Beijing time on February 17, the NBA regular season continues, today the Hawks sit at home to usher in the challenge of the Raptors, in the second half of the schedule after the end of the All-Star, the Eagles' goal is to reach the top six, so they played more aggressively than before after the All-Star, the last 4 points lost to the Bulls, today facing the seventh in the East Raptors, they must want to pull the opponent off the horse, and finally with the excellent performance of Trae Young, the Hawks won the Raptors 127-100.
In the first quarter, the Raptors were still able to break the wrist with the Hawks, but then they directly collapsed, because no one could match the firepower of Trae Young, and in the first quarter they were able to lead the Hawks by 5 points because Van Jordan shot down 14 points in a single quarter, but after the second quarter, Van Jordan gradually lost his touch, and only scored 4 points in the second half, And in the whole game, Van Jordan shot 8 of 22 shots, and 5 of 14 three-pointers scored 24 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 1 steal.
Van Jordan's performance is still good overall, but was blown up by Trae Young, the first quarter of the game Trae Young scored 12 points, then the second quarter 13 points, the third quarter and 12 points, under his leadership the Hawks finished the third quarter to lead the Raptors by 30 points, the game also completely lost suspense, now the Eagles want to get a good result Trae Young must rely on their own strength, this campaign Trae Young totaled 24 shots 17, 4 of 4 three points 1 to 41 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
Under Trae Young's tandem, Hunter scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Hult had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Bogdan had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Okongu's to 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks, this 2.03m short center broke out today is unexpected, he is very good on 6-of-6 shooting. Last season was still the second place in the East, the Eagles still have the strength, I hope he can catch the last train of the playoffs.
The Raptors did not have too many players on the side to help Van Jordan, their other core Siakam was in no form in this campaign, shooting 6 of 16 in the whole game, with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, in addition to the team only two people scored in double figures, Thady Young scored 10 points, Achuva had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Barnes and Trent played badly, and Anunoby was absent due to injury.
The Raptors' rise this season is a surprise, they completed the rebuild really fast, after missing the playoffs last season, the team sent Lowry away in the offseason and won the No. 4 show Barnes, the team officially entered the reconstruction period, the result did not expect them to complete the rebuild so quickly, now the team can play too many young players, in addition to the former All-Star Van Jordan and Sika, their Anunoby and Trent also played, and rookie Barnes is also great.
So far this season, Sika has averaged 21.6 points per game, Van Jordan has averaged 21.3 points per game, Trent Jr. has averaged 18.4 points per game, Anunoby has averaged 17.5 points per game, the team has averaged 4 points per game more than 17 points in the league, and if you add Barnes, who averages 14.7 points per game, they have 5 people averaging nearly 15 points per game, which is too talented and the thickness of the lineup is too good. The Raptors can have today thanks to Ujeri's excellent operation and draft ability, and Ninas's tactical system is also very important.
The Raptors have a very good lineup structure and talent, and I believe that in the near future, they will complete the rise like the Cavaliers, and now they are the seventh in the East!