{"id":425205,"date":"2024-11-28T23:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425205"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Young-inspires-Hawks-to-win-over-Cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Young-inspires-Hawks-to-win-over-Cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Young inspires Hawks to win over Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eastern Conference leaders the Cleveland Cavaliers suffered their first home loss of the season with a surprise 135-124 defeat to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Cleveland’s second loss of the season came afer a strong second half display from Atlanta with De’Andre Hunter scoring 26 points off the bench, Jalen Johnson adding 22 points and Trae Young contributing 20 with a career-high 22 assists.<\/p>\n

Young put the game beyond the Cavs with a 39-foot three-pointer to make it 129-122 with 1:43 remaining just moments after he had turned the ball over.<\/p>\n

Johnson said Young’s assists had been crucial to the victory and that he deserved more credit for his role on the team.<\/p>\n

“He was really getting off the ball and finding everyone… a lot of people don’t necessarily talk about him even though he’s leading the league in assists, but they don’t talk about him as the playmaker,” Johnson said.<\/p>\n

The win moves the Hawks to 8-11 on the season and Young said the team had shown what they were capable of.<\/p>\n

“They are a really good team who have been playing well all year and I feel we have been a little inconsistent but the times that we have played well, we’ve played really well,” he said.<\/p>\n

Donovan Mitchell scored 30 for Cleveland and Evan Mobley put up 22 points and 12 rebounds, but the Cavs missed out on a chance to become the first team to start with an 18-1 record.<\/p>\n

Serbian Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to a convincing 122-103 win at the Utah Jazz with 30 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.<\/p>\n

Denver had come back from an early 12-point deficit with a 21-4 run midway through the game turning the contest in their direction.<\/p>\n

The Houston Rockets needed overtime to beat the 3-14 Philadelphia 76ers, with Alperen Sengun scoring 22 points and claiming 14 rebounds and seven assists.<\/p>\n

Half of Turkish center Sengun’s points came in overtime where the Rockets made sure of moving to 14-6.<\/p>\n

“My teammates trusted me in overtime and I didn’t want to fail them,” Sengun said. “It was ugly but a win is a win in the NBA.”<\/p>\n

James Harden scored 43 points for the Los Angeles Clippers as they beat the struggling Washington Wizards 121-96.<\/p>\n

Harden scored 23 of his points in the first quarter and left the game late in the third quarter with the Wizards already condemned to their 13th straight defeat.<\/p>\n

“We have to continue to find ways to win,” said Harden of the 12-8 Clippers.<\/p>\n

“Defensively we need to do a lot better, sometimes we get a little too comfortable… we just need to continue to get better as a unit.”<\/p>\n

The Miami Heat defeated the Charlotte Hornets 98-94, with Tyler Herro scoring 27 points and Duncan Robinson draining six three-pointers in the win.<\/p>\n

“He’s a shot-maker, he’s not afraid of the moment,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Herro.<\/p>\n

Bam Adebayo claimed 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Heat while LaMelo Ball had 32 points and 10 rebounds for Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Miami’s star Jimmy Butler left the game in the third quarter with a tight back and did not return.<\/p>\n

The Hornets were closing in on the lead but Herro made a 29-foot three-pointer and then grabbed Ball’s attempted pass to Brandon Miller for the crucial turnover.<\/p>\n

Led by Anthony Davis with 19 points and 14 rebounds, the Los Angeles Lakers ended the San Antonio Spurs four-game winning streak with a 119-101 victory.<\/p>\n

LeBron James helped with 16 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds while France’s Victor Wembanyama top scored for the Spurs with 20 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Despite being without injured Slovenian star Luka Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks had a comfortable 129-114 win over the New York Knicks with Kyrie Irving scoring 23 points.<\/p>\n

Dennis Schroder top scored with 29 points as the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Phoenix Suns 127-117. Kevin Durant put up 30 points and 8 rebounds for the Arizona team.<\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points and had 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the Oklahoma City Thunder in an impressive 105-101 win at the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

The Thunders lost forward Jalen Williams to an eye injury in the second quarter of the game while Stephen Curry was missing for the Warriors due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

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Trae Young led the Atlanta Hawks to victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers with a career-high 22 assists<\/p>\n

-Jason Miller
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