The Hawks lost to the Blazers 131-136 today.
Trae Young made a big splash today, playing the best game of his career, playing 37 minutes, shooting 17 of 26, 7 of 12 from three-point range, 15 of 15 from the free throw line, and finishing with 56 points, 14 assists and 4 rebounds, becoming the sixth player in history to have 55 points and 10 assists in a single game after Robertson, Jordan, Parker, Westbrook and Harden (3 times).
In addition, Trae Young also became the fourth player in NBA history after Oxlade-Chamberlain, Archibald and Harden to score more than 50 points and 14 assists in a single game. However, Trae Young also became the second player after Archibald in 1973 to score 50 points and 14 assists in a single game.
It is worth mentioning that in the Grizzlies' victory over the Nets today, Morant performed very well, playing 33 minutes, shooting 14 of 22, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 10 free throws, and 36 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. In the past four games, Morant has scored 30+ points per game, averaging 35 points per game, shooting 57.6% from the field and 73.6% from three-point range (14-of-19), leading the Grizzlies to five straight wins and ranking fourth in the West.
Morant's actual performance in the recent period has been really good, so some people think that he is better than Trae Young, and even comparable to Curry. Judging from today's game, Trae Young is not bad, at least Morant can't beat Trae Young yet. Sure, the Grizzlies have a much better record this season than the Hawks, but Trae Young led the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals last season. Morant and Trae Young, who is stronger, will take time to test.
On the Blazers' side, in the absence of a double gun in the backcourt, the whole team had 4 people scoring 20+, so Trae Young's luxurious data became an empty slash. Simmons Jr. also had a big outburst today, playing 39 minutes, shooting 13-of-21 from the field, 9-of-16 from three-point range, 43 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, and 43 points and 7 assists all set a season-high, with previous records of 26 points and 5 assists, respectively, simmons Jr. also became the youngest player in Blazers history to score 40+ in a single game (22 years old).
Little played 35 minutes and shot 8-of-14, including 4-of-5 from three-point range and 2-of-3 from the free throw line, for 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Powell played 36 minutes and shot 9-of-13, including 2-of-5 three-pointers and 6-of-7 from the free throw line, and had 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Nurkic played 26 minutes and had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five assists on 8-of-18 shooting.