Career best, four games

Young has the best four-game stretch of his career

Trae Young averaged 36.8 points and 9.8 assists over four games from March 9 to 14, shooting 44 for 83, and the Hawks went 3-⁠1.

By Performance Score the four add up to +49.5, the best four-game stretch of his 283 games.

The best of them was 47 points and 5 assists against Indiana on March 13, +17.3. He went 12 for 16 at the rim, 8 for 15 in the paint and 8 for 15 from mid-range. His 104 points from the field came on 83 shots, 19.2 more than the league scores from the same zones. Bogdan Bogdanović set up 4 of his 44 baskets.

His old best four, +41.9, came Jan. 20 to 28, 2020: 32.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 14.5 assists a game, 1-⁠3.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
March 9, 2022at MIL	L 115-124	36	27	3	11	1	1	8-15	3-9	8-8	2	−6	+11.3
March 11, 2022vs LAC	W 112-106	37	27	5	11	1	0	8-17	1-4	10-12	4	+8	+6.6
March 13, 2022vs IND	W 131-128	35	47	3	5	2	0	13-20	7-10	14-14	4	+2	+17.3
March 14, 2022vs POR	W 122-113	39	46	6	12	1	0	15-31	5-14	11-11	3	+10	+14.3
Four games	3-1	148	147	17	39	5	1	44-83	16-37	43-45	13	+14	+49.5

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Trae Young

147 PTS · 44-83 FG · 16-37 3P · 43-45 FT

44-83 FG 53.0%16-37 3P 43.2%

104 points from the field on 83 shots: 19.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	12-16	75.0%	65%
In the paint	8-15	53.3%	43%
Mid-range	8-15	53.3%	41%
Corner 3	2-4	50.0%	38%
Above-the-break 3	14-33	42.4%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Jan. 20, 2020vs TOR	L 117-122	39	42	6	15	1	11-20	2-7	18-21	7	+1	+15.5
Jan. 24, 2020at OKC	L 111-140	34	26	2	16	1	7-20	2-8	10-12	1	−14	+10.2
Jan. 26, 2020vs WAS	W 152-133	39	45	6	14	1	13-24	6-11	13-16	5	+22	+15.7
Jan. 28, 2020at TOR	L 114-130	28	18	2	13	0	5-13	1-7	7-8	7	−9	+0.5
Four games	1-3	140	131	16	58	3	36-77	11-33	48-57	20	0	+41.9

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Trae Young

131 PTS · 36-77 FG · 11-33 3P · 48-57 FT

36-77 FG 46.8%11-33 3P 33.3%

80 points from the field on 76 shots: 0.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	15-25	60.0%	64%
In the paint	7-14	50.0%	40%
Mid-range	3-5	60.0%	40%
Above-the-break 3	11-33	33.3%	35%