Analysis: Cam Reddish a bright spot in Hawks’ loss to Nets

2. , the Hawks struggled to get much of anything going on offense, shooting a season low 33% from the field. With his top-tier scoring (28.9 points per game) and playmaking (8.4 assists per game) abilities, Young is a crucial part of the Hawks’ offense, which looked listless without him. Two-way player and backup point guard Brandon Goodwin started in Young’s stead but couldn’t get much going, tallying eight points, four rebounds and three assists. (Kevin Huerter led with five assists, to go with eight points and five rebounds). The Hawks also struggled to get to the line (going 10-for-11 to the Nets’ 16-for-29), which is a strength of Young’s, and failed to capitalize off the Nets’ 24 turnovers. Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said their problems on offense stemmed from a bad

shooting night, not trying to compensate for Young’s absence: “I thought the guys weren’t really trying to make up for anything. We had an off night as a group. It was the wrong time to have an off night as a group, and obviously you’d love to have Trae out there because he’s a shot maker but I take nothing away from the guys and the shots they had. They just had an off night shooting it.”