On February 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Hawks defeated the Raptors 127-100 at home, the hawks also fell behind 32-37 in the first quarter of this battle, and then in the second and third quarters, the Hawks played 34-21, 38-16, and the end of the third quarter has led by 30 points at 104-74, and the fourth quarter has become garbage time.
In this game, Trae Young's performance was particularly outstanding, and his firepower almost did not stop in the first three quarters:
In the first quarter, he made 5 of 7 in the single quarter and had 12 points and 3 assists
In the second quarter, he was 6-of-7 in the single quarter, with 13 points and 3 assists
In the third quarter, he was 4-of-7 in the single quarter, with 12 points and five assists
At the end of the third quarter, Trae Young had already scored a large double-double with 37 points and 11 assists, and in the fourth quarter, Trae Young only played 5 minutes and scored 4 points because of the early entry into garbage time.
In the whole game, Trae Young played a total of 37 minutes, shooting 17 of 24, 4 of 3-pointers, 6 of 6 from the free throw line, 41 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists, and his plus-minus on the field reached +37, the highest in the team - if this game is more scorched, Trae Young is entirely likely to cut "50+10".
Of course, even if you didn't make it to the 50+, this game was already very beautiful:
- 40 points and 10 assists in a single game and shooting more than 70%, after 2010, only James, Harden, curry (2 times) in the league have done it
— 10th career 40 points and 10 assists, surpassing Jordan and rising to ninth in history
Since the merger of the NBA and the ABA in 1976, only Jordan (31 times) and James (27 times) have more than 40+ games than Trae Young before the age of 24, you know, the latter two are already the top two figures in history in the selection of many media
It's a great honor to be able to compare with legends, but Trae Young is very modest about it: "To be honest, I never thought about these things, of course I dreamed of these, to get into a certain rank, to be side by side with legends, but in the game or in training, I think about the team and how to win." 」 ”
Modesty to modesty, Trae Young's scoring explosion is really strong.
In the past 10 games alone, he has cut three 40+, and throughout the season, Trae Young has won 6 games with 40+, including 56 points against the Blazers, 56 points is also the highest point in this season, and in the same game, Trae Young also delivered 14 assists.
As of now, Trae Young's average per game is 27.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 9.3 assists, the three shooting rate is 45.7%/37.8%/89.5%, the true shooting rate is 59.1%, currently in the scoring list, Trae Young ranks fifth, assists list, Trae Young ranks fourth, he is also the only player in the league who scores and assists in the top five.
Here are two comparisons:
First, compared with last season, Trae Young's average data last season was 25.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 9.4 assists, with a true shooting rate of 58.9%;
Second, after entering 2022, Trae Young's average per game is 28.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 9.3 assists, with a true shooting rate of 61.3%.
Two comparisons illustrate two things:
First, after the foul rules changed this season, many people thought that Trae Young would decline, the fact is completely opposite, Trae Young in the case of an average of nearly 2 free throws per game, production and efficiency have improved, this season his three shooting rates are career highs;
Second, after entering 2022, Trae Young is playing more and more courageously, and the Hawks' record has also rebounded - the Hawks have been hovering in the bottom of the East for a long time, but in the past 18 games, the Hawks have won 12 of them, and the current record is 29 wins and 31 losses, has returned to the top ten in the East, and is only 3.5 wins away from the seventh in the East Raptors (32 wins and 27 losses).
To be honest, compared to last year's eastern conference finals as the fifth in the East, this year's Hawks are still disappointing, but Trae Young's performance is definitely not bad, on the contrary, he also played better than last season, and the Hawks are gradually picking up, once they enter the playoffs, I believe that any team does not dare to underestimate, I hope Yang can bring more surprises, 23 years old, young storm, really crazy.