"You pick your poison," - Pierce on opponents trying to defend Trae Young

Trae Young scored eight straight points down the stretch and finished with 36 points as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 122-112 Saturday night.

The game was a showdown between two of the league's top young point guards in Young and Morant, both of whom had big season-openers. Young had 37 points in the Hawks' 124-104 win at Chicago, while Morant scored a career-high 44 in a home loss to San Antonio.

Young, who was limited to 12 points in the first half, scored 10 points in the final 2:40 against the Grizzlies, starting with the eight straight to keep Memphis from overtaking Atlanta.

"I think shots just went down," Young said of the second half. "I was getting some really good looks in that first half. Shots just weren't going in. For all of us. … I think we got the rust off (in the first half) and played really well as far as scoring throughout the rest of the game."

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