When the All-Star bench was announced, Trae Young was considered by many to be the All-Star's biggest legacy. Before him, all players who averaged 27+10 per game made All-Stars, and Trae Young has averaged 27 per game so far this season3 points 109 assists, just looking at this statistic, you can't get into the All-Star, it's too exaggerated.
In the previous fan voting session, Trae Young ranked second in the Eastern backcourt in the fan vote, but the player and ** votes were only sixth, so the overall ranking was only fourth, behind Haliburton, Lillard, and Brunson.
And as we all know, the bench is chosen by the coaches. And Trae Young's nickname as a "coach killer" doomed him to not get much affection in the league's coaching circles. Trae Young faced the same situation last season, which was the second season in a row when he was left out of the ordinary.
After losing the draft, Trae Young seems to have gotten the script of Lillard. After losing the All-Star selection, he averaged 38 games per game7 minutes, get 306 points 114 assists, 51% from the field, 54% from three-point range.
The Hawks also won a wave of four straight games under the leadership of Trae Young, and three of these four games beat the Lakers, Suns, and Warriors, giving those who see Trae Young a hard response. Trae Young also won the award of the Week for the first time in a long time, which is a small consolation.
It's just that the Hawks really couldn't beat another traffic team, the Los Angeles Clippers, today, the Hawks scored 144 points, and Trae Young still performed well with 25 points and 12 assists. But the Clippers scored 149 points from the game and also had a guard who was not selected as an All-Star, even more fierce than Trae Young.
Harden finished the game with 30 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block, shooting 7-of-14 from the field and 6-of-9 from three-point range. Brother Kazi's 2+1 three-point at the last moment once again showed his ability to solve hard, and I said before that there is more than one hard solution master like Brother Kazi, and the Clippers.
Harden also immediately showed his ability to solve hard, he dribbled and was forced into a predicament by Trae Young, a small step back finally opened up the space, and at the same time the shot was violated by Trae Young, and the basketball hit the board! Another 3+1.
Why do you say it again, because yesterday in the game against the Heat, Harden changed the game with two 3+1s in the final quarter. Today is another 3+1 close to killing match suspense.
After a 1-of-10 game against the Pistons, Harden played like an All-Star in two straight back-to-back games. Truth be told, Harden's loss was a little less of a surprise than Trae Young's. The Clippers already have two All-Stars, and Harden's stats this season are down from last season.
Last season, Harden was the league's assist leader, and there weren't many better guards in the East, but he was still not selected. So this season's defeat was expected by many fans. After losing last season, probably many Harden fans have been relieved that Harden no longer needs an All-Star to prove anything, and his entire career is now only missing one trophy.
The Clippers have really been in this state recently, and they really have an invincible attitude. The seven consecutive visitors on the Eastern Tour have only lost one game to the Cavaliers, who have also been terrifying lately, winning 14 of their last 15 games. The Clippers have won 26 of their last 31 games.
It can be said that the Clippers have not lost much since they came out of the initial wave of losing streaks, and the ranking has gone all the way from the play-offs to the current first place in the West. After Wei Shao took the initiative to make sacrifices, the overall atmosphere of the Clippers is getting better and better, everyone is desperate to win, no one complains and no one worries about whether they will be traded.
Harden and Trae Young, both old and young, are in similar situations, both are not liked by the coaching staff in the league, and they have both been questioned and looked down upon because of "touching porcelain". Now they are all playing better than the All-Stars after losing the All-Star selection.
If you don't make it to an All-Star, isn't it an All-Star?
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