On January 4, Beijing time, the Blazers defeated the Hawks 136-131. Damian Lillard, the core of the Blazers, has not yet played, and with the combined strength of Powell, Simmons, Nurkic and Little, the Blazers defeated the Hawks with Trae Young at home. However, this game Trae Young also played a gorgeous offensive performance.
In the first half alone, Trae Young made 9 of 14, 3 of 7 from three points, 8 of 8 from the free throw line, scored 29 points and 9 assists, and blasted 13 points and 4 assists in 5 minutes of the second quarter, and the commentator said at the end of half that Trae Young had a promising 50+ in this game, becoming the fourth player in the league to take 50+ this season.
Sure enough, in the third quarter, Trae Young scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists in 12 minutes, 41 points and 14 assists in the third quarter, 7 minutes in the last quarter, 4 of 5, 3 of 3 of 3 points, 15 points and 2 rebounds, 37 minutes of the game, 17 of 26, 12 of 3 points, 15 of 15 of 15 from the free throw line, 56 points, 14 assists and 4 rebounds, shooting 65.4% from the field and 58.3% from three-point range.
It's just a pity that Trae Young lost this game, otherwise this night would have belonged to Trae Young, who created a number of records in this battle.
1. Trae Young surpassed Jordan's 38 38 30+10 assists in his career;
2. Trae Young scored a career high of 56 points;
3.56 points + 14 assists, which is the most 55 points + assists in NBA history;
4. Trae Young hit all 15 free throws, the only player in the season with 15+ free throws;
5. Trae Young is the fifth player in history to score at least 55 points + 10 assists, and the remaining four are Big O, Jordan, Westbrook, Harden and Parker.
6. Trae Young is the fourth player in history to score at least 50 points + 14 assists in a single game, and the other three are Harden, Archibald and Chamberlain;
7. Trae Young is the second player to lose since Archibald lost with 50+14 assists in 1973;
8. Trae Young became the first player in NBA history to score 56 points with 14 assists.
After this game, Trae Young averaged 28.4 points, 9.5 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 0.94 steals per game, shooting 46.2% and shooting 37.9% from three points (second on the scoring list), such data into the All-Star lineup is not too much of a problem, even into the best team is not too much of a problem, the best lineup does not look at the record.
As long as Trae Young is in the best team this season, his 5-year contract of 172 million will become 205 million in 5 years, and it feels that Trae Young's super salary is stable.
Text/Yan Xiaobai