Every game he brings and leaves everything he has out on the floor. The Knicks’ defense, which limited teams to the fewest points per game and lowest shooting percentage during the regular season, was never able to corral Young. Young's play has made him a villain to Knicks fans everywhere, so. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau credited the Hawks for finding shooters to put around him, which keeps the floor spaced for Young’s drives into the lane and lobs to center Clint Capela or passes to open teammates at the 3-point line when defenders close on him. Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young put together another spectacular performance during Wednesday's Game 2 loss to the New York Knicks. Trae feeds right into it,” Hawks forward John Collins said. He probably won’t be now by the notoriously tough fans in Philadelphia. He closed it out with 36 points and nine assists, bowing to the crowd that had jeered him in every game after hitting a 3-pointer with under a minute to play.Įven while cursed at and even spat on by a fan in Game 2, he was never rattled by the New York crowd. The key was Young, who averaged 29.2 points and 9.8 assists in the series. But Atlanta dominated from there, winning each of the last three games by double digits.
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The Knicks beat them in all three meetings during the regular season and the teams split the first two games of the series in New York. “But we’re not going to surprise ourselves because we know what we’re capable of.” “I know what this team is capable of and like I’ve been saying all year, we have a squad and a team that can surprise a lot of people,” Young said. They had the best record in the East after McMillan took over, and Young said he isn’t satisfied with just one series victory. Trae Young may be the latest star guard to be targeted by the Los Angeles Lakers, but hes far from the first unobtainable. Just 14-20 when they fired Lloyd Pierce on March 1, the Hawks are 32-12 since. There isnt a logical Young trade between the Lakers and the Hawks. Atlanta wrapped the series up with a 103-89 victory on Wednesday night and will play top-seeded Philadelphia in its first appearance in the Eastern Conference semifinals since 2016. The Hawks soared into the second round by beating the New York Knicks in five games. “He didn’t tell me nothing I didn’t already know,” Young said. Trae Young was preparing for his first postseason when a message popped into his phone.Ītlanta interim coach Nate McMillan wanted to tell his point guard that he was built for this time of a year, the kind of praise that can build a young player’s confidence as he heads into unfamiliar territory.
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