Young scores with 0.9 left to lift Hawks NBA playoffs
Trae Young made a runner in the lane with 0.9 sec- onds left to give the Atlanta Hawks a 107-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night in a thrilling postseason return for both teams.
Young finished with 32 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. He frustrated the Knicks with his ability to draw fouls and made all nine free throws when he did.
Many in the loud crowd of more than 15,000 jeered Young throughout the night but he got the final word when he drove right through the Knicks’ defense and floated in his shot from right of the basket, then put his fingers to his lips to tell the crowd to quiet down.
“This is a coming-out party for him and he’s ready to do it,” teammate Lou Williams said.
Bogdan Bogdanovic added 18 points for the Hawks in their first postseason game since 2017.
Alec Burks scored 27 points for the Knicks, who are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Derrick Rose scored 17 points, but Julius Randle shot just 6 for 23 while finishing with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
The Knicks host Game 2 on Wednesday night, when Randle will try to bounce back. He had two 40-point games against Atlanta this season.
“Got a game, got to feel it out a little bit and I’ll adjust,” the All-Star said.
76ERS 125, WIZARDS 118 » Tobias Harris scored 37 points, Joel Embiid had 30 and Philadelphia beat Washington in Game 1.
Harris scored 28 points in the first half, making a case Philly has — with AllStars Embiid and Ben Simmons — three big stars that could rival the superstar trio of Kevin DurantJames Harden-Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn.
Bradley Beal scored 33 points for Washington. Russell Westbrook had 16. GRIZZLIES 112, JAZZ 109 » Dillon Brooks had 31 points and seven rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. Brooks set a single-game franchise scoring record for a Memphis player making their NBA playoff debut, surpassing the 24 points scored by Marc Gasol against San Antonio on April 17, 2011.