Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young After Win Over Spurs
Hey Trey what’s up kind of um a tale of two halves for you guys um what did you see that was going so well in the first half and kind of why weren’t you guys able to really carry that over to the second half and what would you like to
See better in the second half um I mean I think we I mean we obviously did a really good job in the first half I think we the attention to detail and the focus that we had coming out was was big for us and uh I mean contestant Shooters
Rebounding running we were just playing like we’re like like we should be playing and in the second half we just I feel like we just got to relax I think they picked up the energy obviously it pick up the effort and um I mean they were full court uh the rest let them
Play a little bit and then that’s how they get back into the game picking up the energy and you just have to respond and um teams are going to go on Run start the game it’s hard to hold a team no matter who it is to no run so um we
Knew they were going to make a run we just needed to try to stop it we didn’t and uh thankfully we had as big of a lead as we did we were able to hold on Trey second half um Jaylen Johnson had a couple moments where he was really going
That Victor um just kind of what did you see tonight out of uh Jaylen I mean what he’s what he’s been showing all year uh for us he’s been playing really well as he’s been out there and uh just being aggressive and I mean just attacking the paint uh it’s difficult when in
There he uh he makes you think a lot uh whether you’re going to shoot the floater if he’s going to contest you or go back to the big and I had a couple of moments where I didn’t I didn’t make the right read and got either turnover or uh
Just a block shot and uh so it’s tough when he’s in there so um but I think jayen did a great job tonight attacking him and uh just making him keeping him on his heels you could you mentioned that they kind of picked up the energy in the
Third there why do that L kind of happen for you guys in the third I don’t know uh if I had an answer for you I would really switch it uh I mean it’s just just how it is I don’t know what it is I mean it’s been years
Where we weren’t good starting the games and was really good in the third quarters and uh so I don’t know what it is I mean we got to figure it out and uh we got time to change it late the second half you had a floater like maybe the highest floater
You’ve ever shot do you have to change the geometry of your floater when you’re playing against somebody like Victor uh you definitely have to think about it like I said a little bit more uh when he’s in the paint um yes and no he he he’s a tough tough
Guy to go against uh when he’s in the paint um he’s he’s not a he’s not like a a regular big he’s a smart big who can think out there and uh he makes it tough on you you get asked these kind of questions a lot but were you aware
Starting the second half that you were one point shy of a big milestone of 10,000 curve points and and if so was that on your mind oh no hell no that wasn’t that wasn’t on my mind at all I was trying to win win uh I just wanted
To win I knew I didn’t I mean I to be honest with you I didn’t even know about it uh I was just trying to go out there and win and try to put on the show and uh this is always a special day to be
Able to play on this day so I wanted to go out here and get a win for our team yeah just picky backing off that the importance of PL playing on MLK day here in Atlanta oh yeah it’s very important playing on this day uh I mean he obviously lived here family years
Think still has family here and um so to be able to to play on these days is always special and uh you can never take it for Grant it um putting on this jersey on MLK day and playing in the city of Atlanta so you just got to
Embrace it enjoy these these types of days Cu uh they only happen once a year so I’m glad we we get to play on this type of day so I’m I’m thankful
