Lyou 48 points from Bring young, a new record for the young Hawks point guard, were too much for the Milwaukee Bucks, who had to grant at home the first game of the Eastern Conference final before the Atlanta Hawks, which were imposed by 113-116.
Young was the top scorer of the game with 48 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists and 1 steal, 25 points more than those achieved by the second scorer of the Hawks, John Collins, What did 23 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist. Clint Chapel I ended up with 12 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 plug.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was the best player on the Bucks, but his 34 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks they were insufficient to stop Young. Jrue Holiday also had a good night with 33 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 stopper.
Young, the axis of the Hawks
The party started with totally different philosophies. While the Bucks relied on a more global game, in which all five players on the court could score, the Hawks depended on Young’s success.
The Bucks’ first 11 points were shared by power point Brook Lopez, point guard Jrue Holiday and Antetokounmpo. Of the Hawks’ top 10 points, 8 went to Young. Only one mate from Clint Capella contributed to the Atlanta team’s scoreboard.
Young moved the ball and scored although in the first quarter he choked on the triples. The young Texan point guard did not score any of the three triples thrown in the first 12 minutes.
Despite this, when the quarter ended, Young had half his team’s points, 12 points, far behind his team’s second-leading scorer, John Collins.
The Bucks continue with their initial approach: share the ball in search of the best placed man to score. That allowed the points to be distributed in the first quarter: 8 for Antetokounmpo, 6 for Holliday, 7 for Bobby Portis, 5 for Lopez.
The first quarter ended with the Bucks up three points, 28-25.
In the second quarter, Nate McMillan, the Hawks coach, decided to give Young a break, who had played non-stop for the first 12 minutes. The Hawks’ dependence on the point guard became clear. While I was sitting on the bench, the Bucks accumulated an 8-point lead, 38-29.
Caundo McMillan returned Young to the field, the point guard did not disappoint. In just over two minutes, with 8 consecutive points, he reduced the distance to 3 points, 42-39. The Hawks even went ahead, 45-46 with 4.12 to go by halftime, but the reaction from Antetokounmpo and Holiday gave the Bucks the lead back.
In the third quarter, McMillan decided not to risk it and kept Young all 12 minutes of the period on the court. The point guard, the better the ball movement, and the Hawks found more opportunities for other players to score.
Desafiante Young
Collins finished the third quarter with 10 points, just 2 less than Young, while Bogdan Bogdanovic and Kevin Huerter each made 4 points. Young was enjoying himself and even late in the quarter, the point guard allowed himself a challenging shoulder dance dedicated to the Bucks defense before hitting a triple.
Up front, the Bucks found it more difficult to execute their attacks and slo Holiday y Antetokounmpo they were able to score a significant amount of points, 10 for the first and 8 for the Greek player.
By the end of the third quarter, the Hawks had turned the game around after scoring 34 points for the Bucks’ 26.
With the scoreline up 85-88, the Atlanta team started the fourth quarter without Young on the track. The Bucks took the opportunity to regain ground. When the Hawks guard got back on track, the scoreboard showed a 92-92 tie.
Antetokounmpo and Holiday put the batteries together and, with 4 minutes remaining in the game, they put the Bucks 7 points ahead, 105-98.
But Young respondi. In the final 3.26 minutes, he scored 9 of the Hawks’ 14 points and provided the assists for Collins to do the rest.
The Bucks were unable to respond. In the last few seconds, Middleton was unable to score the triple that would have forced overtime, which decided the first game of the Eastern Conference finals for the Hawks.
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