HOUSTON — Trae Young had 30 factors and 14 assists because the Atlanta Hawks withstood a late cost by the Houston Rockets to get a 134-127 victory Wednesday night time.
It’s the fifth straight sport through which Young has had a minimum of 30 factors and 10 assists, which is the longest such streak of his profession. The final two gamers to have finished it in 5 straight video games are Russell Westbrook in March 2017 and Michael Jordan in April 1989.
Houston used an 14-0 run to chop the result in 127-123 with about 90 seconds to go. Fred VanVleet had 5 factors in that stretch and Dillon Brooks capped it with a 3-pointer.
Young scored Atlanta’s first factors in nearly 5 minutes on a bounce shot after that. But Young turned the ball over a number of seconds later and a layup by Brooks bought the Rockets inside 4 once more with just below a minute to go.
Saddiq Bey made a 3-pointer for the Hawks to stretch the result in 132-125 with 35 seconds left and Atlanta held on for the win.
“That was the biggest shot of the game,” Atlanta coach Quin Snyder mentioned. “It was a huge play.”
PHOTOS: Young has 30 factors, 14 assists as Hawks down Rockets 134-127
The Hawks led by as many as 20 early after making eight 3-pointers within the first quarter. They cooled down after that and completed with 17 of 40 from long-range.
Snyder mentioned that ending off this sport after shedding such a giant lead is an indication of development for his crew.
“For us consistently to be able to focus throughout the game regardless of the situation, regardless of having a lead or not, is something we need to continue to focus on,” he mentioned. “We’re not there yet but when we get some situations that we handle well, I think it’s important to recognize them and emphasize them.”
Jabari Smith Jr. led the Rockets with a career-high 34 factors with 13 rebounds and VanVleet had a season-high 32 factors with 15 assists as Houston misplaced a 3rd straight sport.
VanVleet mentioned it was troublesome to be enjoying from behind for many of the night time.
“It’s the best players in the world, it’s hard enough as is,” he mentioned. “So it’s especially (tough) when you let a team get comfortable, let them play free and easy, let them get wide-open looks. They’re a good offensive team but we didn’t make it tough on them at all.”
Atlanta had an 8-point lead earlier than utilizing a 10-0 run to make it 127-109 halfway by means of the fourth. Onyeka Okongwu made two free throws in that span after Brooks was referred to as for a flagrant-1 foul after hitting him within the groin space whereas making an attempt to get previous a display screen.
A 7-0 run by Atlanta made it 114-103 with about eight minutes to go. Brooks and Jalen Green made 3-pointers for Houston however Young made one for Atlanta in between Houston’s two buckets to chop the result in 117-109.
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Hawks: Visit Miami on Friday night time.
Rockets: Host Dallas on Friday night time.
