Trae Young gets 100% real on Hawks’ recent tough schedule
Trae Young was honest about the Hawks’ schedule.
ATLANTA – It was all good for the Atlanta Hawks in the first half against the Chicago Bulls. They were leading by 10 points, were shooting almost 43% from three, and had the Bulls right where they wanted them. They led by as much as 18 points in the half, and it looked like they were going to cruise to a victory until the Bulls remembered in the second half that the Hawks had played their fifth game in seven days, and were coming off a back-to-back the night before against the Detroit Pistons.
So far this season, Trae Young and Jalen Johnson lead the league in minutes, and it was obvious that were gassed in the fourth quarter against the Bulls, who ended up winning the game by 12 points.
“I don’t know how much it says about teamwork, I think it says a lot about the schedule we’ve played,” Young said after the game. “We’ve had three back-to-backs in the last three weeks. Nobody is going to feel bad for us, we gotta fight through it. And it’s not like we’re playing back-to-back at homes, we’re on the road and home. It’s traveling and things like that. We gotta fight through this tough time and tough schedule, and we need guys healthy.”
Against the Pistons, Young played 41 minutes and did all he could to try and lead the Hawks to a win, but they fell short by one point. The next night, Young played 38 minutes, and throughout the game, you could see him bending down and taking a little more time to catch a breath. Young and head coach Quin Snyder talked throughout the game to see where they could find rest for him.
