Trae Young, Hawks handle understaffed Suns

Trae Young collected 36 factors, 12 assists and 7 rebounds to gas the host Atlanta Hawks to a 116-107 victory over the short-handed Phoenix Suns on Thursday.

Young made 10 of 18 discipline targets — together with 5 of 8 from 3-point vary — and 11 of 12 from the foul line. He recorded 20 factors and 12 assists within the Hawks’ 132-100 win in Phoenix on Feb. 1.

Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray tallied 19 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists whereas John Collins added 16 factors to ship Atlanta to its third win in 5 video games.

Onyeka Okongwu had 11 factors and 11 rebounds and Clint Capela pulled down 17 rebounds and scored seven factors.

Phoenix’s Josh Okogie, a former Georgia Tech standout, scored 25 factors off the bench. Deandre Ayton added 23 on 10-of-15 taking pictures to enhance to 37 of 48 (77 %) over his final three video games.

Ish Wainright scored 17 factors and Chris Paul added 15 factors and eight assists for the Suns, who noticed their three-game profitable streak come to a halt.

Phoenix, which lately acquired celebrity Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets, had simply 9 gamers out there. Devin Booker (groin), Cameron Payne (foot) and Landry Shamet (foot) had been nursing accidents, whereas Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder and Dario Saric had been traded.

Phoenix halved an 18-point deficit right down to 56-47 at halftime earlier than Atlanta scored 19 of the primary 28 factors within the third quarter. Young drained a pair of 3-pointers to spotlight that surge.

The Suns scored 11 of the primary 13 factors of the fourth quarter to trim Atlanta’s result in 95-86. Murray sank a pair of jumpers to cease the bleeding, and Young drained 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to push the Hawks’ benefit to 107-93 with 3:47 left.

Atlanta wasn’t severely threatened the remainder of the way in which.

Young received off to a quick begin, making 3 of 4 discipline targets and 4 of 5 free throws to attain 11 factors within the first quarter. Bogdan Bogdanovic’s no-look move discovered Jalen Johnson for an alley-oop layup simply earlier than the buzzer to push the Hawks’ result in 36-22 on the finish of the quarter.

–Field Level Media/Reuters