJ
34:40trying to shake
34:41Gigi Jackson
34:43Kaminga for three
34:45good to see him get back out
34:47I think he's a little looser today
34:5249-42-22
34:54Jerome throws it in
34:58Jerome has five
35:01as you mentioned he's averaging
35:02just under 20 at 19-9
35:06really good free agent pickup
35:08from Memphis in the offseason but they never had a chance to really watch him play
35:12until recently because of the cap injury
35:15Landale fakes 15-footer no
35:18Kispert in there battling rebound to Gibson
35:21kind of shot a tweener there
35:23I thought he got grazed across his head but I didn't see it
35:29corner three Hendricks
35:35Kaminga navigates
35:42C.J. scoop to the hoop
35:43rolls in
35:50back to a 20-point game
35:53Ty Jerome
35:55does everything on the perimeter from Memphis if nothing inside
35:59that ball barely breaks the lane
36:01only six excuse me eight paint points
36:04there's Landale to block the shot on Jerome
36:09back in comes Tyler Burton
36:13told you we do a little scoreboard watching tonight
36:15well here it is Orlando's up five and a half
36:17but look at Philly down 22
36:20and Miami down 18
36:22that will figure prominently in the Hawks outcome here tonight
36:28a jump shot is good by Jalen Wells
36:33let's go Hawks
36:4344 26
36:44here's Kispert going in
36:46and lots of contact and no call
36:51Todd Jerome
36:52scooping it back
36:53here's Taylor Hendricks
36:55he misses the three
36:57he's worth the rebound
36:58recent shake ahead of the pack
37:00well you know what
37:01Memphis had a great fast break opportunity
37:05but they slow the pace down
37:07to shoot a three
37:09I think the object is
37:11is you want to see the ball go down
37:14you know get a good shot
37:15and that will open up a three for you
37:18when you start making a couple easy
37:21Tyler Burton
37:21to paint to score
37:2346-28
37:26C.J. gets it back
37:27corner three Landale
37:30tipped by Kaminga
37:31tipped by Risa Shea
37:33take it down by Todd Jerome
37:37crossover
37:38just can't shake Kispert
37:40but did get it to go off the window
37:41and a timeout for Quinn Snyder
37:45seven points for Todd Jerome
37:47as the Grizzlies try to battle their way back in
37:50a timeout for Atlanta with 7-11 to go before halftime
37:54and the Hawks running the floor at will
37:57lead it by 16 at State Farm Arena
38:02a much better
38:03and emphasizes
38:04look at this
38:06pass up there
38:07and what's Corey just about that?
38:09not even there
38:12yeah
38:13yeah you know what Bob
38:14what I see here is that the ball is not sticking
38:18and you see once they get the ball
38:20They're looking up the floor to find a teammate to get to.
38:24And the Hawks are willing to run.
38:25And this has been a consistent thing on these runs and these wins here.
38:31And this is what Quinn Snyder wants to see.
38:33He wants to see his guys get up and down the floor.
38:3746-30.
38:407-minute mark of period number 2.
38:43Here's Dyson Daniels.
38:45Kispert at the top.
38:47Corey getting ready to go to the postseason for the first time in his career.
38:51He is some kind of excited.
38:53Here's Kaminga.
38:55Two seconds, one.
38:56Jonathan.
38:58Rebound.
38:59Fought four.
39:00Look at Dyson.
39:01Daniels diving to Saban.
39:03Over to Kispert.
39:05Boom.
39:06That's hustle.
39:07That's love it.
39:09Those kind of plays don't show up in the stats.
39:11He's just good, solid hustle plays.
39:17Tyler Burton.
39:21Rebound belongs to Nikhil, but Nose stepped on the sidelines, says Bill Kennedy.
39:25But you've got to love the hustle here.
39:27I do.
39:28Because the Hawks are everywhere.
39:30They're not giving up on plays.
39:31Look at this.
39:32And not go out of bounds right in front of the bench.
39:35Everybody loving it right there.
39:36Where's the jersey?
39:37He's not super wet, so he didn't slide in.
39:39That's right.
39:41Here's Akagwu chasing and picking it off is Nikhil.
39:46Hawks just swarming defensively.
39:49Leaded by 19.
