ATLANTA - Trae Young wants to be known as a player his Atlanta Hawks teammates can look to when the game is on the line.
The rookie point guard made the most of his chance to be that go-to guy Saturday night.
Young scored 32 points, including a last-second, go-ahead floater, to give the Hawks a 129-127 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, ending their six-game winning streak.
With 3.5 seconds remaining, Young took the inbounds pass from Kevin Huerter and dribbled past Jimmy Butler before lifting the short, soft jumper from near the free-throw line. The ball dropped through the net with 0.1 second remaining.
"Those are the type of plays you live for, with the clock counting down," said Young, who also had 11 assists. " I just wanted to get to my strong suit and get to my pull-up, that mid-range floater I have."
Young's winning shot left Sixers center Joel Embiid stunned. After most of his teammates had showered and dressed, Embiid still sat at his locker in his uniform, staring at the final stats.
Atlanta has won two of three against the 76ers, including a split of two games in Philadelphia. Butler said the Sixers still came in too confident, thanks to the winning streak.
"I think it's the fact that we think that we're a good team so we can just come in and do whatever we're going to do and think that we're still going to win," said Butler, who missed a long attempt after the final buzzer sounded. " I'm telling you, I think that's what it was."
The Sixers still have a solid hold on third place in the Eastern Conference, three games ahead of the Indiana Pacers and four games ahead of the Boston Celtics. Philadelphia's six-game winning streak included a win over Boston on Wednesday night.
Taurean Prince added 23 points for Atlanta.
For Philadelphia, Embiid had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Butler had 25 points, Ben Simmons had 21 points with nine assists and Tobias Harris had 13 with nine. Embiid posted his 16th straight double-double and 54th this season. He had 37 points and a career-high 22 rebounds in the win over the Celtics on Wednesday.
After snapping Utah's five-game winning streak by beating the Jazz 117-114 on Thursday night, the Hawks dropped another streaking playoff-bound team.
Young's long 3-pointer with 1:15 remaining gave Atlanta a 125-123 lead.
"Those two buckets effectively won the game," said Sixers coach Brett Brown, who said Young "was unique tonight."
Butler, who tied the game with a layup, sank two free throws to give Philadelphia a 127-125 lead. Prince answered with a tying layup.
The Hawks were left with 3.5 seconds after the Sixers' 24-second violation, with Butler's miss waved off as coming too late.
Atlanta's John Collins had a short description of the decisive play: "Give the ball to Trae, and he takes off."
Atlanta led 74-68 at halftime and later stretched the lead to 97-85 on Alex Len's three-point play. The 76ers closed the gap with 10 straight points and pulled even at 100-all on J.J. Redick's 3-pointer to end the third period.