Beijing time on January 31, the NBA regular season continued, in the early morning of a game, the Lakers lost 121-129 to the Hawks, this battle Lakers in the third quarter once led 77-66, until the end of the third quarter is still 10 points 10 points away from 101-91, but unexpectedly in the fourth quarter, the Hawks played 38-20 in a single quarter, directly completing the reversal.
After this game, the Lakers suffered three consecutive losses, the current record of 24 wins and 27 losses, continue to rank ninth in the West, the Hawks ushered in a seven-game winning streak, the current record of 24 wins and 25 losses, ranking tenth in the East, and only 2 wins away from the eighth-place Raptors (24 wins and 23 losses).
Statistically, Lakers James was absent, thick eyebrows came back to take 27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Westbrook 20 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists, Munch shot 8 three-pointers, almost becoming a surprise soldier again, with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Anthony scored 11 points off the bench;
For the Hawks, Trae Young had 36 points, five rebounds and 12 assists, a game-high score, tied for a game-high in assists, John Collins 20 points, 11 rebounds and three steals, Capela 15 points and 9 rebounds, Bogdan 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Okongu had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
This game, Trae Young is really horizontal.
Trae Young was on fire in the first quarter, scoring seven points and five assists in a single quarter and 16 at halftime:
In the crucial fourth quarter, Trae Young scored 13 points and 3 assists, creating 20 points in a single quarter, as many as the Lakers' single-quarter scores (20 points).
With only one point left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks led by only one point at 122-121, when it was Trae Young who first drew an unreasonable far-reaching three-pointer against Westbrook, and then caused Bradley to foul two free throws, and one of them scored five points in a row, directly killing the game.
Counting this game, during the Hawks' seven-game winning streak, Trae Young has won 4 30+, and 3 of them are "30+10" big double-doubles:
— Against the Bucks, 30 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists
— Against the Timberwolves, 37 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists
— Against the Hornets, 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
—— Against the Lakers, 36 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists
So far this season, Trae Young's performance has also been quite good, so far, he can average 27.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game, fifth in the scoring league, third in assists, and he is the only player in the top five of both this season.
In terms of efficiency, Trae Young's three shooting percentages were 45.2%/37.6%/89.5%, a career high, with an effective shooting rate of 52.3% and a true shooting rate of 58.7%.
For comparison, last season's Trae Young averaged 25.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game, 43.8%/34.3%/88.6% shooting, 49.9% effective shooting and 58.9% true shooting.
It's also an interesting place to say that this offseason, the league has introduced some new rules on foul making, Trae Young was used as a negative teaching material, originally thought his ability would decline, and the fact is that his number of free throw shots has indeed dropped to 7.0, compared to 9.3 and 8.7 in the past two years.
However, Trae Young was not knocked down by the new rules, on the contrary, he handed over more three-point shots and better three-point shooting, even the basket finishing level (55.9%) exceeded last season's (52.9%), in addition, Trae Young's ball use rate also reached a career high of 34.0%, which ranked fourth in the league, only lower than Embiid (36.9%), Doncic (35.2%), alphabet brother (34.7%).
A slight lack of record, as last year's Eastern Conference Finals team, the Hawks have been hovering in the East this season, the team veterans have declined, young people are injured, fortunately in the past period of time, this situation has been alleviated, a wave of winning streaks have also allowed the Hawks to see the hope of the playoffs again, and even hope to reach the top half - no team in the East this year has an absolute advantage, don't look at the Hawks are only tenth in the East, they are only 7.5 wins away from the first place in the East.
Back to Trae Young, it is worth mentioning that just a few days ago, Trae Young was successfully selected as an All-Star starter and returned to the All-Star stage after a year.
Being selected as a starter shows that fans, players, and the media affirm him, but there are also some doubts that Trae Young is not worthy of starting, but we are honest, as far as the performance of Trae Young handed over this season, he is completely worthy of being the first point guard in the East, and the starter can be said to be deserved.
Don't forget, Trae Young is only 23 years old now, and he has even been selected as an All-Star twice during the rookie contract period - he is strong, Lao Tzu Trae Young, since entering the league, the doubts about Trae Young have not stopped, but he has punched his face again and again, hoping that Yang can continue to work hard and continue to amaze, the future of the league point guard's façade figure, have his share.