39:50Leaded by 22.
39:52Corey Kispert.
39:54Woo-wee.
39:54Third three.
39:56And when he starts to cook, look out.
39:58This is a whooping early.
39:59That's what energy we were talking about.
40:03Hard to believe it was 5-0 Memphis at one point.
40:08Inside Hedrick's.
40:09And you had a shot inside and you passed it out.
40:11I mean, it's just poor offense.
40:14Clayton connects.
40:15You get a three out of it, but...
40:19I don't understand why these big guys are so afraid to play inside.
40:22Walter Clayton Jr. had 11 in Charlotte on Saturday.
40:26Kispert.
40:28I'm going to give Kispert a heat check, my buddy.
40:30I thought it was coming.
40:31You know, he's been shooting the ball.
40:34That's a strip by Nikhil, but Bill Kennedy is going to call a foul.
40:44Nikhil.
40:45It is his second personal foul.
40:48Hawks looked at it.
40:51Nikhil came down after the ball on the hand.
40:56And so this will send Walter Clayton Jr. to the foul line.
41:01Point number seven as we pause for this word from Zaxby's.
41:06Zaxby's giant chicken finger quesadillas.
41:09Get them while you can.
41:10Who's got the sauce?
41:12Zaxby's.
41:13Boy, what a difference a year makes for Walter Clayton Jr., man.
41:17Last year when the Gators led them to the championship
41:20as the most outstanding player at the Final Four.
41:22And now he's on a Memphis team that the season has just been an absolute disaster.
41:32And that's tough for a young guy.
41:34Oh, anybody.
41:35But especially a rookie.
41:36Yeah.
41:37That's what I'm saying.
41:37Onyeka.
41:38You know, no real leadership to show you how to do this the right way.
41:42You know, that's tough for a young guy.
41:52Joe, he knocks down the three.
41:55That's not something he's been doing since he's been with Memphis.
41:59In five games, he was one for nine on threes coming into this one.
42:03Fifty-four-thirty-eight.
42:04Alexander Walker keeping it going.
42:07Another three.
42:09He's got 16.
42:11McKeel, young man, shoot the ball.
42:13He is the only player for the Hawks' starters in double figures.
42:19Off the bench, Kaminga's got 10.
42:23And I love the balance, Nick.
42:25Everybody that's played has scored for Atlanta.
42:29I mean, everybody has contributed in the way the coach really wants to see.
42:33Kaminga coming off the bench, and that's playing very well.
42:37Three or four from the floor.
42:4257-38 Atlanta.
42:46McKeel gummed up the works, and Onyeka gets the rebound.
42:51Daniels threw traffic to the hole.
42:54Count it.
42:5859-38 Atlanta.
43:06Inside, Ryan repaired.
43:09Outside, Clayton connects on the three.
43:11His third of the night.
43:14His Memphis high is 13.
43:1859-41.
43:24McKeel.
43:27Leesley's fight over the rebound.
43:29Loose ball is picked up.
43:32Five repair.
43:33He started the game.
43:35Came over from the Blazers.
43:38Giroux will lay it in.
43:39Nice drive.
43:40That's going to be a timeout coming in.
43:42When Snyder does not like what he sees.
43:44Memphis has cut this down from a 22-point deficit to 16.
43:50And we'll be back after this.
43:55Shooting 53% from the field.
43:58They have already accumulated 16 assists, as we told you many times.
44:03All season long, you know how well the Hawks pass the basketball.
44:07They lead the league in assists at over 30 a game and more of that.
44:11But what prompted that timeout, Nick, was the lack of defensive attention.
44:15Yes.
44:16And Quinn Snyder won his guys to, hey, stay focused.
44:20Keep the pressure on.
44:21Don't give them easy shots.
44:28Three minutes and 34 seconds left before halftime.
44:32Well, you don't have to remind this guy about defense very often.
44:36Tyson Daniels comes out.
44:40Defense, a little bit of pressure, but now CJ methodically works it up the floor.
44:48On the handoff.
44:50Back from Mo Gay.
44:52Tipped away.
44:53Stolen by Prosper.
44:54He goes up.
44:55And a foul.
45:01Prosper rolling over on his back.
