On October 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season lone ranger dueled against the Hawks, and Doncic met Trae Young again. Doncic didn't feel good, 6-of-17, 2-of-7 three-pointers, and had 18 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Yang scored 6 of 16 and had 19 points and 14 assists, including 12 points and 9 assists in the third quarter, pressing Doncic and leading the team to open the door.
Although the relationship between the two is quite good in private, they are regarded as lifelong enemies on the field, and the two exchange owners at the draft, which is often compared. Both are top salary extensions this summer, and both are $207 million for 5 years.
Of course, when it comes to the court, each of them still needs to divide the winners and losers. The two sides have met four times before, with Doncic averaging 25 points, 9.3 rebounds and 8 assists per game, and Young averaging 21.8 points, 9.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. However, in the first half of the game, both performed very average, with Doncic only having 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half, and Young only got 7 points and 3 assists.
Interestingly, with 3 minutes and 07 seconds left in the second quarter, the Eagles chased back and counterattacked, Yang pushed forward with the ball, he suddenly braked sharply after breaking through, his feet lifted and kicked to Little Hadaway, and the back of his head was on top of Little Hardaway's face, who fell to the ground in pain. However, the referee blew a defensive foul on Hardaway Jr.
This season, the league canceled the blow penalty for the fouls of abnormal shooting actions, and this time YangZao's foul also attracted the dissatisfaction of Doncic, who spread his hands to find the referee theory, but the referee insisted on the original judgment.
Back in the second half, Yang took the lead in finding the feel. As soon as he came up, he broke through the throw and delivered 4 assists in 5 minutes, then he stopped the jump shot and assisted Collins on the layup, connecting Capela, who made a layup and scored again. Young assisted Hunter on a three-point shot to give the Hawks a 21-point lead to stop the Mavericks.
Back from the timeout, Young assisted Collins to hit a three-pointer, and then, threw a shot, and made three fouls and three free throws, three points also followed, and assisted Redish fast attack dunk, in the third quarter Yang single quarter 12 points and 9 assists, beat Doncic.
Doncic scored five consecutive points in the fourth quarter, but it was too late. After that, the game also entered the garbage time in advance, and Doncic and Yang both clocked in advance, and in this battle, Yang laughed to the end.