In the Hawks' 105-113 loss to the Nets, Trae Young faced James Harden with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, which is already Trae Young's 25+ points and 10+ assists in five consecutive regular season games, a statistic that rushed to the second place in NBA history after Michael Jordan!
In this game, Trae Young's offensive efficiency is not high, only 10 shots in 27 shots, shooting only 37.0%, which is much lower than Harden's 47.1% shooting rate, but on the night when Harden only got 4 free throws, Trae Young got 10 free throw opportunities and hit 9, got 31 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, which is a significant advantage compared with Harden's 20 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.
This is already Trae Young's 25+ points and 10+ assists in five consecutive regular season games. Starting with his 33 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists in the game against the Pacers on December 1, 2021, he scored at least 25 points and gave up no less than 10 assists in successive games against Philadelphia, The Hornets and Timberwolves! As a result, Trae Young has been able to average 26.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game in 26 regular season games so far this season with 45.2 percent shooting and 38.6 percent three-point shooting.
In this era of statistics soaring in the NBA, many people may not be impressed by the data of 25+ points and 10+ assists in five consecutive games, but this is the second longest record since the NBA official statistics were available in the 1983-84 season. Among NBA players, only Russell Westbrook has had this performance before, having had this performance in five consecutive regular season games from November 28, 2016 to December 9, 2016, and with 25+ points and 10+ assists in five consecutive regular season games from March 26 to April 2, 2017.
In nearly 37 years of NBA history, this all-time record is held by Michael Jordan at 10 games. The "Basketball God" scored 25+ points and 10+ assists in 10 consecutive regular season games from March 28 to April 14, 1989, a good response to questions at the time that he would not pass.
As the first round of the 2018 NBA Draft No. 5 show, Trae Young is only 23 years old, this is his fourth NBA season, in the case of his same year Luka Doncic's body shape, the data decline is obvious, Trae Young gradually adapted to the new NBA rules, has played the Eastern Conference Finals Trae Young's future may be better than Doncic.