After losing the G5, the Hawks have also reached the end of this year's playoffs, and in the first round of the series with the Heat, the team also lost to the opponent by a score of 1-4 and was eliminated. This round of series suspense is not very big, although the Hawks entered the division finals last season, but this year's team lineup has changed too much, and there is no reinforcement, the strength of the lineup is not enough, in the regular season, they still rely on two consecutive playoffs to finally enter the playoffs, compared to the Heat, the No. 1 in the East, the Hawks Have a big gap in strength.
The trend of this series did not surprise too many people, the Heat blew up the Hawks in the first game, won a big victory at home, and then won G2. In the G3 game, if Trae Young's last-minute throw didn't hit, the Hawks were likely to be swept. After losing G3, the Heat also made a very tough response, they won the G4 and G5 in succession, in this series, the Heat won the first four games, the big score 4-1 elimination of the Hawks, successfully advanced to the next round, while the Hawks suffered the first round of travel.
After the end of this series, the first round of data of the players of the two teams has also been released, among which Trae Young's performance is very crotch-pulling, he can only get 15.4 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, averaging 6 turnovers per game, the overall shooting rate is only 31.9%, the three-point shooting rate is 18.4%, a total of 5 games, Trae Young only hit 22 shots, gave 30 assists, but there were 30 mistakes, such a performance is very disappointing.
In contrast, the core of the Heat, Butler, he can average 30.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in this series, shooting 54.3% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range. From the data point of view, Trae Young's performance is to defeat Butler, in the game for the influence of the team, Trae Young can not be compared with Butler, this round of series, Butler in the core of the competition to the end.
So the question is, on the playoff stage, defeating the opponent's core players, while the overall shooting rate is less than 35%, the three-point shooting rate is less than 20%, and there will be 6 turnovers per game, is Trae Young a pseudo-star?
In terms of this series, Trae Young did play a disappointing performance, the sense of presence in the game is particularly low, in the face of high-intensity defense, he was completely limited, did not be able to enter his own rhythm of the game, can not get the opportunity to shoot easily, as the team star, play such a performance in the game, which is undoubtedly very disappointing.
However, it is a bit inappropriate to say that Trae Young is a pseudo-star just by watching one round of the series, because in last year's playoffs, he played a very crazy performance, averaging 28.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game, leading the team to the divisional finals, which is very good. From this point of view, Trae Young has the ability to play a high-light performance on the playoff stage, but this year's playoffs, his state is really bad, coupled with the Heat is a particularly strong defensive team, they are very targeted for Trae Young's defense, which also led to Trae Young's performance in this series of special crotch.
To put it simply, Trae Young is not a pseudo-star, after all, he has played very well in the playoffs, and it is not easy to enter the playoffs for the first time in his career and help the Eagles reach the division finals. Although in this year's playoffs, he performed very crotchfully, the team also suffered the first round of travel. But with the improvement of technical ability, it is believed that Trae Young will have a tough response next season to help the team achieve better results in the game.