TheHooperNBA

 Atlanta Hawks vs New York Knicks First Round Series Recap Julius Randle, congrats on winning Most Improved Player. But, you just transformed into the most unimproved player in this series. I have to address another thing, I will be posting less of game recaps until I think they are special or elimination games cause every game is just too much to write a recap on. I will also be posting trade scenarios and offseason moves on tradenba.com . Moving on, Julius Randle shot 29.8% from the field. In the regular season, against the same team, he shot 58.8% from the field and averaged 37 points per game. And I think he had 2 40-point games as well. Not beating him up completely, it was only his first playoff series. He halved his field goal percentage in this series. What helped them push it to 6 was Derrick Rose and Alec Burks, the veterans. I never thought Alec Burks would be such a big part of this series. He scored 30 in a game and averaged 14 over the series.  RJ Barrett also av...

 Trae Young says 'see you in Atlanta' after Knicks win in MSG Trae Young acts as a villain as the fans enjoy in MSG. A fan was banned indefinitely after she spat on Trae Young during a PANDEMIC. NBA players should be better protected. At this rate, just remove the courtside tickets as some Philly fan dropped popcorn on Russell Westbrook. Anyways, back to the game. Again, Julius Randle did not have the best of shooting nights and D-Rose starred. Reggie Bullock also stepped it up with 15PTS and 4 3PM. Trae Young had a good game but players like Clint Capela, John Collins and Gallinari did not play well.  Led by Derrick Rose’s 26 PTS, 4 REB and 4 AST, the Knicks defeated the Hawks, 101-92, in Game 2. Julius Randle added 15 PTS, 12 REB and 4 AST for the Knicks in the victory, while Trae Young tallied a game-high 30 PTS and 7 AST for the Hawks in the losing effort. Here are some takeaways: 1) Clint Capela and John Collins scored 4PTS and 0PTS respectively, wayyy below their season ...

 Ice Trae becomes the villain at MSG as Hawks snatch Game 1 The energetic MSG crowd wasn't enough for the Knicks to beat Atlanta as "Ice Trae" hits the game-winning floater to silence the MSG crowd. It's surprising that the Knicks came close to beating the Hawks even with bad shooting nights for both RJ Barrett and Julius Randle. Well, it might be because, and I think Kenny over at Called Game said this, Alec Burks transformed into Klay Thompson in the 4th quarter as he scored 18 points in the 4th quarter. The Knicks rightfully said something mentioned in a tweet I've attached below. AB stands for "A Bucket" pic.twitter.com/9uaycuF68n — NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) May 24, 2021 The veterans came out to play as D-Rose and Alec Burks combined for 44PTS>  Here are some takeaways: 1) Of course, RJ and Julius have to play better. I am pretty sure Randle will play better in Game 2. 2) The veterans need to play like they are right now. Just continue this comb...