Trae Young suffered from no All-Star break hangover.
The second-year guard went for a career-high 50 points, as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Miami Heat 129-124. Young shot 12-of-25 from the floor, including 8-of-15 from behind the arc. One of those shots was this bomb from the logo:
Bruh. 🤯❄️ pic.twitter.com/zNIYAKCH4Z
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 21, 2020
Fittingly, Young got his 50th point at the free throw line since he was 18-of-19 at the charity stripe on the night. This was Atlanta’s first 50-point game since Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 2001.
Young got some help from his baby Hawks teammates in the win too. De’Andre Hunter scored 17 points and knocked down a big three-pointer late in the fourth quarter. Fellow rookie Cam Reddish went for 16 off the bench, including picking Goran Dragic’s pocket for a breakaway dunk that put Atlanta up for good with 31 seconds to play.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED pic.twitter.com/LAzqYd918H
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 21, 2020