Beijing time on January 4, the NBA regular season continued, the Hawks away 131-136 defeat to the Blazers, although Lillard and CJ McClemb were absent, but the Hawks were almost pressed by the Blazers, at the end of the third quarter, the Eagles once surpassed the opponent by 5 points, the result of the fourth quarter was still played by the Blazers a wave of 36-26, helpless to swallow the loss.
Although he lost, but in this game, Trae Young's performance was not bad at all, he played 37 minutes, shooting 17 of 26, 7 of 12 three-pointers, 15 of 15 free throws, and had 56 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.
56 points is Trae Young's career highest score and the highest single-game score so far this season, making him the fourth player in history to "50+14" in a single game, the first three being Chamberlain, Archibald and Harden.
Back in the game, Trae Young showed excellent hand feeling from the beginning of the game today, with 16 points and 5 assists in the first quarter, one person contracting all the attacks of the whole team, and at the end of the half, Trae Young had already scored 29 points;
After the start of the second half, Trae Young was still in hot shape, and in the third quarter, he scored 12 points and 5 assists again, leading the Eagles to overtake the opponent, but unfortunately, during Trae Young's absence in the fourth quarter, the Eagles failed to hold the advantage, and in the last quarter, Trae Young alone scored 15 points, and the Eagles only scored 26 points.
After the whole game, Trae Young's plus-minus value reached +10, in other words, in less than 11 minutes of Trae Young's absence, the Hawks lost 15 points to their opponents - the so-called best effort game, probably this is what it means.
"Tried my best", this is probably the current situation of Trae Young this season.
So far this season, Trae Young has averaged 28.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game, ranking third in the league in terms of points and assists.
Trae Young's career-highest use of the ball at 34.1% is also the third in the league, and his scoring efficiency has also been excellent, shooting 46.0%/38.1%/90.2% and 58.8% true shooting.
Among them, in the past 16 games, Trae Young has scored 25+, averaging 32.3 points per game in the same period, the first in the league;
In December, Trae Young's average per game was 30.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 10.0 assists, which was the third time in his career that he averaged "30+10" per game in a single month, ranking fourth in NBA history.
The data can also prove Trae Young's influence:
- When Trae Young was on the floor, the Hawks scored 117.1 points per 100 rounds, shooting 58.6% of the team's true shooting, and the net victory over the opponent was 2.4 points
Trae Young was not present, the Hawks scored 100.2 points per 100 rounds, the team's true shooting rate was 53.0%, and the net loss was 5.4 points
So far this season, the Hawks' cumulative net wins difference is -2, but Trae Young's presence plus-minus is +72, ranking third in the team, only lower than Collins (in isolation, +96) and Hunter (in recuperation, +86).
You can see that Trae Young is in excellent shape, and thought that the new rules would have a big impact on him, but Trae Young proved that the superstar is a superstar, and looking at the data level alone, you can say that he is a better Eastern Conference first point guard than Harden.
Unfortunately, Trae Young played well, the Eagles record can not get up, after losing to the Blazers, the Eagles' record has come to 16 wins and 20 losses, ranking fourth from the bottom in the East, if today starts the playoffs, they can not even play the playoffs, as a comparison, last season's Eagles record was 41 wins and 31 losses, they reached the Eastern Conference Finals as the fifth in the East.
The Hawks didn't play well, injuries were the main reason, with many injuries in the team's forward line, main players Hunter and Reddish all encountering some injuries, and even Solomon Hill suffered season reimbursement-level injuries.
Back to Trae Young, in fact, Trae Young played very well last season, but because some foul moves were not popular, he did not even enter the All-Star, this time, although the Eagles did not have a good record, but Trae Young's performance is definitely not bad, and if he does not enter the All-Star, it is a bit outrageous.