Throughout the Hawks’ 10-game losing streak, which came to a close Monday night with a 104-79 win at home against the struggling Warriors, Trae Young had reiterated one point pretty consistently.
“The thing about me, that I understand, is it’s a long season,” Young said after scoring a team-high 24 points in the win Monday. “You can have a bad start and finish off strong, and vice versa.”
With no John Collins (who hasn’t played in a game since Oct. 31 and was suspended for 25 games on Nov. 5 for violating the league’s drug policy) and no Kevin Huerter, who injured his left shoulder in the third quarter of the Hawks’ win in Denver Nov.