On April 9, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season continued. In today's East Focus game, the Hawks took on the Heat on the road. After 48 minutes of fierce competition, the Eagles finally lost to the Heat 109:113, and the record became 42-39, continuing to rank 9th in the East.
Although the Hawks lost today, home star Trae Young performed very well. Throughout the game, Trae Young played 36 minutes and shot 12-of-23, including 3-of-11 three-pointers and 8-of-8 free throws, for a total of 35 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists. Among them, Trae Young's performance in the second quarter was perfect, he scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting in a single quarter, including three three-pointers, and one three-point shot was super long. Trae Young scored four points on 2-of-4 shooting in the final quarter, but failed to help the team win.
It is worth mentioning that before the start of today's game, Trae Young's season total score is 2092 points, behind DeRozan (2101) points to rank second in the league. DeRozan scored just 17 points in today's Los losing to the Hornets, leaving Trae Young to surpass DeRozan (2118) with 2127 points and officially top the season's total scoring list.
With both the Bulls and Hawks left in one game, the Hawks will host the Rockets the day after tomorrow and the Bulls will challenge the Timberwolves on the road the day after tomorrow. As long as Trae Young scores no less than DeRozan by 9 points, Trae Young will be crowned the NBA's top scorer this season. It is worth mentioning that the Bulls have locked up the 6th place in the East after losing today, so it is very likely that DeRozan will take a break in the last game, and the Eagles will also fight for home advantage in the playoffs.
In addition, Trae Young scored 30+ for the 35th time this season, comparing Wilkins (3 times), Bob Petit (2 times) and Pete Maravic (1 time), becoming the fourth player in team history to score at least 30+ 35 times in a single season. Meanwhile, Trae Young has scored at least 20 points at half-time in 29 games this season, surpassing Embiid (28 times) and ranking first in the league.