Trae Young spoils Stephen Curry's historic night as Hawks beat Warriors in overtime

Tonight’s game between Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors featured two of the best 3-point shooters in today’s game. In this high scoring back-and-forth affair, Trae Young and the Georgia Team came up victorious in overtime against the Steve Kerr team 141-134 at State Farm Arena.

Stephen Curry had a historic game tonight, as he tied Kobe Bryant for the most points by a player at age 35 or older. Curry was fantastic tonight and all season, averaging 27.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 5 assists and being named an All-Star for the 10th time in his career. Despite the 4-time champions amazing performance, Dejounte Murray’s clutch shot to end regulation tied the game up at 123, and Atlanta pulled away in the extra period.

Trae Young led the Hawks in this game with 35 points and 6 assists on 7 made three pointers. Jalen Johnson had a huge game, recording 21 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists while Dejounte Murray scored 19 points along with 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Onyeka Okongwu had a massive 22-point, 16 rebound double-double off the bench.

Stephen Curry had 60 points tonight with 10 made three pointers. This is 2 points fewer than his career-high of 62 that he got back on January 3, 2021 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Jonathan Kuminga scored 16 points while rookie Brandin Podziemski scored 15 points with 11 rebounds and 5 assists off the bench.

This win improves the Hawks to 22-27 on the season, which makes them 10th seed in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta is 6-4 over their last 10 games and currently on a 4-game winning streak. Their next game will be on Monday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Meanwhile, this loss drops the Warriors to 21-25, which makes them 12th in the Western Conference. Golden State is 4-6 over their last 10 games and will face off against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.