On the opposing Hawks team, there is no cohesive team offensive strategy. The team collaboration is all basic tactics or the field commander adapting on the fly. It wouldn't play that well, even if you replaced Bibby with Kidd. Once a star player's individual performance declines, the entire team's offense collapses.
Scoring 39 points in the half was really due to Joe Johnson's 12 points, Horford's 9 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists holding it up.
After the halftime break in the third quarter, Bibby and Pierce gradually found their rhythm and played better. Pierce increased his single-quarter scoring from 3 points in the first quarter and 2 points in the second quarter to 7 points. Bibby also scored 5 points and 3 assists and helped Joe Johnson get 9 points, the trio combined for 21 points, leading the Hawks to 28 points in the quarter, but...