45:03Holding that hand as he gets set to shoot the free throws.
45:07Looks like the right hand might be paining him a bit.
45:10We'll see what happened here on the contest.
45:12See, Bob, what you have here, you have a bunch of young guys that have nothing.
45:16They just coming out of the playing hard and not worrying about if they're making mistakes or not.
45:20They just keep playing.
45:25Make sense.
45:27Prosper.
45:28with 46 games for the Grizzlies.
45:30Did not face the Hawks
45:32in the game at Memphis earlier this year.
45:34That's his second point tonight.
45:36Last year, his second year in the league,
45:38Prosper played 52 games with the Dallas Mavericks.
45:47He was cut by the Mavs in August.
45:51Signed as a free agent to a two-way contract by Memphis.
45:5559-44.
45:583-10 to play, first half.
46:05Daniels, a three from the top.
46:10Rebounded by Giroux.
46:15Prepare to Prosper.
46:16Lost it.
46:17Nakagou takes it away.
46:18Just lost that one on the spin move.
46:21Dyson, hard bounce to Mo.
46:23Mo takes that up.
46:24Ready to kill.
46:25I mean, he's on.
46:27Got an open shot for Nikhil, but you were right there under the basket.
46:31Again, that's where you put pressure on your defense.
46:3419 points for Nikhil, his third three.
46:3862-44.
46:45Prosper, good hands by Mo.
46:47Loose ball on Nyeka.
46:49No whistle.
46:50Play on, they say.
46:51Here comes Daniels over the timeline.
46:53Dyson, low dribble.
46:54Up, in.
46:58Timeout Memphis.
47:00They have been unable to slow the Hawks down and transition.
47:0413 fast break points for the Hawks here.
47:08Oh, and the turnover story for Memphis has continued to mount.
47:12That's 13 turns for Memphis, and the Hawks have converted them into 21 points.
47:20But once again, yes, Nikhil has been a monster offensively in the first half tonight, but the
47:26overall balance strikes you.
47:28The balance is really the difference.
47:31If you look at the Hawks' bench, it's done very well right now.
47:34You've got, you know, 27 points from your bench so far, so that's a wonderful start here.
47:42And you look at the other side of things, and this balance scoring from your starters has been really consistent,
47:51but it's the defense that's really got them easy opportunities.
47:54That's why you see Memphis with 13 turnovers.
47:58All right, racetrack fueling up feature shows that balance.
48:01The Hawks, led by Nikhil's 19, Kamingo off the bench with 10, Kispert three threes for nine.
48:07And Dice and Daniels, nine points, four rebounds, two assists.
48:10But all of the Hawks that have played so far have at least two points in this game.
48:20Hawks have led by as many as 22 tonight.
48:23Right now at 64-43.
48:27At stake for the Hawks, of course, a winning streak.
48:30They hope to extend to 11 at home, keep the beat going,
48:35and a chance to pick up more ground on Miami tonight and Philadelphia,
48:40both losing big in their games at home.
48:44From the corner, Clayton.
48:47You're talking about production.
48:48You look at Memphis bench.
48:50He's definitely done a lot better than the starters.
48:52And they've had the number one bench in scoring this year.
48:55Mo Gay for three.
48:58Rebound.
48:59CJ, a couple of fakes and a lay-in.
49:0666-44.
49:11Ball pressure by Nikhil Alexander-Walker to the middle, and Giroux driving.
49:17Group pair.
49:18Back up to Clayton.
49:19He'll let it fly, and it is going to fall off the rim.
49:22Rebound on Yakka quickly to Dyson.
49:28Daniels to Vogue, but on the pass, a foul.
49:32But, again, Memphis had no offensive structure whatsoever.
49:40Third foul on Giroux.
49:44Side out of bounds here for Atlanta.
49:46That's 14 fouls on the Grizzlies.
49:48Hawks have two.
49:501.20 left before halftime.
49:56Onyeka screams to free CJ McCollum.
50:00Gives it back over to Onyeka.
50:02He'll drive it up and in.
50:06Hawks have picked it back up now with a 24-point lead.
50:1160 seconds remaining in the quarter.
50:15Group pair driving.
50:17Can't get the shot off.
50:21Giroux fumbled it out of bounds.
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