I thought that after All-Star Weekend, VanVleet, who was crowned an All-Star honor as a lost draft, would further prove his ability. But who would have thought that in the previous challenge of the Charlotte Hornets on the road, he once sent a poor shooting rate of 3 of 12 shots, only 8 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and only played three quarters to concede defeat in advance. The harsh reality poured a large basin of cold water on the Raptors, who harbored playoff dreams. After a 32-point defeat, they pulled the team to Atalanta in this game and challenged the Hawks who were located there.
Admittedly, last season's Hawks performed truly stunningly, and once became the dark horse team in the playoffs, playing against the Bucks on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals. However, as the journey of the new season continues, the Eagles will never go back and are still working hard to reach the playoffs. But in this game, we saw a different Eagles team. At the beginning of the game, although the Raptors, who played in Europe away from home, were able to take the lead in the form, with the help of The Team's VanVleet playing 12 minutes of the first quarter, sending 14 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, they delivered a 37-32 score.
However, after entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Eagles, who were in a backward state, were also able to quickly counterattack. After 12 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in the first quarter, Trae Young was able to continue to threaten, and with an efficient shooting rate of 6 of 7 shooting, he delivered 13 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. At the same time, the rest of the players on the team were able to play everywhere, taking a 34-21 score, not only chasing back the 5 points behind in the first quarter, but also achieving an 8-point victory with a halftime score of 66-58.
The Eagles, who maintain a score lead, can continue to threaten. In the third quarter of the competition, the Raptors side fell into a scoring drought, and Trae Young actually sent 12 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 block data in the full 12 minutes of the game, which helped the team play a 38-16 score again. By the time of the crucial final showdown, the point difference between the two sides had widened to 30 points. Judging from this situation, the Eagles will inevitably win the game. In the fourth quarter of the regular time competition, things also went smoothly.
The Eagles kept leading the scoreline, constantly draining the rest of the game. In the end, the fourth quarter was over regular time, and the Hawks completed a 27-point victory with a score of 127-100. To be able to win the game, the Hawks' home star Trae Young made a huge contribution. In the 37 minutes of playing, he delivered a game-high score of 41 points, as well as 4 rebounds and 11 assists, effectively helping the team relieve the pressure of scoring, and also connected the team's overall offense.
However, in the process of winning this game, the scoring contributions of other players on the team are generally not very good, and most of them are decent. It is worth saying that the performance of the league cake king Capela in recent times is indeed not online, without the two-double data that used to be proud, and now most of them only have single-digit contributions on the scoring side. As seen in this game, he played only 18 minutes, handing over 8 points and 9 rebounds. Maybe even the team's head coach didn't trust him that much.