The Miami Heat had Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young in hell all series long, which is a big reason why the Heat won in five games despite Kyle Lowry missing two games and Jimmy Butler also missing Game 5. Young was dreadful again in the series-ending defeat, going for just 11 points on 2-of-12 shooting overall and 0-of-5 from 3-point range. He also had six turnovers.

For the series, Young managed just 15.4 points per game while shooting a wretched 31.9% overall and 18.4% from 3-point land. He finished with the same amount of turnovers as assists. The Heat constantly swarmed him and used their elite defense to make life miserable for him.

After the game, Hawks head coach Nate McMillan made an interesting comment about Young's usage and some potential adjustments that could be made next season:

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Getting Young going off the ball is a strategy that makes some sense. One of the reasons Stephen Curry is so dangerous is because of his off-ball movement and ability to get free without the ball in his hands. Young will never be Curry in that regard because Curry is one of a kind, but the Hawks star could learn a thing or two from him.

Of course, you don't want to take the ball out of Young's hands too much. He should still primarily play point guard because that's what he's best at, and there shouldn't be too much of an overreaction to this series. But if Atlanta can figure out how to use him better off the ball, that would make them more diverse as an offensive unit and could help counter when opposing defenses are shutting him down as a point guard.