The Miami Heat did to Trae Young what so many other teams haven’t been able to do: they kept the dynamic guard from putting points on the scoreboard.
Young led the NBA in total points this season, and he finished fourth in average at 28.4 points per game. He pushed that average up to nearly 31 over the final 15 games of the regular season to help Atlanta solidify its spot in the play-in tournament where he dropped 38 on Cleveland to get the Hawks in the playoffs. But that’s where the scoring would stop.
