The NBA playoffs continued, and the Hawks' game against the Heat G3 officially began. This game is a game for the Hawks that can only win and not lose, because once the Hawks lose this game it means being pushed to the edge of the cliff, which means falling behind 3-0. To this end, since the start of the game, the Eagles have taken 120% of the strength to deal with it at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, playing smoothly on the offensive end and defending the defensive end. At the end of the first half, the Hawks led by seven points. Although the Heat briefly extended their lead to double digits in the second half, the Hawks used their tenacious perseverance to reverse the Heat 111-110 in the final game, 1-2 in the series.
Objectively speaking, it was really tough for the Hawks to win this game. You know, the Heat do a very good job of controlling the details. For example, in terms of rebounding: the Heat grabbed 45 rebounds in the whole game, and the Eagles grabbed 36 rebounds in the whole game. In terms of assists: The Heat gave 30 assists in the whole game, and the Hawks only gave 23 assists in the whole game. I believe that the fans who see here will definitely ask, if the Heat details are so well controlled, why did they lose the game? In fact, the answer to this question is very simple, that is, Trae Young played this game too well, and it can even be said that Trae Young single-handedly defeated the Heat team.
Trae Young played 40 minutes and shot 6-of-14, including 2-of-6 from three-point range and 10-of-12 from the free throw line, and got 24 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal. Overall, the performance of Trae Young in this game can be divided into two stages, the first stage is the downturn stage of the first three quarters, and the second stage is the outbreak stage of the last quarter. First of all, in the first three quarters, Trae Young played very awkwardly, whether it was combing the offense or scoring under Tucker's defense, Trae Young was almost unable to move.
However, in the final quarter, Trae Young took on the responsibility of a leader, Trae Young can stand up and score when the team needs to score, and Trae Young can connect the team when the team needs to sort out the attack. Especially in the final final moments, Trae Young took over the game and scored a quasi-kill in the final 4.4 seconds. To borrow a phrase from the on-site commentator, it is "young should be so crazy". Again, Trae Young did so well in this game, he proved his strength with a game, proved his worth with a game, and he used his strength to tell the fans that he was not a pseudostar but a real superstar.
Okay, after talking about the winning Hawks, let's talk about the losing Heat. As for the factors of the Heat's loss, I will not give you a detailed description here, and this article I want to focus on the two players Butler and Tucker. Speaking of Tucker first, there is no doubt that Tucker is the best player of the game for the Heat. Tucker doesn't take possession of the ball on the offensive end, and his three-point shots are very decisive and stable at key moments. Defensively, Tucker locked up Trae Young, and the last quarter was also due to physical weakness that led to Trae Young's outburst. Although Tucker only had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, Tucker played very well in this game, and he had no regrets.
After saying Tucker, say Butler. If Tucker has no regrets, then Butler is supposed to reflect on himself. Butler had a quasi-triple-double of 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Butler played very well throughout the game, and he was a qualified leader on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. But Butler's performance in the final final moment is very bad, fans who have watched the game will know that the heat's last 4 attacks are Butler's initiative, but Butler's choices in these 4 attacks are very outrageous, especially the selectivity of the last two attacks is incomprehensible. To put it bluntly, Butler's last offensive choices may not have been lost if he had been a little more sensible to the Heat.