At 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on November 2, the NBA regular season is in full swing, and the Atlanta Hawks sit at home to meet the Washington Wizards. The Hawks have suffered two consecutive defeats before this game, and Trae Young's scoring statistics for the last two games are 15 and 13 points, respectively, and it is clear that the competitive state of the star Trae Young is closely related to the Victory or defeat of the Hawks. As a player with a high degree of knowledge of foul making, Trae Young is also one of the "victims" of the impact of the league's new rules, and his average number of free throws per game has dropped from 8.7 last season to 4.3 this season. Therefore, in order to sit firmly in the position of the boss of the team, Trae Young also needs to develop a more comprehensive offensive technology.
The Washington Wizards on the other side have become one of the league's biggest dark horses this season, having previously tied for the top spot in the East with the Heat, Bulls and Knicks with a 5-1 record. After sending Westbrook away and welcoming Harrell, Pop and Kuzma, the Wizards' roster depth has improved across the board, and Beal is more comfortable focusing on scoring tasks. In fact, after coming to the Wizards, these former members of the Lakers have played exceptionally well, and the three of them can average 35 points per game in the new season, and this season's Wizards are worth the expectations of fans. In this game, the starting lineup of both sides, the Wizards side sent Dinwiddie, Bill, Pope, Kuzma and Garford, and the Eagles side sent Trae Young, Bogdanovic, Hunt, Collins and Capela.
At the start of the first quarter, Capela jumped the ball to win, and the Eagles took the lead in getting the ball. Collins missed a low jumper and Bill carried the ball across the field to pinpoint Gaverter, who easily scored the first goal of the game. Bogdanovic failed to break through, the layup was tragically served by the big hat, Kuz immediately arced the top of the basket to chase a three-point hit, Capela ate the pie under the basket, and Beal immediately responded with an outside three-pointer. The Wizards began with a small 8-2 surge. However, the Hawks immediately launched a counterattack, Trae Young burst into the penalty area to kill, Capela one-handed split the four, Hunter raised his hand at a 45-degree angle on the left side and shot directly into the three-point shot. After a wave of 7-0, the Eagles took advantage of the trend to reverse the score.
In the following minutes, the two teams engaged in a confrontational battle, and the situation was very anxious, and the score alternated to lead. Dinwiddie stepped back and the three-pointer was right into the net, and Capela continued to discipline the Wizards' interior line, giving it away from the basket. Bogdanovic's outside firing was also fired, with Beal forcing a 2+1 single. In the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Wizards suddenly fell into a scoring drought, missing a point in more than two minutes, while the Hawks continued to play efficiently in the box, and they extended the point difference to more than 5 points at the end of the first quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Hawks led the Wizards by 11 points 34-23, Capela had 8 points and 2 rebounds in the first quarter, Trae Young had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and Beal had 8 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Gion burst into the box to make a foul, two free throws, the Hawks continued to extend the lead, at one point extended the point difference to 13 points, Holliday's outside firing to stop the bleeding for the Wizards in time, Avdia slammed his hands to punish the Hawks basket, and Redish immediately returned the attack with a hollow three-pointer. The Wizards narrowed the deficit to just 6 points on several occasions, but the Hawks immediately started to exert their strength again, pulling the gap back to around 10 points. Trae Young and Capela scored in double figures, three minutes before the end of the first half, the stars of the two teams suddenly began to exert their strength, Trae Young and Bill opened a confrontation mode, the Wizards under the leadership of Beal once narrowed the point difference to 3 points, but Bogdanovic immediately a three-shot hollow hit, shattering the Wizards' hopes of reversing the score in the first half. The second quarter ended with the Hawks leading the Wizards by three points at 63-60.
In terms of half-time stats, the Hawks felt hot as a team, shooting 7-of-16 from outside the three-point line, maintaining a 43.8% outside shooting rate, Trae Young 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Bogdanovic 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Capela 10 points and 5 rebounds, Gallinari 9 points, Reddish 7 points. On the Wizards' side, Bradley Beale was in full form, with 19 points and 2 assists on 8-of-14 shooting at halftime, Kuzma with 11 points and 3 rebounds, Avdia with 7 points and Garfoy with 4 points and 4 rebounds.