The Atlanta Hawks have officially snapped a three-game losing streak in Cleveland. The Hawks defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 121-118 to wrap up 2021. Trae Young led the way for the Hawks. Young scored 35 points on 11-for-28 shooting from the field. He shot 5-for-12 from the three-point line. Young grabbed four rebounds and dished out 11 assists. Young spoke postgame on his team’s performance and how the Hawks had to find a way to win despite being short-handed.
“There are only a couple of us from our full roster on this team, but we’re really trying to find ways to win,” Young said. “It was a great way to end the year. We had a lot of success in 2021 and we expect to have even more success in 2022.”
Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Nate McMillan spoke postgame on the Hawks performance as well.
“Clint and Trae set the tone yesterday in practice and they did it again tonight,” Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said. “It was a challenge to them to show that we’re better than what we’ve been playing like.”
Clint Capela had a huge night for the Hawks as well. Capela scored 18 points on 9-for-17 shooting from the field. He also grabbed 23 rebounds and dished out two assists. Capela spoke postgame about the way the team had to grind to get the win.
“These games are just grind games, so we knew we had to stay the course,” Capela said. “We had to expose their weaknesses by finding our guys, like Trae, for open shots.”
More Hawks Contributions
- Skylar Mays scored 19 points and grabbed three rebounds.
- Wes Iwundu scored 12 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.
- Lou Williams scored 14 points, grabbed three rebounds, and dished out five assists off the bench.
- Cam Oliver scored 10 points, grabbed two rebounds, and dished out two assists.
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The Hawks travel to Portland on Monday, 1/3 to face the Trail Blazers. Tip-off is at 10 pm Eastern/ 7 pm Pacific.
