After scoring the triple that sealed his 56 points with a few seconds left in the game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Trae Young turned around with his head down. The Atlanta Hawks had just reaped a loss that coincided with the best game of their franchise player’s career. This would not be so painful if it did not occur in the situation that occurs, but right now the classification of Georgia for the playoffs is in serious danger. The basand he starts to be tired that things don’t work out. «It’s a bummer to have a night like this and lose. That’s all that matters, “he said at the end of the meeting.
The Hawks are 16-20 ahead of them 12th in the Eastern Conference and a game and a half from the play-in positions. It is true that the current dynamic – 3-7 in the last ten games – is marked by the exaggerated accumulation of casualties, but it is not as if the performance of the team was much better before the recent plague of casualties. The arrival of McMillan last year changed the face of the team overnight starting with defense, and that is where the Hawks’ greatest weakness currently lies. “It’s good to be one of the best attacks, but if we allow the same points that we converted, the team is not going to work.”
Young found some gratification in a team that managed to hide him on defense so that only his fast hands would shine there, especially in the playoffs. This course, the enjoyment is over. It’s frustrating, it’s not fun. We have time to find a solution, but it must be found as soon as possible. We have to manage to stop our rival more often.
The star was not the only one to look at the defensive section as the big problem to solve. Kevin Huerter also had reservations on the subject. “Are a lot of things. It all starts with being better connected to each other. We have to have that sense of urgency and take pride on that side of the court. I believe that only by doing that we will become the team that we think we can be. For starters, they will meet the Sacramento Kings in California, a game that can be as balsamic as it is lapidary.
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