On February 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Suns vs. Hawks. The league's two top point guards met, and as a result, Young smiled to the end. In the third quarter of the game, he scored 18 points, shooting 16 of 25 from the field, 6 of 11 from three points, and had 43 points and 5 assists, and scored 5 consecutive points in the last minute to kill the game. Still, a scene on the court in the fourth quarter of the game sparked controversy.
Paul had a pretty good performance in the first half, playing 17 minutes and 36 seconds, shooting 6-of-7, 1-of-1 three-pointer, scoring 13 points, 7 assists and 2 steals, and there were no mistakes. Helplessly, the second half was all overshadowed by Yang, and in the fourth quarter of the game Paul was rarely invisible on the offensive end.
With 1:49 left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks were 10 points ahead and Young launched a quick-break counterattack. Paul stepped forward and was fouled. After the two collided, Yang immediately leaned back, and the referee also immediately whistled.
Paul was very dissatisfied with Yang Zao's foul action, and he imitated it on the spot and demonstrated it to the referee, which was quite funny. Obviously, in Paul's view, Yang's backward action has an exaggerated component.
Paul only had a total of 4 free throws in this game, hitting 3 of them. The Suns made 14 of 18 free throws and Yang made 5 of 7 free throws, which is actually not a lot of free throws for this foul master.
Regardless, against Paul and league number one, Young played a convincing performance, he blasted 18 points in the third quarter, becoming a turning point in the game, and in the last 36 seconds of the game, he scored another 5 consecutive points, hit a big heart three-pointer, and killed the game.