The Cavaliers have been unstoppable at dwelling this season however the Hawks have been capable of finding a technique to win on Wednesday, as Trae Younger recorded a career-high 22 assists.
Trae Younger Sinks Cavs
Cleveland has been one of the best workforce within the NBA by some technique to begin the 2024 season however the Atlanta Hawks have been capable of put only a third loss on their report on Wednesday night time.
The loss for Cleveland was simply their second of the season however extra importantly, it was their first dwelling lack of the marketing campaign after 19 video games.
Trae Younger was on the centre of every thing good for the Hawks on Wednesday and he recorded a career-best 22 assists in opposition to Cleveland together with 20 factors within the win. Younger’s earlier single-game help report got here in 2022-23 when he picked up 20 dimes.
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His second-ever 20 PT/20 AST sport helps hand the Cavs their second lack of the 12 months! pic.twitter.com/4ftCFP39et
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 28, 2024
“They’re a extremely good workforce who’ve been taking part in properly all 12 months and I really feel we’ve been a bit of inconsistent however the occasions that we’ve performed properly, we’ve performed very well.” Younger stated after Atlanta’s win.
Jalen Johnson added 22 factors of his personal however post-game he targeted on giving credit score to Younger for his assists, one thing that he thinks the 26-year-old doesn’t get sufficient credit score for.
“He was actually getting off the ball and discovering everybody… lots of people don’t essentially speak about him although he’s main the league in assists, however they don’t speak about him because the playmaker.”
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— Trae Younger (@TheTraeYoung) November 28, 2024
Younger is at present averaging 12.5 assists for the Hawks in 2024 which is a career-high after 18 video games however that can also be mirrored within the three-time All Star’s factors common of 21.8, which is his lowest since his first 12 months within the league.
With a report of 17-2 after the loss to Atlanta the Cavaliers nonetheless sit atop the NBA Japanese Convention, however reigning champions Boston are simply two wins behind having performed one much less sport.