ATLANTA – Trae Young struggled in the first two games of the playoffs.
Didn’t really matter.
With Game 3 on the line and their season hanging in the balance, the Atlanta Hawks wanted the basketball in his hands.
Young delivered, hitting a floater in the lane with 4.4 seconds left that gave the Hawks a 111-110 victory over the Eastern Conference’s top-seeded Miami Heat on Friday night – after the hosts overcame a 16-point deficit in the second half at State Farm Arena.
The Hawks cut the Heat’s lead to 2-1 in their best-of-seven series in the first round of the NBA playoffs.