Who says Hawks visit to Madison Square Garden says air conditioning, and who says air conditioning says Trae Young, who was once guilty of a few outbreaks of angina in New York spans. Tonight ? The air conditioning was once again activated by an Atlanta player, but this time it was Dejounte Murray who had found the notice.
The house stats of this two-speed match are right here
We were expecting Trae Young who is wiping his tatanes on a parquet floor transformed into a doormat for the occasion? We prefer to warn you and in particular those who had chosen him in TTFL, the leader with the look of Chupa Chups who fell into the doghouse was disappointed. He disappointed as he finished his first quarter with an incredible 2/12 shooting, and he disappointed as he only played a few minutes in the second half after picking up Julius Randle’s pudgy finger in the eye. Race results? 17 points at 7/22, we knew Ice Trae more bleeding at MSG.
Trae Young heads to the locker room after being hit to the face by Julius Randle on this play ????pic.twitter.com/4BACie2B1b
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 3, 2022
But life is obviously not just about the hirsute All-Star and there was a match last night, between the Hawks who are a bit of an illusion at the start of the season (5-3 but victories against teams of dummies ) and Knicks half-fig half-Brunson, not phew but not completely catastrophic either, that’s analysis my dear Jean-Mich.
This game? A two-speed match. At first the locals are enterprising and bother the little ones opposite, and following the first rotations it is a hurricane that falls on the Hawks. Immanuel Quickley puts the rhythm and the chest (16… rebounds for him this night), Derrick Rose marks his entry and Obi Toppin confirms his big start to the season. Isaiah Hartenstein even goes there with his shot from the corner and the Knicks will then take… 20 points difference, nothing illogical besides in view of the difference in intensity and level on this first third of the match.
Except the Knicks are still the Knicks, and it wouldn’t be the Knicks if they couldn’t get busted again any second. Ding-dong the gap therefore melts very quickly, especially because a man has just transformed into Super Sayan. Dejounte Murray, not to name him, who will then score around twenty points before half-time, from far and near, while offering the New York attackers a completely oppressive defense. Atlanta returns, Trae Young has delivered a few shots and a few clocks on time, and after halftime the trend is confirmed as the Hawks pass a crippling 30-6 to NYC out of the locker room. Dejounte Murray is untouchable, De’Andre Hunter has fun at zero degrees and on the counter-attack, the Madison blows the whistles but the Madison will be entitled to his gift when he sees… Trae Young return to the field for the last minutes, a Trae Young decked out in an incredible pair of welding goggles, a face that became a meme the second Trae stepped back onto the court.
36 points at 14/27 in shooting including 5/12 from the parking lot, 3/3 in throws, 4 rebounds, 9 assists and 6 steals for the former Spurs player, a career record at stake. The demo is complete and the end of the match will only be a brick contest, in which Ice Trae will take part in order to sign off on its beautiful evening. In the end we take almost the same and we start again, with a playmaker who dirties the Knicks and who leaves Madison with the victory.