Hawks Provide Injury Update For Trae Young

Jackson Caudell | Mar 26, 2024

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For the first time since he had surgery, the Atlanta Hawks have provided an injury update on Trae Young, though it is very brieff and does not reveal a return date for the Hawks superstar point guard.

Here is what the Hawks had to say in the update on Young's injury:

"Guard Trae Young, who sustained a left fifth finger torn ligament on Feb. 23 and underwent surgery on Feb. 27, had his one-month follow-up evaluation yesterday. Young is making progress in his recovery. As the next step of his rehabilitation, he will introduce small finger motion exercises this week. His status will be updated as appropriate."

The Hawks have been middling since Young's injury, but it will be hard for this team to win two play-in games and advance to the playoffs if he does not come back. The Hawks are comfortbaly ahead of the Brooklyn Nets for the No. 10 spot and are 1.5 games back from Chicago, who is in 9th place.

The Hawks are coming off of one of the most improbable victories of the season last night when they came back to beat the Boston Celtics after trailing by as many as 30 points.

At the beginning of last night's game, the Celtics simply could not miss from three and they led the Hawks by 22 just after the first quarter. The Celtics shot 67% from the field and 71% from three in the opening quarter while Tatum scored 14 points, Brown had 13, and Porzingis. Atlanta could not do much to stop the Celtics big three.

Things changed in the second half though.

Boston was 1-15 shooting from three in the second half, while the Hawks were 11-19. When a team makes 10 more three's than you, they are likely going to win, even if you are up 30. Whether it was Vit Krejci, Bogdan Bogdanovic, or De'Andre Hunter, the Hawks got hot from three in the second half and it helped them complete the historic comeback.